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Oregon State Regulators Consider Sending Recyclables to Landfill Amid China Crackdown
2017-10-17 16:13:04| Waste Age
State regulators are considering approving a temporary change that would allow recyclables to be disposed of as garbage if they meet certain conditions.
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MPCA, State Regulators Enforce Law to Send More Twin Cities Trash to Incinerators
2017-02-08 11:02:28| Waste Age
While recycling and composting materials are the agencys first priority, it prefers burning the waste that remains to produce energy instead of sending it to landfill
State Regulators Take Comments on Medical Waste Incinerator
2016-03-29 15:30:00| Waste Age
WRAL.com State air quality regulators are taking public comments on a medical waste burning plant's proposal to relocate to Tooele County. read more
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Audit faults state regulators in Flint crisis
2016-03-04 17:53:06| Waste Management - Topix.net
Auditors say Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality made crucial errors when overseeing a switch in water sources for the city of Flint that resulted in a lead contamination crisis. A state auditor general's report released Friday says department staff failed to require Flint to treat its water with anti-corrosive chemicals when it began drawing from the Flint River in April 2014.
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State regulators again approve Keystone XL oil pipeline
2016-01-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: State regulators approved again on Tuesday the portion of the Keystone XL oil pipeline that would go through South Dakota, despite the projects stalled status at the federal level. The South Dakota Public Utilities Commissions decision also hinges on a requirement that TransCanada Corp. get a presidential permit for the project. President Barack Obama blocked the pipeline in November, but it could be revived under the next administration. South Dakotas decision further strengthens the companys...
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