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Wyoming OKs permit to test treated oil wastewater on a farm
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming regulators have issued a one-time permit for a company to test whether its technology to treat oil drilling and manufacturing wastewater can help vegetation grow on a farm. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality permit issued this month allows Encore Green...
Recycling push by beverage companies starts in North Texas
DALLAS (AP) — An initiative from three of America's biggest beverage companies that aims to improve the recycling and processing of plastic bottles is kicking off in North Texas with an investment of more than $3 million. The American Beverage Association announced Thursday that the Dallas-Fort Worth area...
Smelly Rio de Janeiro water supply has residents on edge
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — There’s a creeping sense of alarm in Rio de Janeiro after more than a week of foul tasting and smelling tap water in dozens of neighborhoods. Rumors are flying, and residents are hoarding bottled water. People in the metropolitan area have taken to social media to show glasses...
US Forest Service project allowed to proceed in Montana
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A wildfire mitigation project was allowed to proceed in Montana's Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest after two conservation groups raised concerns over the impact on big game habitat, federal appeals court officials said. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the...
Governor calls Rio de Janeiro water problems "inadmissable"
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After days of reports of foul tasting or smelling tap water in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, Gov. Wilson Witzel has called for analysis of the water's quality as well as management at local utility Cedae. “The disorder the population has been suffering due to the...
Spain: Chemical plant explosion kills 1, injures at least 9
MADRID (AP) — A massive explosion at a petrochemical plant in northeastern Spain on Tuesday killed one person and injured at least nine others, three seriously, regional authorities said. A press spokesman for the port city of Tarragona, where the plant is located, said a preliminary investigation...
Group: Cattle hooves, manure spoiling Southwest US waterways
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An environmental group is suing the federal government to try to keep livestock away from Southwestern waterways that are home to threatened and endangered species. The Center for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit Monday, alleging the U.S. Forest Service isn't adequately...
Nebraska energy plant ordered to pay unpaid landfill bills
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) — A northeastern Nebraska renewable energy plant has been ordered to pay $32,531 to a landfill for failing to pay for waste services. A Butler County District Judge ruled against Big Ox Energy because the plant failed to respond to a lawsuit filed by a landfill in David City,...
Neighbors come together to clean up debris at couple's home
AMHERST, Va. (AP) — Angel and Maria Alberio — natives of Puerto Rico — do not know enough English to express their gratitude in words to about 20 volunteers who spent Saturday (Jan. 4) removing tons of debris from in front of their home. However, the smiles on the couple’s faces more...
Sewage surging into Wisconsin waters as rain intensifies
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Thirty-year-old Conner Andrews has swum in Lake Michigan since his childhood days vacationing in Door County. “It was always a huge deal for me to go to the beach and have fun there and enjoy the waves,” said Andrews, a Nashotah resident and former collegiate swimmer. These...
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