"North Central W.Va. is Ground Zero for Surface Mine Coal Ash"
"Mine operators are spreading serious amounts of coal combustion waste in W.Va. before the EPA declares it to be a hazardous material."
Source: WV State Journal, 01/28/2010
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"Expansion of West's Largest Toxic-Waste Dump Is Approved"
"A county board in central California approved the expansion of the largest toxic-waste dump in the West, despite concerns about an increase in birth defects in a nearby farming town."
Source: AP, 12/24/2009
NJ Landfill Owner Payment of $1.8 Billion Largest in History
"The owner of the highly polluted Kin-Buc Landfill in Edison has agreed to make the largest environmental clean-up contribution in the United States, $1.79 billion, as part of a bankruptcy settlement."
Source: Newsroom Jersey, 12/11/2009
"Texas Plant Won't Burn Mexican PCB Materials"
"DALLAS -- A southeast Texas industrial plant is scrapping plans to import and incinerate 20,000 tons of hazardous materials from Mexico, the facility's general manager said Wednesday."
Source: AP, 11/19/2009
Coal-Ash Disposal Remains A Front-Burner Issue at EPA
Most of the 580-plus coal-ash impoundments and landfills in the
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"Trimble Coal Ash Pond Worries Environmentalists"
"An expanded LG&E ash pond next to the Ohio River in Trimble County would have 100 foot tall walls and store more ash than burst across hundreds of acres in Tennessee last year."
Source: Louisville Courier-Journal, 11/04/2009
"Food Recycling Law A Hit In San Francisco"
"Tossing food scraps in your garbage can is a crime — at least in San Francisco. A brand-new city law requires residents to discard food waste in a separate bin."
Source: NPR, 10/22/2009
"Oozing with Controversy"
"Leftover sludge from water treatment plants contains human waste, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals and whatever else washes into the sewer system. It's also used as fertilizer - which concerns some experts."
Source: Montreal Gazette, 10/09/2009
Tracking Trash? There's an App for That
MIT researchers have been using custom-made sensors planted on trash in New York City, Seattle, and London to track the circuitous route that trash takes each day. Similar efforts are planned for other cities.
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"Officials Knew for Decades That Park Was Contaminated"
"In the woods on the northern edge of Scofieldtown Park are remnants of its days as a landfill. Containers lay strewn among the trees -- milk and 7UP bottles that haven't been used since the 1950s. More sinister are rusty paint cans and empty, decaying 55-gallon chemical drums."
Source: Stamford Advocate, 09/29/2009
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