Latest South Central U.S. Environment News
- DU to pay $52,700 fine for pollution 25 Jul 2008 15:19 GMT
... for pollution Decatur Utilities’ wastewater saga began a third chapter this week when the Alabama Department of Environmental Management found DU in violation of polluting the Tennessee River. For DU, the price of polluting a state waterway is $52,700, [..] ...
- Why Cap and Trade Could Backfire 25 Jul 2008 14:52 GMT
... Environmentalists claim that capping greenhouse-gas emissions and creating ... the average American home, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research. That's OK, the ...
- Warming is harder on minorities, report says 25 Jul 2008 14:19 GMT
... between low-income communities and wealthier ones, such as high unemployment rates, the report said. Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Maryland, South Carolina and Alabama are in the Atlantic hurricane zone and are expected to be hit with more intense ...
- Viva Dallas offers range of services 25 Jul 2008 09:39 GMT
... The Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Bank ... important trends and innovations in health, the environment and education as well as product samples. ... Education Pavilion, sponsored by the University of Texas at Arlington , families will be able ...
- This is Viewpoints for Friday, 25 July 2008 25 Jul 2008 09:15 GMT
... of Commerce, considers us to be "radical environmentalists," the truth is the wisdom of our ... would emit millions of tons of harmful pollution every year. Georgia gets 62 percent of ... sold on the market to Florida and Alabama, while the harmful health impacts stay in ...
- A voice in the desert 25 Jul 2008 07:32 GMT
... A few miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, amid cracked ... founding director of the University of Arizona's Environmental Research Lab, Hodges has attracted an eclectic ... calculates that diverting the equivalent of three Mississippi Rivers inland would do the trick. He ...
- Gulf Coast states tout pact 25 Jul 2008 07:28 GMT
... final version will carry no legal weight. But participants, who include representatives from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, said they will develop by the end of the year detailed policy and spending ...
- Wind's just waiting to be ridden in N.C. 25 Jul 2008 06:58 GMT
... Wind's just waiting to be ridden in N.C. Shoreline ... the Horse Hollow Wind Energy Project in Texas. A century ago, the Wright Brothers came ... an orderly manner that doesn't harm the environment. One small commercial wind project is proposed ...
- Valley Times July 25 letters to the editor 25 Jul 2008 06:34 GMT
... Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens is spending ... born again is no friend of the environment. He is a lifelong regressive Republican who ...
- House GOP blocks effort to tap oil reserve 25 Jul 2008 06:30 GMT
... House GOP blocks effort to tap oil reserve Article ... 1 killed as crane topples at church OKLAHOMA CITY — Church members watching the steeple ... according to an internal government watchdog. The Environmental Protection Agen-cy's Inspector General's Office Thursday said ...
- Power plant opponents speak up at SATV forum 25 Jul 2008 05:46 GMT
... Expecting the worst from its sit-down with the ... as the “largest polluter east of the Mississippi River.” Dionne discussed the power-plant industries two ... and taught in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky. Throughout that long history, she has seen ...
- Miss. River spill idles ship... 25 Jul 2008 05:12 GMT
... NEW ORLEANS — Dozens of cargo ships, petrochemical tankers ... Thursday near a closed stretch of the Mississippi River, a day after a collision between ... huge elevators at the Port of South Louisiana — upriver from New Orleans — but ...
- Gregoire's Puget Sound push doesn't quite float 25 Jul 2008 05:10 GMT
... Last updated July 24, 2008 9:23 p.m. PT Gregoire's ... and engage him on issues like the environment where the public shows a preference for ... from Golden Gardens to Edmonds. Gregoire and Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu are the Democrats' two ...
- Connelly: Gregoire's Puget Sound push doesn't quite float 25 Jul 2008 05:08 GMT
... Last updated July 24, 2008 9:23 p.m. PT Gregoire's ... and engage him on issues like the environment where the public shows a preference for ... from Golden Gardens to Edmonds. Gregoire and Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu are the Democrats' two ...
- Clearing the air 25 Jul 2008 05:06 GMT
... To help Max Brantley become a better and more accurate ... we had 12 that voted for the Arkansas Environmental Federation minute order. I have no belligerence. ...
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