GOP Lawmaker Key in Passing $5 Billion NY Green Building and Jobs Bill
NY state Senator Thomas Moran (R) played a critical role in passage of a $5-billion green jobs and energy bill for the state.
Source: SolveClimate, 09/14/2009
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"PCB Risk Feared at Older Northeast Schools"
"Window and masonry caulking in hundreds of older schools in New England probably contain very high levels of now-banned toxins that can gradually be released into the air, posing a potential health risk to students and staff, environmental specialists say."
Source: Boston Globe, 09/07/2009
"Ford Settles N.J. Toxic Waste Lawsuit"
"The Ford Motor Co. has settled a lawsuit filed by residents of a northern New Jersey town over toxic waste dumped there nearly 40 years ago."
Source: AP, 09/07/2009
"Rain Tests Water Rules"
"A major problem facing municipalities around Albany County: sewer systems that are often overrun by heavy rain and governments that don't have the millions of dollars needed to upgrade often antiquated systems."
Source: Albany Times-Union, 08/31/2009
Toxics-Burning NY Cement Kilns Exceed Federal Emissions Limits
Blue-collar residents near New York's only hazardous waste incinerator worry about strange odors. An investigation showed the plant's emissions are not what they are supposed to be.
Source: Albany Times-Union, 08/24/2009
"Storm Fells Hundreds of Trees in NY's Central Park"
"Hundreds of century-old trees lay snapped in half and uprooted throughout Central Park on Wednesday after a severe thunderstorm with winds as high as 80 mph barreled through the city overnight."
Source: AP, 08/20/2009
"A Gritty Problem: New Bedford Built Schools, Homes on Old Dump"
The redevelopment of a New Bedford waste dump raises toxic threats to homes, schools, and churches.
Source: Boston Globe, 08/17/2009
"Battle Over Chemical Used to Make Non-Stick Pans Heats Up"
DuPont will try to persuade New Jersey state drinking water regulators to go easy on cleanups of PFOA, a chemical used in non-stick pans -- even before the regulators hear scientific evidence from their own scientists.
Source: ENS, 08/07/2009
Groups Urge Widening Of NJ Corruption Probe To Environment
"Environmental groups today called for new ethical controls in state government, saying recent arrests of two assemblymen involving land deals are only 'the tip of the iceberg' when it comes to the influence developers wield over the Department of Environmental Protection."
Source: Newark Star-Ledger, 08/04/2009
"Mass. Chemical Leak Sends 100-Plus To Hospitals"
"NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- Noxious fumes at a trash disposal facility sent 119 people to hospitals Monday, including two who were listed in critical condition."
Source: AP, 08/04/2009
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