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May 24 2024
News
Houston Land Bank granted $5 million to clean up contaminated East End site
Under an agreement with the city, Houston Land Bank will work with stakeholders and community members to “create a greenspace and reuse plan for the site that promises tangible benefits for the local community and stewards the land to new responsible ownership,” according to a landing webpage for the project. A multi-million dollar grant from the Environmental Protection Agency will go towards
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May 24 2024
News
Year after Empower Hotline launches, most tips sent in are spam
PHOENIX (AZFamily)—Thousands of emails are revealing what kinds of tips are being sent to the Empower Hotline, which allows people to submit anonymous complaints about Arizona teachers. Friday, Arizona’s Family obtained thousands of emails sent in anonymously and nearly all of them are spam complaints about the hotline itself or messages praising teachers Arizona Superintendent of Public
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Dec 17 2014
Opinion
OPINION: Democrats’ wasteful torture report
The recent release of a Senate report commissioned by Democrats regarding torture of terrorism suspects in order to obtain vital information was, in my opinion, a waste of $40 million of taxpayer money.
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Aug 23 2023
News
Japanese utility company Tepco details plan to release Fukushima nuclear waste on Aug. 24
Japan is set to begin pumping more than a million tons of treated water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Aug. 24, a process that will take decades to complete. The water was distilled after being contaminated from contact with fuel rods at the reactor, destroyed in a 2011 earthquake. Tanks on the site now hold about 1.3 million tons of radioactive water - enough to
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May 23 2024
News
Fire sparks at Taunton business
TAUNTON, Mass. (WPRI) — An investigation is underway after a fire broke out at a Taunton business early Thursday morning.
Crews responded to WIN Waste Taunton just before 2 a.m. on Prince Henry Drive.
Smoke was seen coming from the building.
According to the company’s website, it’s a rail transfer station.
This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.
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Jul 07 2023
News
Kansas AG files lawsuit over gender markers; Kelly’s office calls it ‘wasteful’
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Republican attorney general of Kansas sued Friday to block transgender residents from changing their sex on their driver’s licenses and to rebuke the Democratic governor for defying his interpretation of a new law. Attorney General Kris Kobach went to a state court in hopes of getting an order to stop Gov. Laura Kelly and agencies under her control to stop allowing the
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Jul 04 2023
News
Japan gets U.N. approval to release nuclear waste water into the Pacific Ocean : NPR
MANILA, Philippines — The International Atomic Energy Agency has approved a plan by Japan to release more than a million tons of treated nuclear waste water from the destroyed Fukushima power plant into the ocean, despite vehement international opposition. In a report released Tuesday, the IAEA said it has concluded after a two-year assessment that the plan is “consistent with relevant
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May 24 2024
News
Redmond Fire & Rescue to close outdoor debris burning for the season on June 1
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Effective Saturday, June 1, Redmond Fire & Rescue will close all outdoor debris burning for the season, until further notice. During this closure, all outdoor debris burning is prohibited in all areas served by Redmond Fire & Rescue in Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties. As a reminder, the closure of outdoor debris burning prohibits all of the following: 3
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May 23 2024
News
EPA touts how Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is helping clean up contaminated groundwater in York
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - The EPA held a press conference in York on Thursday to update people about progress in their effort to decontaminate groundwater in the region. The EPA has been aware and trying to secure funding to start decontamination since the early 2010s, but has had no luck. The harmful chemicals that have seeped into the groundwater were caused by drycleaners improperly
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Jun 29 2023
News
Nuclear waste terms agreed on by New Mexico and feds for WIPP facility near Carlsbad
A nuclear waste repository near Carlsbad will operate for at least another 10 years after state regulators and the federal government agreed to terms in the facility’s permit following a week of negotiations. The new permit, renewed every decade, required the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant to prioritize nuclear waste from within New Mexico, chiefly at Los Alamos National Laboratory, while also
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