Published: March 15, 2010
Tags: algae, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, fish, Madison Metropolitan Sewage District, Municipal Environmental Group Wastewater Division, Natural Resources Board, phosphorus, Sierra Club, Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
By TODD RICHMOND
Associated Press Writer
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin residents may soon pay more to flush the toilet but enjoy cleaner lakes, rivers and streams under a plan to more strictly regulate phosphorus pollution in state waterways.
The state Natural Resources Board is set Tuesday to approve public hearings on tougher limits on the pollution, which [...]
Published: February 20, 2010
Tags: Asian carp, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Great Lakes, Obama
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The Obama administration is preparing to release a 5-year blueprint for fighting invasive species and otherwise improving the Great Lakes environment.
Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, has scheduled a news conference for Sunday morning in Washington to announce the plan.
President Barack Obama has pledged to spend $5 billion [...]
Published: February 16, 2010
Tags: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, jobs, Obama, Recovery Act, stimulus
By PHILIP ELLIOTT
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, defending his economic stimulus plan on its first anniversary, is dispatching his Cabinet across the country to try to calm an anxious public as Democrats head into potentially devastating midterm elections.
A weeklong push to highlight the stimulus program’s first year was starting with a Tuesday [...]
Published: February 11, 2010
Tags: Asian carp, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Great Lakes, Mississippi River basin, Natural Resources Defense Council
By JOHN FLESHER
AP Environmental Writer
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The surest way to keep rampaging Asian carp from gaining a foothold in the Great Lakes is to sever the link between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River basin, created by engineers in Chicago more than a century ago.
That would thrill environmentalists and those who make [...]
Published: February 10, 2010
Tags: Ausavich, Carl Krueger Construction, certification, Duffey, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, High-Efficiency Particulate Air, High-Efficiency Particulate Air vacuum, lead paint, Milwaukee Lead/Asbestos Information Center, remediation, Renovations Ltd., Shelley Bruce, Tony Rink, training, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
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By Sean Ryan
The only choice for more than 20,000 residential contractors in Wisconsin is to set aside their concerns over new lead paint requirements and prepare to comply.
“You can either grouse about it or say, ‘OK, we better be prepared and prepared to do it right,’” said Tony Rink, vice president and general manager of [...]
Published: January 29, 2010
Tags: Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Duchniak, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Furrer, Lake Michigan, Meitz, Vitale, Warren, water, Waukesha, Waukesha Common Council, Waukesha Water Utility, Wells
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By Sean Ryan
As Dan Duchniak, general manager of the Waukesha Water Utility, explained the $164 million plan to build a pipeline to Lake Michigan, members of city government asked if he had any cheaper alternatives.
After studying 14 alternatives for more than seven years and narrowing the ideas down to the three-best options, the Lake Michigan [...]
Published: January 29, 2010
Tags: construction site, discharge, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, limits, permit, storm water, turbidity
Christopher Reive and Katie Jeremiah
Dolan Media Newswires
Portland, Ore. — Beginning Feb. 1, a construction site of 1 acre or more will be subject to new compliance standards.
Water used to wash out concrete and construction materials — including stucco, paint and curing compounds — as well as soaps or solvents used to wash vehicles and equipment, [...]
By JASON DEAREN
Associated Press Writer
LIVERMORE, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of trash trucks across California are rumbling down city streets using clean fuel made from a dirty source: garbage.
The fuel is derived from rotting refuse that San Francisco and Oakland residents and businesses have been discarding in the Altamont landfill since 1980. Since November, the methane [...]
By Hafez Daraee
Dolan Media Newswires
Portland, Ore. — Exposure to lead-based paint is harmful to everyone, especially children. Before the 1978 ban, harmful lead-based paints were used in more than 38 million homes across the country.
In response to the magnitude of this problem, the Environmental Protection Agency in 2008 updated its rules to prevent poisoning from [...]
By JOHN FLESHER
AP Environmental Writer
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal officials say they’ll use $13 million in Great Lakes restoration funds to step up the fight against invasive Asian carp.
Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, said Monday the money will be used for engineering projects to prevent the carp from slipping into Lake [...]
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