Published: July 2, 2010
Tags: Center For Food Safety, glyphosate, mare’s-tail, Monsanto, Palmer amaranth, Roundup, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, University of Illinois, water hemp, weed killer
David Mercer AP Writer Champaign, IL — When the weed killer Roundup was introduced in the 1970s, it proved it could kill nearly any plant while still being safer than many other herbicides, and it allowed farmers to give up harsher chemicals and reduce tilling that can contribute to erosion. But 34 years later, a [...]
Published: July 1, 2010
Tags: Air Alliance Houston, air permits, Baytown, Clean Air Act, Exxon Mobil, Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ramit Plushnick-Masti AP Writer Houston — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has officially overturned a 16-year-old Texas air permitting program EPA officials say violates the Clean Air Act, leaving some of the country’s largest refineries in limbo. The move comes after years of backdoor bickering, negotiations and public arguments between the EPA and Texas. The [...]
Published: April 20, 2010
Tags: Ace Ethanol, Badgerland Financial, biodiesel, biofuel, Bruce Thompson, Ed Waters, EPA, ethanol, Kemmet, Milwaukee, Port of Milwaukee, subsidy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Waters New Biotech
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By Sean Ryan A risk-averse lending market is stalling one of the few new projects to produce biofuel in Wisconsin. Ed Waters, founder of Waters New Biotech Inc., for more than a year has tried to line up private financing for construction of an up to $30 million plant in the Port of Milwaukee. The [...]
Published: April 14, 2010
Tags: lead paint rules, National Association of Home Builders, National Center of Health Housing, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Comments: 1
A national homebuilder group contends that most contractors are unprepared for new federal lead paint rules, but Wisconsin officials say the standards will take effect in the state April 22 as planned.
Published: March 3, 2010
Tags: EPA, Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co., Marquette County, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, National Wildlife Federation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Upper Peninsula
By John Flesher AP Environmental Writer Traverse City, Mich. — A company preparing to build a nickel and copper mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula wants to change its wastewater treatment system in a way that could negate the requirement for a federal permit, officials said. Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. has asked the Michigan Department of [...]
Published: January 23, 2010
Tags: Beazer Homes USA Inc., Better Homes and Gardens, Broan-NuTone, CertainTeed Corp., Dow Chemical, Energy Star, homebuilding products, housing, International Builders' Show, National Association of Home Builders, New American Home, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
By Alex Veiga AP Real Estate Writer Las Vegas — Think of it as the shrinking American dream. What’s out: Outdoor kitchens and fireplaces, two-story foyers and deluxe bathroom features such as multiple showerheads in the master bathroom. What’s in: Smaller homes with lots of natural light, storage and energy efficiency features that save money [...]
By Rick Callahan AP Writer Indianapolis — Federal officials are encouraging farmers to spread a chalky waste from coal-fired power plants on their fields to loosen and fertilize soil even as the officials consider regulating coal wastes for the first time. The material is produced by power plant scrubbers that remove acid rain causing sulfur [...]
Published: December 1, 2009
Tags: DNR, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Federal Register, monitoring, nephelometric turbidity units, Odefey, pollution, quality, runoff, Ryan, Stevens, storm water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, water, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
By Sean Ryan A new federal runoff rule guarantees that contractors and developers will add a position to many construction sites in Wisconsin: water quality tester. “The one kind of negative thing, from our perspective, is that because there is a standard, that would trigger monitoring of some sort,” said Pat Stevens, general counsel for [...]
Published: November 25, 2009
Tags: Clean Water Action Council of Northeastern Wisconsin, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Fort James Operating Co., Katers, Kravit, lawsuit, Sawyer Creek, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Utica Energy LLC, wastewater
By Sean Ryan Utica Energy LLC has settled two cases over the same wastewater permit violations — a situation an attorney for the company says amounts to overkill. First, the Oshkosh ethanol producer settled Wisconsin Department of Justice charges by agreeing to finish a $200,000 project to build a pipe so Utica’s wastewater can be [...]
Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com Backers of Milwaukee’s ordinance that favors local companies in construction bidding are defending the rule, even though its first use is likely to cost taxpayers more than $25,000. “I do think it’s a fair trade-off,” said Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. “I want to see businesses in the city that are growing and [...]
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