Posts Tagged ‘ water ’

MidwayMessage from the Gyre These photographs of albatross chicks were made in September, 2009, on Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of sand and coral near the middle of the North Pacific. The nesting babies are fed bellies-full of plastic by their parents, who soar out over the vast polluted ocean collecting what looks to them...
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Toxic Waters – Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly WASHINGTON — One recent morning, George S. Hawkins, a long-haired environmentalist who now leads one of the largest and most prominent water and sewer systems, trudged to a street corner here where water was gushing into the air. Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times As head...
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Lead in IBM's water: Investigation cuts to chase | poughkeepsiejournal.com WICCOPEE — While the cause of lead contamination in drinking water at four IBM Corp. buildings is still not certain, officials are narrowing the possibilities through a continuing investigation. So far, it appears that the lead isn't coming from the joint city-town water plant, called the...
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Stone Energy Corporation is requesting two permits for Marcellus Shale gas drilling projects in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, in the Upper Delaware River watershed. This area has been classified as Special Protection Waters by the Delaware River Basin Commission with "exceptionally high scenic, recreational, ecological and/or water supply values."
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$2 million in stimulus funds for new Warwick water filtration WARWICK – More federal stimulus funds are starting to flow and $2 million of that is flowing to the Village of Warwick to correct its problem of a contaminated drinking well. Congressman John Hall came to the village Monday to announce the grant, which he said...
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Marcellus Shale gas mining discussed at forum NEW PALTZ – Should natural gas be mined from the Marcellus Shale formation, all safeguards against groundwater contamination must be in place, Congressman Maurice Hinchey told a forum in New Paltz Monday evening. A panel was organized in part by the SUNY New Paltz Environmental Task Force for the...
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Efforts to restore the Everglades have picked up urgency in the last decade: the sprawling subtropical wetland, the only ecosystem of its kind, is dying for lack of clean water. Many environmentalists remain convinced that Mr. Crist’s deal with United States Sugar, even in its downsized form, offers the Everglades its best hope. But documents...
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