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  • 5 Landfill Gas and Geothermal Stocks for Your Clean Energy Shopping List

    This article continues my Clean Energy Stocks Shopping List series. So far I've brought you: Kilowatts from Trash As I discussed in my recent article on Advanced Biofuels , I expect that advanced biofuels are likely to have to compete with electricity generation for feedstock, and electricity generation is likely...

  • Middle Tennessee creek contaminated by leaking landfill

    State environmental officials say leakage from a landfill is contaminating Vickery Creek in Marshall County.

  • Only 1 Boat Ramp on Lake Travis Open

    The only public boat ramp on Lake Travis that will be open for the 4 th of July weekend is located at the Mansfield Dam Recreation Area off Ranch Road 620 just five miles south of FM 2222.

  • SIP: Two Buck Chuck maker sets sights on Australia

    First there was Two Buck Chuck. Now, there's Three Dolla Koala. Fred Franzia , the vintner who shook up the California wine world seven years ago with Charles Shaw wines - nicknamed Two Buck Chuck because they sell for $1.99 in some states - has come up with Down Under,...

  • Sims Metal Management Acquires the Assets of Fairless Iron & Metal, LLC.

    Sims Metal Management Limited , the worlda s largest listed metal and electronics recycling company, announced today the acquisition of the assets of Fairless Iron & Metal, LLC in Morrisville, Pennsylvania on the East Coast of the United States.

  • Shrimp fishing hurting organisms

    Jul 2 - Fishermen who survive on US$7 a day by catching shrimp to make Bangladesh's locally known "shrimp fry" dishes risk destroying other sea organisms, an environmentalist says.

  • Obama's Fish & Wildlife Service Nominee Ignored Endangered Species Act

    WASHINGTON, DC , June 23, 2009 - The man nominated by President Barack Obama to administer the Endangered Species Act rarely used it to protect species, according to agency statistics released Monday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

    Photo: Sam Hamilton (Photo courtesy USFWS)

  • Marbled Murrelet Still Needs Threatened Species Status

    SEATTLE, Washington , June 24, 2009 - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a five-year report finding that continued protection of marbled murrelets in Washington, Oregon, and California is required under the Endangered Species Act.

    Photo: Marbled murrelet on its nest in a coastal old-growth forest (Photo courtesy...

  • U.S. EPA Approves California Clean Car Standards

    WASHINGTON, DC , June 30, 2009 - Reversing a Bush-era decision, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today granted California's waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards for new motor vehicles, called Clean Car Standards, beginning with the current model year.

    Photo: Traffic on Highway 101...

  • Tetra Tech acquires consulting and engineering firm BAS

    When one engineering firm works closely with another, the collaboration provides a unique insight into the other company's strengths and weaknesses.