Wall Street Journal:
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Environmental Protection Agency ordered the Marina, Calif.-based operations of Mexican cement maker Cemex SAB de CV to comply with the Clean Water Act, the agency said Friday. The EPA said Cemex failed to get authorization to discharge storm water under federal regulations. The violations (Read More)
New York Times:
The E.P.A. administrator said the agency was “falling short of this administration’s expectations” for the effectiveness of clean water enforcement.
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CNN:
OK, technically I did this last week, on Saturday, 10/4. I had signed up weeks before and couldn't get the Multiple Sclerosis Society to change the date. Every year, the MS Society in New Jersey sponsors the City-to-Shore bike ride, a 150 mile round trip from Cherry Hill to Ocean City, 75 miles on Saturday and 75 miles back (Read More)
CNN:
Our family has had many different pets over the years. Dogs, cats, frogs, lizards, turtles, and even a snake once. CC (our 7-year old grandchild) has always had a compassionate heart to all of them. Last winter we learned about a shelter in the area named New Life Adoption Center. It was founded by Dr. Karla Sathre and volu (Read More)
LA Times:
The rebuilding has begun, but there is little power, fuel or clean water, the tourism industry is badly damaged, and hopes for those buried alive are fading. Uly Marisa picked up her broom and swept away broken glass and shattered pottery (Read More)
LA Times:
The Canadian tycoon plans to have some serious fun. He's publicizing Earth's shortage of clean water, but also taking along some rubber noses. A spacecraft carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two crew mates lifted off fro (Read More)
UK News from Times Online:
When the first public drinking fountain was unveiled in London 150 years ago, a large crowd gathered at St Sepulchre’s Church at Snow Hill to witness an engineering marvel that for the first time would provide the city’s poor with cold, clean, fresh water (and, the authorities hoped, would also keep the toiling masses out o (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Clean water, health-care and economic development were on the agenda at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. Video courtesy of Reuters.
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Wall Street Journal:
World Bank Gives a $4.3 Billion BoosterGOOD MORNING. Stocks in Asia closed lower today; U.S. futures are pointing to a flat start.Governments are counting on infrastructure spending to lift their economies out of recession. And traders have been looking to China and India for much of the growth. China alone has committed to (Read More)
CNN:
Just some video of the Sardis Creek area of Lake Lanier near Gainesville, GA and the Chatahoochee River at Gainesville Marina. The lake took up the flood runoff's protecting Gainesville from extensive flooding as our neighbors to the South have suffered with. Don't worry, we're keepin' the flood gates closed and Alabamstan (Read More)
L.A. Times - Environment:
The 15-acre public park will double as a stormwater treatment facility, capturing 2 million gallons a day in an effort to clean up polluted water. Veteran surfers joined forces with Malibu city leaders Monday to launch construction of Leg (Read More)
L.A. Now:
Veteran surfers joined forces with the Malibu City Council today to launch construction of Legacy Park, the centerpiece of the city’s $50-million-plus plan to clean up polluted water in Malibu Creek, Malibu Lagoon and famed Surfrider Beach. “Legacy Park is going to act as Malibu’s environmental cleaning machine,” said Mayor (Read More)
New York Times:
Re “With Soap and Water or Sanitizer, a Cleaning That Can Stave Off the Flu” (Well, Sept. 15): For much of my 81 years I have avoided colds and flu by drinking wholesome amounts of water and other beverages. This habit dictates frequent trips to the bathroom, after which, being genteelly reared, I wash my hands. (Read More)
BBC:
Guernsey's scrutiny committee is to investigate the way a clean-up operation was carried out after the island's water supply was polluted. (Read More)