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EPA to Add Treatment Technology to Nassau Landfill Site

July 29, 2014July 29, 2014 by Ken Jennison

The EPA has announced that it will be add additional treatment technology to the Dewey Loeffel Landfill site in Nassau, New York by November 2014 to address the long-term treatment of 1,4-dioxane, a stabilizer and solvent that is a component of some cosmetics, detergents and shampoos. The plant began operations ... Read more »

Drought Increases Contamination Risk

February 20, 2014February 20, 2014 by Bill Opalka

California’s drought has put 10 communities at risk of running out of drinking water in 60 days, and worsened numerous other health and safety problems, public health officials said. Reuters reports communities where residents rely on wells are at particular risk, as contaminants in the groundwater become more concentrated with ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: AZ Solar Ruling, GMO Veto Override, China’s ‘Red Lines’

November 18, 2013December 4, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

The Arizona Corporation Commission has agreed, 3-2, to preserve the state’s net metering system for distributed solar power but to levy a 70 cents per kW charge to help compensate utilities. That is between one-eight and one-tenth of the charge the utilities had sought. Regulators also told the utilities to ... Read more »

Drought-Hit Farmers Explore New Irrigation Methods

July 3, 2013July 3, 2013 by Leon Walker

Farmers in the Texas Panhandle, squeezed for water by a three-year drought and a declining Ogallalla Aquifer, are experimenting with planting corn without watering the ground first. They are planting later in the season so they can tap the summer rain and switching to pivot sprinklers for more efficient, affordable ... Read more »

Environmental Executive Moves: Xanterra, Best Foot Forward, GEI Consultants

February 5, 2013February 5, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Xanterra Parks & Resorts: The company, which operates lodges, restaurants and other concessions in state and national parks as well as Kingsmill Resort, Windstar Cruises and Grand Canyon Railway, has appointed Catherine Greener (pictured) vice president of sustainability. Prior ... Read more »

Cleanup of US Groundwater Contamination Limited by Technology

November 9, 2012November 9, 2012 by Kirsten Korosec

About 10 percent of the 126,000 contaminated groundwater sites in the United States are considered complex, with restoration unlikely in the next 50 to 100 years due to technological limitations, according to a National Research Council report. The report, “Alternatives for Managing the Nation’s Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites,” estimated the ... Read more »

VW Details Groundwater Project Success

September 5, 2012 by Leon Walker

A reforestation project near a Volkswagen plant in Mexico is now contributing more groundwater than the facility, its partner companies’ plants and the households of all employees of the program consume, the German automaker has announced. Since 2008, the company has supported the reforestation of a total of 750 hectares ... Read more »

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