Chesapeake Bay Day: Coordinating Research to Improve Farm Practices, Bay Health
M2 Communications, October 6, 2005
U.S. Department of Agriculture officials signed an agreement in Maryland today to enhance research coordination to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States.
American Soil Technologies and UTEK Corporation Announces Strategic Alliance
Business Wire, October 4, 2005
American Soil Technologies, Inc. a leading supplier of super-absorbent polymer soil amendments and other related products in the turf, retail, horticulture and agricultural markets, announced today the signing of a strategic alliance agreement with UTEK Corporation, an innovative technology transfer company.
EPA Says it Will Begin Toxic Cleanup of Nease Site
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October 4, 2005
The former Nease Chemical Co. will be cleaned of toxic chemicals under a plan announced Monday by the U.S. EPA. It will take about two years to complete testing and construction of the needed equipment, and a decade or more after that for the cleaning, say U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials.
Brownfields Clean Up an Important Part of Revitalization
Canada Newswire, October 3, 2005
The Ontario government is building stronger, healthier communities by moving ahead on its progressive brownfields redevelopment program, Environment Minister Laurel Broten announced today.
New Jersey Community Endures Decades of Ford's Toxic Legacy
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October 3, 2005
A slab of bright blue lies beside a mountain stream above the Wanaque Reservoir. It's a sporty color, maybe the "Diamond Blue" that Ford sprayed on Galaxies in the late 1960s. It hardened like lava where it was dumped more than a generation ago.
National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan; National Priorities List
Federal Register, September 30, 2005
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 is publishing a direct final notice of partial deletion of the Jacobs Smelter Superfund Site from the National Priorities List (NPL). Specifically EPA intends to delete Operable Unit 3 from the site, comprised only of soils within the Union Pacific Rail Road (UPRR) right-of-way in Tooele County, Utah.
BUGS and SSWM End Fiscal Year 2005 on Upbeat Note; Record 2005 Revenues and International Opportunities Prelude to 2006 Success
Business Wire, September 30, 2005
Robert Brehm, CEO of U.S. Microbics, Inc., an innovative environmental products and services company, announced that BUGS has completed FY 2005 with record-breaking revenues and backlog, new patented technology, a new website, and new business opportunities in Mexico that sets the pace for an optimistic FY 2006 that should bring the company's innovative environmental clean-up solutions to international customers seeking to solve their country's environmental problems using local resources and labor with the help of BUGS' engineering services, proprietary products and patented processes.
Developer to Pay $250K Fine for Wetland Destruction
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September 30, 2005
A Norfolk, Va. commercial real estate firm that appealed to the Supreme Court over the right to develop a parcel of wetlands in Newport News has settled its case with the state and federal government.
Universities to Receive Funds for Watershed Studies
AgProfessional, September 28, 2005
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded four grants totaling more than $2.5 million to universities that will study conservation practices and programs to make sure they are effective and practical to use. As part of the Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP), researchers will study the environmental and economic impacts of conservation practices at the watershed level.
Berkeley Lab Technology Could Help Areas Flooded by Katrina, Rita
M2 Ascribe News, September 28, 2005
An experimental technology developed by scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) holds promise for use in situations like this to provide a comprehensive picture of bacterial presence in the air, soil and water and enable authorities to track how that presence changes over time.
Sequoia Interests Moves into Commercial Phase, Starts Manufacturing 'DiamondFlo' Polymer
Business Wire, September 28, 2005
DiamondFlo has been proven effective in the removal of hydrocarbon contaminants from various types of dirt, sands and shale. In recent tests by researchers at Sam Houston State University in Texas, DiamondFlo removed up to 99.6% of hydrocarbon residue from contaminated soil.
Sonic to Aquire USA Based Terra-Kleen Response Group Inc.
Canada Newswire, September 27, 2005
Adam Sumel, President and CEO of Sonic Environmental Solutions Inc. (SNV-TSX Venture Exchange) today announced that the Company has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Terra-Kleen Response Group, Inc. based in San Diego, California.
Arch Coal Reclamation Site Named Among Nation's Best
PR Newswire, September 23, 2005
The Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Director, Jeff Jarrett, has honored one of Arch Coal's mines for demonstrating the best reclamation practices of the past year.
The Cities of Port Colborne and Welland to Receive over $200,000 from the Green Municipal Fund for Brownfield Remediation
Canada Newswire, September 22, 2005
The Cities of Port Colborne and Welland will be taking important steps to clean-up contaminated land in their communities thanks to two Green Municipal Fund (GMF) grants.
Toxic Sediments Could Doom Parts of New Orleans
FIND Government Information, September 21, 2005
Three weeks after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still uninhabitable. It's a city without clean water or electricity or sewage. As cleanup crews try to bring the city back to life. Environmental crews are trying to determine what kind of chemicals are being left behind by the receding floodwaters.
Record of Decision for the Remediation of the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings, Grand and San Juan Counties, UT
Federal Register, September 21, 2005
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces its decision to implement the preferred alternatives identified in the Remediation of the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah, Final Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0355) (Final EIS).
Peabody Energy Earns Five Major Awards for Stewardship at Excellence in Surface Mining Reclamation Awards Ceremony
PR Newswire, September 21, 2005
Peabody operations were honored with five major awards for community and environmental stewardship at the 2005 U.S. Department of the Interior's Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Tonnes of Toxic Dirt to Be Cleared
Australasian Business News, September 20, 2005
More than 5,000 cubic metres of contaminated soil will be removed from the site of Darwin's $A1.9 billion waterfront real estate development.
American Capital Invests $147 Million in One Stop Buyout(TM) of Soil Safe Holdings
PR Newswire, September 19, 2005
American Capital Strategies Ltd. announced today it has invested $147 million in the One Stop Buyout(TM) of Soil Safe Holdings Inc. from The Halifax Group. Soil Safe is a provider of environmental services that include the treatment, disposal and re-use of lightly contaminated soil for real estate, infrastructure development and industrial customers in the Mid-Atlantic region.
The Halifax Group Announces Sale of Soil Safe to an Affiliate of American Capital Strategies, Ltd. for $114.5 Million
Business Wire, September 19, 2005
The Halifax Group today announced that it has sold Soil Safe, Inc. ("Soil Safe"), a leading provider of value-added soil treatment and placement services in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, to an affiliate of American Capital Strategies, Ltd. for $114.5 million.
Province to Clean Up Waste Disposal Site
Canada Newswire, September 19, 2005
The Ontario government is protecting the environment and the health of Ontarians by investing in the clean up of an industrial lagoon in Hawkesbury, MPP Jean-Marc Lalonde announced today on behalf of Natural Resources Minister David Ramsay.
Nuclear Institute Removes Some Uranium-contaminated Soil
Kyodo, September 17, 2005
A governmental nuclear research and development institute finished removing about 10 percent of the 3,000 cubic meters of uranium-contaminated soil found in Yurihama, Tottori Prefecture, on Saturday to ship it to the United States for disposal.
Nippon Sheet Glass, Isolite Develop Soil Remediation Agent
Asia Pulse, September 15, 2005
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. and Isolite Insulating Products Co. have jointly developed a soil treatment agent that can remove six different toxic substances when simply scattered over contaminated dirt.
Katrina Lays Bare Superfund Woes
Christian Science Monitor, September 14, 2005
The receding floodwaters in New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast are exposing hazardous chemicals and other dangerous waste. But they're also revealing the accomplishments - and the limits - of government programs designed to clean up such pollution.
Sonic Announces $2.2 Million Private Placement
Canada Newswire, September 14, 2005
Adam Sumel, President and CEO of Sonic Environmental Solutions Inc. (SNV - TSX Venture Exchange) today announced that the Company has agreed to a private placement of 1,100,000 units at a price of $2.00 per unit for gross proceeds of $2,200,000.00. Each unit will consist of one common share and one-half of one non-transferable share purchase warrant. Each full warrant is exercisable for a period of two years at a price of $2.75 per share purchase warrant.
US ARS: Wormholes--Yet Another Avenue for Pollution?
M2 Communications, September 14, 2005
There's no doubt that earthworms benefit agriculture by their tunneling. But a recent study has shown that their burrows might also be funneling liquid manure--and possibly other contaminants--to underground drainage pipes. These, in turn, flush contaminated water onward, bypassing normal filtering and cleansing by soil.
BUGS Offers Patented Technology to Katrina-Impacted State Agencies; Technology Could Help Clean Up Soil and Groundwater Contamination
Business Wire, September 12, 2005
Bio-GAC(TM) is a patented water and air vapor waste stream treatment process that uses granular activated charcoal (GAC) as a filtration medium in a specially engineered process container to support live microbial products (bugs) specifically selected to degrade toxic pollutants such as those encountered in the Katrina disaster.
EPA Finds High Lead in Pilsen
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September 9, 2005
Children playing in soil near a Pilsen smelter may be exposed to lead levels up to seven times higher than the amount federal authorities consider too dangerous, according to a study released Thursday.
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