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Arizona Legislature Considers Stuffing Used Tires into Abandoned Mines
Given the state of the economy you’d think they’d be pinching every penny but it appears that the State of Arizona has money to burn – perhaps literally. Last week the House voted in favor of a bill that would use old tires to fill abandoned mines. The bill’s supporters cite the growing problem of used tire dumps, but apparently they don’t keep up with the latest business news. Magnum D’Or and InfoSpi are just two of the rapidly growing number of companies that see the potential for recycling those tire dumps into real money – and creating more green jobs to boot.
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San Francisco surf spot in danger from rock shoring..
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'Save Sloat!' Advocates Continue to Dispute Boulders on Beach in San Francisco
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 3 February, 2010 : - - San Francisco -- After winning a crucial one-week delay on the City of San Francisco’s plans to dump giant boulders on Ocean Beach, local community advocates continue to make gains in their struggle to protect the south Sloat area of the beach and force a long-term solution to this decades-old problem.
At the San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday at City Hall, coastal advocates from Save The Waves and San Francisco Surfrider Foundation, as well as other local community leaders, argued that the City should not dump boulders on the beach to temporarily protect city infrastructure from erosion and rising sea levels.
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Mesothelioma cancer-causing asbestos found in Minneapolis soil
n Minneapolis, Minnesota, city officials are planning to purchase a parcel of land that would be used to create a park near the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway. However, the deal may fall through due to the recent announcement made about the quality of the soil in the area.
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Letters: Abuse of Uvas Creek a problem that should be taken seriously
First abuse: the Christopher Ranch which two years ago, dumped pollutants into Uvas Creek resulting in a steelhead trout kill, a federally protected species. Also killed were various other species of fish, crustaceans, amphibians, aquatic plants and everything else up the food chain. Christopher Ranch was prosecuted and fined $60,000.
Second abuse: The Christopher High School contractor was prosecuted and fined $170,000 for and erosion control failure. This was a one-time incident during a downpour. The sediment made its way into a flood control canal and into Llagas Creek, but no fish were killed. Hmmm, why the discrepancy in fines for those two incidents?
Third abuse: The silting of Uvas Creek by the Garlic Festival and their failure to provide adequate erosion control after each festival. The fine powder from both the north and south parking lots flows down the footpaths and roads into the creek.
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UVM study offers hope for lake cleanup
GRAND ISLE — A new University of Vermont study offers fresh hope for protecting Lake Champlain. The study demonstrates how a set of actions on a limited land area could dramatically reduce one major pollution source: farm runoff.
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Muchakinock Creek Watershed gets funding extension
The focus of the Muchakinock Creek Watershed Project is to work with local landowners to install terraces, basins and grade stabilization structures on their property to control soil erosion, and prevent excessive sediment from reaching the stream. The project provides up to 75 percent cost-share to assist eligible landowners in constructing conservation practices.
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New group created to find solutions to coastal problems
McNeese State University is partnering with LA Ash, Inc., Livengood Management, Resources Materials Testing Laboratory and Southwestern Construction Material Testing Lab to create the Industrial Executives and Academic Partnership— a group that will work together to find solutions to preserve Southwest Louisiana's coastal heritage and to prevent major infrastructure damage caused by water intrusion to coastal roadways.
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Cotton-waste mulch
A new hydromulch spray that includes cotton gin waste will be tested by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators at Summit seed, Inc. Hydromulches are slurry mixtures that are sprayed onto the ground for land reclamation, erosion control, and other purposes.
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Solution debated for eroding cliff
SAN FRANCISCO — One of the year’s highest tides combined with a hefty swell to take a large bite out of Great Highway late last week, a collapse that city officials say shows exactly how important and urgent it is to build a rock wall on Ocean Beach.
Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors is expected to extend an emergency order allowing the Department of Public Works to hire a contractor to build a lengthy rock revetment at the foot of the bluff to protect it from further erosion.
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Army Corps seeks to beef up Columbia River jetties
A century of wave action has eroded the jetties at the mouth of the Columbia River, leaving the several sections at risk of breaching.
Repairs completed over the past several years offered a quick fix for the most severely eroded sections, and kept the mouth of the river open to navigation. The jetties ensure ship access to the river and facilitate $16 billion in commerce.
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Airport asking DEP for more time on fine
PANAMA CITY — Airport Authority board members voted Tuesday to ask the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for more time to evaluate the most recent fine and request for corrective action over erosion problems at the construction site of the new airport.
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Restoration of rocky slopes based on planted gabions and use of drought-preconditioned woody species
The restoration of steep rock faces with shrubs and trees is difficult due to extreme microclimatic and edaphic conditions. In this study, we tested the applicability of free-standing planted gabions to improve ...
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Better breed of plants may help revive rugged western rangelands in US
Washington, Feb 14 : In a long term study, scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have been developing a better breed of grasses and forages that could help revive the rugged rangelands of the western United States.
As a result of that work, the scientists have released many improved plant varieties that help restore vegetation communities struggling for survival in the face of extreme weather conditions, wildfires, soil erosion, invasive plant species and other challenges.
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Global warming: Shoreline changes as planet warms
Polls indicate an alarming percentage of Americans have doubts about global warming, even to the point of suspecting that scientists are lying about the data. Much of the bluster centers on whether or not it has been colder this year than last.
Instead of relying on thermometers, we should listen to Mother Earth. So let’s take a trip around the northern half of the Western Hemisphere for real-world evidence that our planet is getting warmer.
The first stop on our trip will be to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. As we fly toward our destination, we see a fringe of dead trees stretching for miles in the water along the Albermarle Sound shoreline, a clear indication that sea level rise is drowning the forest edge.
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Asbestos Cleanup Underway at Chicago Superfund Site
The site of a former outboard motor plant in suburban Chicago is undergoing asbestos remediation as part of a redevelopment plan. The city of Waukegan, Illinois, received more than $18 million as part of a federal stimulus package to clean up the site of the Outboard Marine Corporation manufacturing facility. When the plant closed its doors, the high level of asbestos, PCBs and other industrial contaminants earned it a place on the Environmental Protection Agency's "Superfund" list.
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High court case could affect Lee beaches
The U.S. Supreme Court is deliberating over Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection (08-1151), a case of property owners' rights versus beach nourishment benefits. The outcome has serious implications for our public beaches.
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Panel will meet on Final Terminal Groin Study Report
The state Science Panel on Coastal Hazards will meet March 12 in Raleigh to discuss the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission’s study of the feasibility and advisability of the use of a terminal groin as an erosion control device in coastal North Carolina.
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Spring Landscaping "To-Do" List
Erosion control: Although the recent rain/snowfall was light in nature, many properties experienced considerable erosion due to the high level of moisture retained within the soil. Pay considerable attention to this prior to our monsoons arriving. If proactive measures are not taken before large volumes of rainfall or sheet flows of water occur, a small fix could instantly turn into a major undertaking. The small areas of erosion that may have occurred over the winter months have broken down the upper crust of soil and exposed soil that is now easily moved.
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EPA rules try to rein in runoff
COUNCIL BLUFFS — Those towering snowdrifts will soon melt into headaches for land developers and homeowners alike, but the Environmental Protection Agency will add a catch to the muddy mix.
A final rule the agency issued in November to reduce water pollution from construction sites became effective in February. The regulations to improve water quality and reduce the amount of sediment washed from construction sites will be phased in over four years.
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