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 Stories About: Florida AND rivers and watersheds AND US EPA AND water pollution
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Swinging Both Ways
Bush Announces Environmental Money for Swing States |
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30 Jan 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Swinging Both Ways Bush Announces Environmental Money for Swing States A recent flurry of announcements from the Bush administration about proposed funding increases for environmental projects -- including salmon restoration and brush clearing in the Northwest, Everglades protection in Florida, and cleanup of the Great Lakes -- has some enviros suspiciou ... |
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| Topics: elections, Florida, Northwest, politics, rivers and watersheds, US EPA, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics) |
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Holy Sinkhole!
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01 May 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Holy Sinkhole! Central Florida's main source of drinking water is being contaminated by a toxic leak from one of the nation's oldest Superfund sites, according to federal authorities. Ten years ago, the U.S. EPA ended the cleanup of a Tower Chemical plant that manufactured pesticides for the citrus industry; now, an unidentified pesticide-related chemical has seeped from a sinkhole below the plant's ... |
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| Topics: Florida, rivers and watersheds, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics) |
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