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Gusher of opposition to Apalachicola oil drilling proposal
Florida Politics· 6 hours agoThe ironically named Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has thrown its preliminary support behind a proposal to begin exploratory, or “wildcat,” oil drilling in ...
DEP meetings coming on planned Union Carbide carcinogen emission permit renewal in South Charleston
The Charleston Gazette· 4 days agoWest Virginia environmental regulators are poised to renew a permit for Union Carbide Corp. that...
Florida's littering penalties only encourage the trashing of the Sunshine State
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe bill included a requirement that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)...
DEP added as defendant in lawsuit against East Dunkard Water Authority
The Uniontown Herald Standard· 6 days agoIt alleges that the DEP was negligent in its oversight of the water authority and treatment plant,...
Here's who's getting a share of the $5 million from Shell cracker fund - Pittsburgh Business Times
The Business Journals· 23 hours agoThe Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community will receive $631,534.22 for environmental...
4 local students win statewide art competition designed to help others avoid Lyme disease
WPXI via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoThe contest, which was put on by the Departments of Health (DOH), Conservation and Natural Resources...
Smoky skies in Bucks County? Canadian wildfires burning again
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAs levels of any or all of these air pollutants rise beyond health standards, precautionary health...
Stuart, 5 nonprofits urge EPA to set toxic algae standard as FL ignores water quality laws
Gannett via AOL· 10 hours agoThe petition also compels the state to provide more complete human health advisories sooner. DEP...
DEP confirms that some buildings in large Bushwick fire contain asbestos
Homenewshere.com· 3 days agoAccording to nyc.gov, people who breathe in asbestos fibers are at risk for diseases, including lung cancer, digestive tract cancer, mesothelioma and asbestosis.
Private investors are checking out the former Daytona Beach police station site
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo Finance· 1 day agoThe DEP database lists the site as having had a 10,000-gallon underground gasoline storage tank that...