Thursday, August 30, 2012

Hantavirus-Clean Up and Mouse Proof the House

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Image of Deer Mouse taken from CDC  I read in the paper the other day that seven Yosemite visitors have recently been stricken with Ha...
Monday, August 27, 2012

The History of Drinking Water in Washington DC

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In the first decade of the nineteenth century a group of residents of Washington DC were granted permission to pipe water from the city sp...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

EPA Rule Targeting Coal Power Plants Voided by Court

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On Tuesday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled (2-1) that the Cross State Air Pollution Rule, CSAPR , exceeded the...
Monday, August 20, 2012

Recharging Groundwater

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From John Hopkins University website “The increasing use of ground water for industrial, municipal, and irrigation supply in the United ...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

Hetch Hechy Valley Restoration Plan on Ballot for November

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Picture from SF PUC web site The Hetch Hetchy Valley is a glacier-carved granite canyon located in Yosemite National Park. Though once d...
Monday, August 13, 2012

Chevron Fire and Air Quality in the East Bay

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On the evening of August 6, 2012 a fire broke out at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, CA. The fire began in a crude oil unit, where there w...
Thursday, August 9, 2012

Sinkholes In America

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According to the Infrastructure Report Card from the American Society of Civil Engineers, New York’s waste water infrastructure needs an in...