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PH17 "IN FOCUS": Radon, The Silent Killer
Staff reporterPHL17 "IN FOCUS": RADON, THE SILENT KILLER PHILADELPHIA – Saturday, February 5, 2011- 6:30-7:00am On this Saturday's episode of "In Focus", Steve Highsmith focuses on the silent killer, radon. Radon is responsible for at least 20,000 lung cancer deaths a...Tags: Entertainment, Television Stations, Los Angeles Times, Environmental Politics, Economy, Business and Finance
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Green advice for beach bums to keep water clean
Are you one of millions who will enjoy some of the summer sun at the beach? Did you know that some of the choices we make at home and while on vacation can actually contaminate the very same waters we can't wait to get in? Do Your Part and become a...
Tags: Travel, Trips and Vacations
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Report outlines strategy for New River improvements
Staff WriterCALEXICO — It’s been a public health issue for half a century. It’s been thought to have caused cancer. It’s been known as the most polluted river in the nation. The murky green water that runs through the border and into the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Mexico, Wetlands, Facebook, Cancer
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Voice of the People, May. 26
I'm quite surprised by "Cigarette-related fires" (Voice of the People, May 15), from Bill Phelps, communications director of Altria Client Services, a response to the Tribune's brilliant but aggravating investigation of the machinations of the cigarette...Tags: Science, NATO, Chicago Police Department, Tobacco Products, Cancer
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U.N. nuclear agency finds more highly enriched uranium in Iran
World NowThe U.N. atomic watchdog agency has found evidence at an underground bunker in Iran that may mean scientists have moved closer to enriching uranium to the level needed to produce nuclear weapons. Iran claims the more highly enriched uranium was the result... -
Egypt election headed toward runoff pitting religious vs. secular
World NowOfficial results in Egypt's first free presidential election have not been announced but projections showed that Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi will likely battle Ahmed Shafik, the last prime minister to serve Mubarak, in a June runoff.... -
Heavy sea ice could mean slight delay in offshore Arctic drilling
SEATTLE -- The heaviest polar ice in more than a decade is clinging to the northern coast of Alaska and could postpone the commencement of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic until the beginning of August — a delay of up to two weeks, Shell Alaska...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Heavy Engineering, Los Angeles Times, Environmental Politics, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)
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Climate change
Tribune reporter Michael Hawthorne penned a typically thoughtful and informative article ("BP's Whiting refinery agrees to cut air pollution," News, May 24), about the new emissions cleanup agreement between the Environmental Protection Agency and the...Tags: Lobbying, Ecosystems, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Environmental Politics, Weather
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Gul drops in, talks up the Turkish political model
World NowTurkish President Abdullah Gul came to California this week after addressing the NATO summit in Chicago and talked up the Turkish political model.... -
Testing the water
As the lakefront officially opens to swimmers Friday, the Lake Michigan shoreline joins the cutting edge in the war on bacteria after decades of using day-old water samples to decide whether to close beaches.
In Chicago, the Park District will use a...Tags: Environmental Issues, Lakes and Ponds, Beaches, E. coli Infection, Environmental Politics
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Fracking comes to Illinois
Representatives of the oil and natural gas industries scratched their heads this week when they read two proposed amendments to an Illinois drilling bill.
The amendments, drawn up by House Speaker Michael Madigan's staff, would create the nation's most...Tags: Illinois, Michael Madigan, Environmental Politics, Environmental Cleanup, Energy Resources
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Gasification plants in Illinois dead or on life support
A few short months ago, the future looked bright for three coal plant developers with the idea that they would create a new market for the state's abundant, but dirty, coal.
Proponents even called the coal "clean" because it wouldn't be burned and sent...Tags: Mining, Credit Ratings, Plant Openings, DuPage County, Economy, Business and Finance
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