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September 28, 2009 to September 29, 2009

9th Annual Aquifer Storage Recovery Conference

Scientists, engineers, planners, water-resource managers, and concerned citizens will focus on Florida's water future.

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September 23, 2009 to September 24, 2009

E-Scrap 2009 Conference

Industry assessments, including analyses of stewardship systems and trends in the U.S. and Canada, e-scrap collection issues, recycling market factors, and legislative policy considerations.

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Two Agencies Hide Neglect of Coal-Dam Safety with Secrecy

US EPA and Army Corps of Engineers say they "cannot make the list of 'high hazard' coal ash impoundment sites public," even though risk to communities exists -- like the December 2008 pond failure at the Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee.

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"Ghosts of Gas Stations Past Haunt Roadsides"

Abandoned gas stations dot some Florida highways. Economic conditions bear part of the blame. But operators' inability to pay for replacement of old, leaky tanks ironically may be causing more old tanks to be left in the ground.

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Source: Ft. Myers News-Press, 06/15/2009

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"Report Cannot Link Lejeune Water to Diseases"

A National Research Council report says it may be impossible to know whether contaminated drinking water at the Camp Lejeune Marine base caused birth defects and illness among people seeking $33.9 billion in claims.

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Source: Raleigh News & Observer, 06/15/2009

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"Dredged Mud Can Save Louisiana Coast, State Says"

If the Army Corps of Engineers and private companies used all the mud they dredge from wetlands and waterway to rebuild Louisiana coastal marshes, it would be a boon for coastal restoration.

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Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 06/15/2009

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Troubling Predictions Come True For Reporter And Friends

By KATINA GAUDET

"We have a different fear of hurricanes."

My friend Yasmin was trying to rationalize her fearlessness in the face of an imposing Hurricane Katrina, expected to make landfall near New Orleans the next day, from her first-floor Uptown apartment.

But I was having difficulty, although safe in a hotel room near Memphis. I was frantic, yelling into the phone at Yasmin, "You cannot stay there."

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Book Shelf, Book 3- America's Wetland: Louisiana' s Vanishing Coast

AMERICA'S WETLAND: LOUISIANA'S VANISHING COAST
Photographs by Bevil Knapp, text by Mike Dunne Louisiana State
University Press, $39.95

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"Court Won't Hear Suit on Camp Lejeune Water"

"The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a Marine's lawsuit blaming the government's dumping of toxic chemicals at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina for his son's illnesses."

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Source: AP, 06/10/2009