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Cross-border train mystery highlights problems with energy credit program

As reported this week by the CBC, a mystery involving strange cross-border train traffic has been linked to possible fraudin a green-energy credit program. Basically, by shipping the same load of bio-disel back and forth across the international...

EPA tells GE to dig deeper

The federal agency is out with requirements for the next phase of the clean up of PCBs flushed into the Hudson River for decades by the company’s plants in Ft. Edward. From the EPA press release: The second phase of the cleanup – which is...

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Last EPA Hearing on Hudson PCB Dredging

by Brian Mann

Apr 06, 2001 — The Environmental Protection Agency held its last public meeting on a plan to dredge toxic PCBs from the Hudson River. The cleanup would cost half a billion dollars. General Electric Corporation has worked hard to discredit the government's proposal. As Brian Mann reports, the debate has left the community bitterly divided. Go to full article

EPA to Review Chatham Permit

by David Sommerstein

Apr 04, 2001 — Half a year after state and county officials gave Chatham Forest Products the go-ahead to build a chipboard plant in northwestern St. Lawrence County, federal regulators are going to review the factory's air pollution permit. As David Sommerstein reports, the action stems from the efforts of a local activist. Go to full article

Air Quality Improving?

by Martha Foley

Feb 28, 2001 — Martha Foley speaks with Clarkson University Professor Phil Hopke, who sits on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's committee on Clean Air Standards. Go to full article

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