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'Gloves come off:' City of St. Charles finds new wellfield land, threatens legal action against EPA

‘Gloves come off:’ City of St. Charles finds new wellfield land, threatens legal action against EPA

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) – The City of St. Charles is moving forward with a fix for its water system, before the EPA determines the cause of the contamination and decides who is responsible for the 1, 2 dichloroethylene and vinyl chloride at St. Charles’ Elm Point Well Field. “Everyone would rather have clean drinking …

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EPA cleans up former BA landfill which has potentially dangerous levels of radioactivity

EPA working at former BA landfill found potentially dangerous levels of radioactivity

EPA workers are covering an old Broken Arrow landfill with clay after surveys and soil testing revealed potentially dangerous levels of radioactivity at the site. Workers are placing two 6-inch layers of compacted clay on the Wagoner County parcel, located on seven acres of vacant land south of Kenosha Street and east of South 219th …

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EPA cleans up former BA landfill which has potentially dangerous levels of radioactivity

EPA cleans up former BA landfill which has potentially dangerous levels of radioactivity

EPA workers are covering an old Broken Arrow landfill with clay after surveys and soil testing revealed potentially dangerous levels of radioactivity at the site. Workers are placing two six-inch layers of compacted clay on the Wagoner County parcel, located on seven acres of vacant land south of Kenosha Street and east of South 219th …

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EPA regional administrator recommends killing Pebble mine, setting stage for final veto

EPA regional administrator recommends killing Pebble mine, setting stage for final veto

An aerial view of a work camp in the Pebble Mine Project area in Iliamna, Alaska, seen Tuesday, August 27, 2013. (Bill Roth/DNA archive) The Environmental Protection Agency decided on Thursday to strike a blow at the Pebble mine project, a big prospect for copper and gold in a hotly contested salmon-rich region of southwest …

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EPA accepts request for public hearing from St. Charles on water contamination

EPA accepts request for public hearing from St. Charles on water contamination

ST. CHARLES — At the request of city of St. Charles officials, a federal agency will hold a public hearing Thursday on a draft agreement with Ameren Missouri on how to deal with groundwater contamination linked to a power substation. American. The Environmental Protection Agency session will take place at 6:00 p.m. at Memorial Hall …

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EPA to regulate methane leaks from oil and gas to fight climate change

EPA to regulate methane leaks from oil and gas to fight climate change

Comment this story Comment SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — In an effort to show U.S. commitment to fighting climate change, the Biden administration presented Egypt with a renewed effort to reduce emissions from domestic oil and gas producers . At the United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, on Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled …

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