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Six easy ways to conserve water on World Water Day

Here a look at what steps you can take to conserve water and promote quality in honor of World Water Day on Friday.

Tags: water, water pipes, Environmental Protection Agency, conservation, Joan Michelson

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EPA won't appeal Accotink Creek stormwater ruling

Tags: Environmental Protection Agency, stormwater runoff, Accotink Creek

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Bay foundation says law firm threat to restoration

A Baltimore law firm is asking rural counties to band together to challenge the new federally led Chesapeake Bay restoration strategy, something a foundation dedicated to the bay's health called one of the most serious attacks on clean water it has seen in Maryland.

Tags: environmental protection administration, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, national association of clean water agencies, ken kirk, Environmental Protection Agency

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'War on coal' label obscures battlefield realities

Only a few generations ago, coal miners were literally at war with their employers, spilling and shedding blood on West Virginia's Blair Mountain in a historic battle for union representation and fair treatment.

Tags: Environmental Protection Agency, coal

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Senators ask EPA to relax corn-to-fuel rule

Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski says she is among a group of senators asking the Environmental Protection Agency to relax renewable fuel standards to require less corn. Mikulski says that will help ease corn supply shortages caused by drought conditions this year.

Tags: Environmental Protection Agency, Barbara Mikulski, EPA, corn fuel, drought

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Feds to take Baltimore environmental justice tour

Environmental justice is the focus of a tour in Baltimore by federal and local officials.

Tags: Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Forest Service, environmental justice

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Feds fund plant production on old Md. mine land

A western Maryland mountaintop once strip-mined for coal will produce tree seedlings to reforest eroding stream banks across the region under a federally funded project announced Thursday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Tags: Frostburg, Environmental Protection Agency, American Rivers, Frostburg State University

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Maryland dump added to EPA Superfund list

A former Dundalk dumping site has been added to the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund priority list.

Tags: Dundalk, Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund, Sauer Dump

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Activists: EPA should end Va.'s water permit power

Activists want the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to strip Virginia regulators of the power to grant federal Clean Water Act permits for mountaintop removal coal mines.

Tags: Environmental Protection Agency, Sierra Club, Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, Appalachian Mountain Advocates, Clean Water Act

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Central Conn. Univ. wins trash reduction contest

Federal officials say Central Connecticut State University is among five schools nationwide to win an annual contest challenging students to reduce trash at their college football games.

Tags: Central Connecticut State University, Environmental Protection Agency, Yale University, university of virginia

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