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Jessamine County Health Department says 40 percent of county homes tested are high in radon
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comIt’s no secret that smoking is the number-one cause of lung cancer in America, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The second-leading cause, according to the CDC, is something that can affect people without them even...Tags: Asthma, Health, Disease Prevention, Environmental Politics, Lung Cancer
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Hopes growing for west Lincoln sewer project
ben@theinteriorjournal.comHUSTONVILLE — About 15 years after the EPA first designated western Lincoln County an “impaired watershed,” officials hope they’re close to funding the first step of a solution to the severe water quality issues that have plagued...Tags: Career and Workplace, Environmental Issues, Labor Legislation, Plant Openings, Water Supply
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Change in the water: Sewer system becoming more of a possibility for Lincoln's west end
ben@theinteriorjournal.comHUSTONVILLE — About 15 years after the EPA first designated western Lincoln County an "impaired watershed," officials hope they're close to funding the first step of a solution to the severe water quality issues that have plagued the Dix River area....Tags: McDonald's, Career and Workplace, Environmental Issues, Labor Legislation, Plant Openings
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Danville water treatment plant project advances
smojica@amnews.comDanville officials anticipate the water plant expansion project will be available for contractors to bid upon by early July. Brent Tippey of HDR — the firm managing the $28 million project — gave a funding update at Monday’s City...Tags: Environmental Politics, Property, Real Estate Sellers, Environmental Issues, Water Supply
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EDITORIAL: Governments shouldn't foot part of environmental clean-up bill
In light of the economic doldrums Boyle and other counties have experienced in recent years, it was downright thrilling to hear even sketchy details about Corning Inc.'s plans for their once and future factory on Valksdahl Road. We are preliminarily...Tags: Environmental Cleanup, Environmental Politics, Corning Incorporated, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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After 43 years, people still celebrating Earth Day
Happy Earth Day 43. It’s been 43 years since the first Earth Day celebration took place in 1970. Earth Day was founded by Gaylord Nelson, who, in 1970, was the Democratic senator from Wisconsin. In January 1969, he witnessed the devastation caused...
Tags: Endangered Species, Environmental Politics, Wildlife, Conservation, Arts and Culture
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New wastewater plant in Winchester to meet deadline
This is the closest the City of Winchester and the Winchester Municipal Utilities have come to a consent decree deadline, but the Lower Howard’s Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant will still be operating prior to the Jan. 1 deadline. Flow will be...
Tags: Mike Flynn, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, Water Supply
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Governor has done nothing to help Kentucky
Right now, we have focused our attention on Washington and have forgotten the problems that we have growing in our state. Governor Steve Beshear has sat on his hands and done nothing but watch our state decline. We’ve had over 9,000 miners put out...Tags: Environmental Politics, Steve Beshear, Executive Branch, Environmental Issues, Politics
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Junction City Council passes burn ordinance
JUNCTION CITY — During the regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, Junction City Council members heard and approved the second reading of a controlled burn ordinance within city limits. During the first reading of the ordinance at the Nov. 14...
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Business briefs for December 11, 2012
Kentucky sets record on SBA 504 loans The U.S. Small Business Administration just set a new loan dollar record in Kentucky on the SBA 504 Loan Program, with more than $46.3 million for the 2012 fiscal year. This amount was driven by the Temporary 504...
Tags: Heavy Engineering, Drugs and Medicines, Manufacturing and Engineering, Finance, Michigan State University
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Denyo dedicates 7 million dollar expansion
Denyo Manufacturing held a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony Tuesday marking a $7 million expansion at the Danville plant. Shigeru Koga, president of Denyo Co. Ltd., said the Japanese company made the decision to expand the Danville facility last...
Tags: Energy Saving, Japan, NASCAR, Culture, Natural Disasters
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25 years ago: Nov. 9, 2012
Nov. 9, 1987 Winchester Municipal Utilities has paid more than $150,000 to two Washington firms and a local attorney in the defense of a lawsuit filed by the Environmental Protection Agency. WMU General Manager Dick Lewis released the litigation expenses...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues
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