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Nicholasville faces federal lawsuit regarding Westgate subdivision
kmckinney@jessaminejournal.comThe conflict over the Westgate subdivision has made it to a federal courthouse with the filing of a lawsuit by R. J. Corman Real Estate alleging the city of Nicholasville has violated the federal “Clean Water Act” in allowing storm water...Tags: House Building, Environmental Issues, Trials, Natural Resource Industry, Justice System
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Hicks: Choosing a winter feeding area for livestock
As we move closer to cold weather, it is a good time to think about strategies for winter feeding of livestock, since it is a necessary part of nearly all operations.
Choosing the right place for winter feeding can improve production and reduce threats to...Tags: Bodies of Water, Water, Environmental Issues, Punishment, Fines
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Sewer plant work at halfway point
The Winchester SunThe Lower Howards Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, a $32.2 million project of the City of Winchester and Winchester Municipal Utilities, is 50 percent completed with a little less than a year to finish. The project is part of a consent decree from the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Mike Flynn, Energy Saving, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Pollution
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Rally for Rivers calls for more stream protection
Sierra Club members and others concerned about water quality will gather at the Kentucky River Saturday to call on Gov. Steve Beshear to more strongly enforce the Clean Water Act. Stream protection has received recent attention because of the coal...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Steve Beshear, Environmental Issues, Elections, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Rain again delays Kentucky River Sweep
The Winchester SunBOONESBORO — Mother Nature refused to cooperate with nature lovers who gathered at Fort Boonesborough State Park Saturday morning for the annual Kentucky River Sweep. Just as the cleanup was set to begin at 9, volunteers were greeted by thunder,...Tags: Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Pollution, Kentucky
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Life&TImes: Give them water - Campers flow water over art to learn watershed responsiblity
bcurd@amnews.comThe basement of the Community Arts Center is a refreshing change from the steamy street on a hot, muggy June morning. To add to the coolness of the room, water-like sounds also fill the air. “Can you take these out to your garden, shake them and...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Environmental Issues, Pets, Environmental Pollution, Culture
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Cross: Clear the air over EPA's actions
FRANKFORT — To hear Kentucky politicians of both parties tell it, the Environmental Protection Agency should be renamed the Economic Destruction Agency. But their recent rhetoric has gone far beyond reality and obscured it.
At issue are the EPA&...Tags: Kentucky Utilities Company, Washington (U.S. state), Republican Party, Ed Whitfield, Electricity Production and Distribution
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Guynup: Congressional Republicans attacking Clean Water Act
Republicans in Congress are aggressively attacking the Clean Water Act — a landmark 1970 law created the year after Ohio’s horrifically polluted Cuyahoga River spontaneously burst into flame. Ironically, these attacks — coupled with...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Cleanup, Republican Party, Richard Burr, Florida
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Kentucky River Sweep cleanup set for Saturday
For the past 20 years, volunteers from Clark and Madison counties have joined together annually for the Kentucky River Sweep to clean up the banks of the river near Fort Boonesborough State Park.
This year’s River Sweep will be Saturday from 9 a.m....Tags: Facebook, Environmental Pollution, Ohio, Kentucky
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Opinion: Now is the time to fuel the green economy
With the dramatic elimination of Osama bin Laden came an important psychological boost to the American people. There is a collective sense that there’s nothing we cannot do if we set our minds to it. Along with that boost came an important upswing...Tags: Natural Disasters, Productivity, Disasters and Accidents, New Mexico, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Gies: An inexpensive fix for water woes
Our nation’s water infrastructure is aging badly: U.S. cities currently lose one-fifth of their water to leaks and suffer 1.2 trillion gallons of sewage spills annually, according to the U.S. General Accounting Office. In February, a water main in...Tags: Environmental Issues, Headaches, Disasters and Accidents, Rivers, DeKalb County (Georgia)
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Life&Times: Farmer's of the Future? State employee educates public on sustainability, why to buy local
bcurd@amnews.comAngela Caporelli realizes Kentucky is a farming state, but she wants to bring a different kind of farming to light. In fact, it’s her job. As aquaculture coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Caporelli has assisted farmers all...Tags: Peace Corps, Colleges and Universities, State Parks, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Lobbying
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May 23, 2011
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