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| 7/26/2006 | |
| PITTSBURGH -- Last year the EPA released new standards regarding mercury emissions; Standards that many states and environmentalists say are not tough enough. | |
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Is Our Water Safe? PennEnvironment Promotes Solution
- Carlisle Sentinel
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3/13/08 |
| PennEnvironment, a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization, released a statement on Monday about the findings of an Associated Press investigative report on trace pharmaceuticals in water supplies and suggested a solution to the challenges faced by medicines, hormones and prescription drugs found in our tap water. | |
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Is Our Water Safe? PennEnvironment Promotes Solution
- Carlisle Sentinel
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3/13/08 |
| PennEnvironment, a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization, released a statement on Monday about the findings of an Associated Press investigative report on trace pharmaceuticals in water supplies and suggested a solution to the challenges faced by medicines, hormones and prescription drugs found in our tap water. | |
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Pennsylvania 2nd in nation for water incidents
- Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
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10/13/2007 |
| More than 3,600 facilities in the United States exceeded their discharge limits under the federal Clean Water Act, according to a report released Thursday by a state environmental group. The report, “Troubled Waters,†analyzed Clean Water Act compliance in 2005. The data was compiled by PennEnvironment and released a week before the 35th anniversary of the act. | |
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Pollution from water plants tops legal limits
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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10/12/2007 |
| More than half of the major industrial and municipal water treatment facilities in Pennsylvania have exceeded their water pollution permit limits, and the number doing so in Allegheny County ranked among the worst in the nation, according to a report by PennEnvironment. | |
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| 07/30/2008 | |
| First, the good news: The water quality at Presque Isle State Park improved in 2007, according to a study released Tuesday by the Natural Resource Defense Council. The park staff issued swimming advisories six times in 2007 -- down 85 percent from 2006. | |
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Too much rain? Here's what to do
- Harrisburg Patriot-News
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07/03/2008 |
| A 2007 report by PennEnvironment, "When It Rains, It Pours," forecasts increased heavy downpours and flooding in Pennsylvania. In many areas of central Pennsylvania, decades-old storm sewers are unable to keep up with development. | |
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Deep question
- The Philadelphia Weekly
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06/11/2008 |
| Will dredging the Delaware River mean more jobs for our longshoremen? | |
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PennEnvironment promotes solution
- Carlisle Sentinel
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03/13/2008 |
| PennEnvironment, a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization, released a statement on Monday about pharmaceuticals in water supplies and suggested a solution to the challenges faced by medicines, hormones and prescription drugs found in our tap water. | |
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