House Democrats stalled a bill to clean up abandoned industrial waste sites recently because it lacked assurances that jobs to be created would be eligible for high wages under a federal labor law.
Washington state's Central Puget Sound area faces significant challenges in meeting the water needs for people and fish habitat with available resources.
Implementing one of the key tools under the Clean Water Act for cleaning up the nation's waters - the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program - could cost between $900 million and $4.3 billion dollars annually.
After receiving complaints that fish are scarce near the coast of New Jersey, a state senator said he will ask the Department of Environmental Protection to study nitrate levels in that part of the ocean.
Vermeer Manufacturing Co. recently used the Staggenborg quarry in Hermann, Mo., as a classroom to demonstrate its full line of equipment for drilling in rock.
The California Department of Water Resources will hold a series of public workshops this fall to summarize current water conditions and preparations for the possibility that 2002 may be a dry year.
Fearing contamination of their drinking water wells, residents in New Harmony, Ind., have opposed a proposal by an oil company that wants to pump a saltwater byproduct back into the ground.