Hallandale Beach Trash Plan a Stinker to Many: Northwest Hallandale Beach Residents Don't Want a Trash Transfer Station in Their Part of Town -- Even If It's in an Industrial Area
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By Jennifer Lebovich, The Miami Herald  Dec. 14--To Hallandale Beach officials, it's a "transfer station," but to residents of the city's northwest section, it's a garbage dump, and they don't want it in their area.
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By ANN S. KIM Staff Writer  When the two plastic crates at Tom Wiest's home fill up, it's time to head to the downtown recycling station. His desire to help the environment makes him a regular visitor.
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By Simon Read, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 9--A discarded washing machine lies on its side along a dirt tract near Tommy's Harbor. Garbage bags and other trash have been dumped in the nearby weeds.
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By Melanie Marquez, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 14--BRADENTON -- Concerns from a local environmental group didn't keep the Bradenton City Council from adopting amendments Wednesday that define how many units can be built along parts of the city's shorelines.
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By Drew Dixon  ATLANTIC BEACH -- Now that the fourth draft of a proposed community character ordinance has been submitted to the City Commission, some people are saying the bill aimed at protecting Old Atlantic Beach's quaint style has been watered down too much.
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By The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 15--It is hard not to feel sympathy for Elliston residents who do not want Norfolk Southern to locate a new intermodal yard in their community.
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By RICK COLLINS  Braintree residents may be forced to haul their own trash to the town's transfer station on Ivory Street starting July 1 as a result of last week's decision by selectmen to eliminate the trash fee.
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By The Baltimore Sun  Dec. 8--One of Anne Arundel County's most poorly kept secrets is that the building permits process doesn't get much respect.   Some say it's too strict. Some say it's too cumbersome.
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By Scott Harper, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 14--PORTSMOUTH -- SPSA, the regional waste authority, learned this week that burning rain-soaked garbage at its power plant near downtown Portsmouth is not such a good idea.   Actually, it stinks.
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IT ISN'T pretty. In fact, it's disgusting. It's one of North Jersey's most serious water-quality problems and has been for decades. During heavy rains, untreated sewage pours out of aging sewer systems directly into area rivers and streams.
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By Deirdre Fernandes, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 20--VIRGINIA BEACH -- Frustrated members of the city Wetlands Board agreed Monday to hold off discussion on a large housing project off Shore Drive until May.
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By Scott Streater, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 7--Local leaders are becoming frustrated with the ongoing efforts to devise a plan to clean up ozone in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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By Leigh Hornbeck, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  Feb. 22--STILLWATER -- The post office and the Fire Department's historic steamer may get new homes if a proposal for a strip mall on North Hudson Avenue is OK'd.
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By Wendy Victora, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Jun. 9--After receiving the Northwest Florida Water Management District's weekly report on drought conditions, at least three local utilities have urged users to restrict their water use voluntarily.
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By Joe Grundle  A permit to raze buildings does not necessarily include trees surrounding them, at least when it concerns shoreland property in Waukesha County.
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By Susan Gordon, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Jun. 7--Fort Lewis officials promised Wednesday to help protect Puget Sound by intercepting hazardous wastes before they enter the post's sewage treatment plant.
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By The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Dec. 18--Boo to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control for declining recently to punish the Horry County Solid Waste Authority for flouting environmental law.