AP: Few rules govern propane checks
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As he left the funeral of one of three colleagues killed in a warehouse explosion believed to have been sparked by a propane leak, Rick Pollak was shocked to learn that inspections of propane tanks and pipes aren't required by law.
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By Matt Dees, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 13--DURHAM -- City water wasn't tested for volatile organic compounds last year because the samples kept getting misplaced, deputy city manager Ted Voorhees said Monday.
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FORT WORTH, Texas  - Even in oil-rich Texas, homeowners seldom had companies at the front door asking permission to drill in their back yards -- until recently.
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A depot linked with "contaminated" fuel launches an investigation into whether it is to blame.
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Energy law sets efficiency levels for cars and homes but environmentalists say measures are too limited
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At least two of the roughly dozen liquefied natural gas plants proposed for New England and eastern Canada must get built by 2010 to ensure New England has adequate supplies of gas for heating and power generation, President Bush's top energy regulator said yesterday.
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Drivers could be prosecuted for smoking if they are judged not to be in full control of their vehicle, according to the latest version of the Highway Code, released on Friday.
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By Joe Walker, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Dec. 13--Because of federal funding restrictions, public meetings for a proposed 1,000-job nuclear fuel recycling plant here won't be held until at least the latter part of 2007.
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The Department of Homeland Security's system for screening airline passengers for their terrorist risk may not be perfect, but as long as it doesn't break the law, it's a good resource for customs officials, says columnist Ira Winkler.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Sep. 22--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday adopted new limits on tiny soot that might be a threat to public health.   The limits announced in a teleconference by EPA Administrator Stephen L.
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The Energy Department on Friday proposed to let states decide whether to increase the required efficiency of residential furnaces much beyond what's now on the market, rejecting calls for significantly tougher national standards.
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By Tatiana Prophet, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Feb. 14--Fo r 1 1 c i t i e s i n S a n Bernardino County, the prospect of paying a surcharge for a chemical that did not originate in their areas just doesn't seem right.
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By Mimi Hall  WASHINGTON -- New government rules seeking to thwart terrorist attacks on chemical plants are facing stiff opposition from state leaders, environmentalists and others who say the regulations are flawed, vague and unlikely to protect the public.
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By COLLEEN DISKIN, STAFF WRITER The state's environmental cops are often handcuffed as they try to protect the public from health risks that lurk beneath old industrial properties.
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he mystery is not that newspapers, television and news agencies want to look into George W. Bush&#39;s National Guard record--but rather why they have not done much more about it earlier.
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By La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 5--SPARTA, Wis. -- About 500 gallons of gasoline from a fuel tanker truck spilled when a fill pipe leading to an underground tank malfunctioned at the Amish Cheese House in Sparta, and flowed east on Avon Road, according to the Sparta Fire Department.
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Oil giant BP Plc has denied misleading a  U.S. environmental regulator about having installed safety  equipment at its Texas City refinery that investigators believe  would have reduced the likelihood of a fatal explosion last  year.