Bay Burn Ban Still in Effect
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By Andy Meinen, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Jun. 9--A nearly month-old statewide burn ban on yard debris was lifted Friday, but a Bay County ordinance still prohibits burning yard waste here.
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PRINCETON, B.C. - Dense smoke Monday kept crews from battling the leading edge of a fire that has crossed the border from Washington state into British Columbia.  The Tatoosh fire, which was started by lightning on Aug.
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By DIRK MEISSNER  TELKWA, B.C. (CP) - A forest fire crew battled rising flood waters rather than flames Thursday as northern British Columbians fought feverishly to hold back rising flood waters near Smithers.
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By Rachel Cohen  As the oldest organization to have success in San Francisco Bay shoreline restoration since starting in the 1960s, Oakland-based Save the Bay has strived to keep the tide of progress fresh.   This week, three Save the Bay leaders met with guardians of other U.S.
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By GORDON JACKSON  FOLKSTON -- Despite the arrests of at least nine people suspected of setting arson wildfires in the region the past month, firefighters have been repeatedly called to extinguish suspicious blazes in the region.
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By Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Dec. 19--Bowing to pressure from a wide-ranging group of critics, the U.S. Coast Guard on Monday backed off from plans to permanently conduct live fire exercises on the Great Lakes.
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By The Baltimore Sun  Sep. 25--Nothing subtle about the message screamed out this summer by the Chesapeake Bay.   Major beaches closed to protect swimmers from bacterial infections. Widespread reports of sick, dying and even deformed fish.
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Smoking in most enclosed public places will be banned in England within four years, the government said today. All restaurants, pubs and bars which prepare and serve food will not be able to allow smoking
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A smoking ban in pubs will not hurt cigarette sales nor reduce the number of people who smoke, according to the UK's biggest tobacco company.
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By The News &amp; Observer, Raleigh, N.C. May 26--The state Senate has unwisely passed a bill that permits an unnamed community to use a sea groin experiment to fight inlet erosion. With that in mind, it's appropriate to recall the recent history of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
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Ban is lauded by health advocates, but critics see it as an attack on business owners, smokers.
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By Michael McNutt, The Daily Oklahoman  Sep. 13--Burning restrictions were lifted Tuesday for about half the counties in the state, including Oklahoma and Tulsa counties.   Recent rains, mainly in the northwestern and western parts of the state, prompted Gov.
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Sir, I hope that all city councillors saw the Country Calendar programme, Saturday January 27. The programme graphically showed the importance of wetlands. Such areas were prolific around our estuaries in 1961. The destruction of our wetlands around Tahunanui, Annesbrook and Stoke horrifies me.
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But it's not going to the president's desk yet, as the House still has to approve the changes. The current ban is scheduled to expire next week.
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By Bill Graham, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Jun. 25--Explosions and a fire Sunday at a chemical plant in Richmond left no air pollution problems that could harm residents or firefighters, a spokesman for the Environmental Protection Agency said today.
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Smokers bemoaning the new ban on lighting up in pubs and other indoor public spaces in England have a new sanctuary: Stoke-on-Trent.
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FIFA said on Friday that its recently imposed ban on playing international matches at more than 2,500 meters (8200 feet) above sea level remained in effect and had not been lifted.