Crews Begin Cleanup of Disastrous Tire Reef
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Marine biologists and U.S. military divers are trying to turn an environmental mess off Fort Lauderdale's coast into an Earth-friendly source of fuel. Their target: an ill-conceived reef of rubber tires sunk into the ocean in the 1970s.
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By MARIA ARMENTAL  Journal Staff Writer  A record 1,800 people haul away about 16,000 pounds of garbage from Rhode Island's waterfront during yesterday's International Coastal Cleanup events.
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By James Carlson  By James Carlson  THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL  Environmental Protection Agency workers on Wednesday began removing more than 650 containers of hazardous material from a building at Forbes Field.
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After getting a first look at the widespread damage left behind by Hurricane Charley, Florida residents were faced with the arduous task of sorting through the wreckage, and for some, starting over again.
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By Frank Munger, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.  Jun. 4--OAK RIDGE -- The cleanup apparently is working.
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By George Kelly, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Jun. 22--SUNOL -- Caltrans sweeper trucks and workers from a local gravel plant are working to remove a quarter-mile gravel spill from the Andrade Road onramp to northbound Interstate 680 this morning, the Highway Patrol said.
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It took only days to create what was touted as the world's largest artificial reef in 1972, when a well-intentioned group dumped hundreds of thousands of old tires into the ocean.
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OVERLAND PARK, Kansas  - Kansas officials said on Monday they were working to clean up a significant oil spill from a refinery after raging floodwaters wreaked havoc in several southeastern communities over the weekend.
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Homeowners, utility crews and others worked Monday to clear away wreckage and restore services after the latest round of winter tornadoes to smash through the South.
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Silver Bow Creek, contaminated for more than a century by tailings and other mine waste, appears to be responding to environmental cleanup.
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Work crews along Florida&#39;s Atlantic Coast are bracing for Hurricane Jeanne as they continue to clean up from this season&#39;s string of killer storms.
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About 150 people were ready to begin cleaning up an oil spill threatening endangered animals on Sunday, four days after a ship broke apart and six people died in a helicopter rescue attempt.
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NAVARRE, Fla.  - Rescuers with dogs fanned out and  National Guard troops poured in as residents and emergency  workers began a massive cleanup on the U.S. Gulf Coast on  Friday after Hurricane Ivan killed up to 33 people.
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A clear-up operation is under way after severe flooding hits a County Antrim village.
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The Navy plans to haul away 13,000 dump-truck loads of polluted soil from an old landfill on Camp Peary. It will be a $5.5 million cleanup project that is expected to last two years.
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NAVARRE, Fla.  - National Guard troops moved in,  chain saws roared and heavy equipment scooped up the rubble of  wrecked homes on Friday as the U.S. Gulf Coast began to clean  up from Hurricane Ivan, which killed up to 20 people.
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NAVARRE, Fla.  - Rescue teams with dogs fanned out  in house-to-house searches for victims and survivors and  National Guard troops patrolled as the U.S. Gulf coast began a  massive cleanup from Hurricane Ivan, which killed up to 27  people.