State Mercury Study Gets Needed Money
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By Scott Harper, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 20--Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Monday that he will finance a major study of mercury and its toxic effects on Virginia's environment and public health.
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By Constance Loizos, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun.
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Convenience store owners, state governments and environmental groups received something in President Bush's 2008 budget last week they have been lusting for: a little more cash to inspect leaking underground-storage tanks.
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California's not the only state willing to throw money at the controversial research. Wisconsin's governor plans to spend $750 million building two research centers and supporting scientists studying cardiovascular illnesses and other diseases.
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By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Dec. 19--A $590,000 federal grant will help pay for new ethanol and biodiesel pumps in the Charlotte region, expanding availability of the alternative fuels.
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - A U.S. advisory panel on   Thursday said a government report that found no evidence of   health problems from silver, mercury-based dental fillings was   incomplete and urged more study.
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States from Alabama to Wyoming collected such low fees from major polluters that they may have shortchanged efforts to fight air pollution by up to $50 million, an environmental group reported on Wednesday.
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Some children may have an inherited weakness predisposing them to develop autism when exposed to mercury from fish or other sources, an American environmental group says.
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The GE Foundation tomorrow will give $45,000 to improve fish counts in Massachusetts rivers, including the Saugus River, which runs alongside General Electric's aircraft engine plant in Lynn.
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Last week's historic flyby of Mercury by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft gathered 500 megabytes of data and more than a thousand high-resolution photos covering nearly six million square miles of previously unseen terrain.
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A U.S. study suggests the impact and extent of mercury pollution in wildlife is much greater than previously thought.
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Many imports of canned tuna have mercury levels higher than the federal limit, according to analysis by an environmental group.
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By The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Sep. 15--Lockport chemical maker Isochem Inc. has won a $500,000 state  grant to help it pay for a $1.85 million project to install pollution-control  equipment.
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By Rosemary Shinohara, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Feb. 4--Samples from five types of Alaska fish contain too much mercury for unlimited eating, according to new data gathered by the state.
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By Michael A. Bell, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 5--GULFPORT -- Harrison County leaders on Monday bickered over spending nearly $9,000 on GPS tracking devices for their deputies, saying the items should have been purchased years ago as part of a $25 million federal project.
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By Therese Poletti, Michelle Quinn and Pete Carey, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $4 million in grants to study the health and environmental risks posed by manufactured nanomaterials -- the new and invisibly tiny materials that