Sights, Smells Linger for Landfill Searcher
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By Mike Urban, Reading Eagle, Pa.  Sep. 10--The memories usually come back to Brian Winterstein when he's driving his delivery truck. The windshield seems to turn into a movie screen and on it he sees vivid images of his recovery work following the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attacks.
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For more than two decades, New York scientist Richard Axel and colleague Linda B. Buck have shared a singular pursuit: to understand how the brain perceives the world&#39;s myriad of smells - from the scent of roses to the scent of refuse.
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By Jeff Tucker, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Mar. 3--Officials at the Pueblo Memorial Airport hope the latest contract they have with an environmental remediation company will be the last one they need in order to remove groundwater contamination from nearly 20 years ago.
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By Mary E. Young, Reading Eagle, Pa. May 26--Berks County's environmental defense fund stands to nearly double to $1.45 million because of landfill penalties announced Friday by the state Department of Environmental Protection.
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Bill McNally believes he has found a silver bullet for keeping the stink out of your socks. Not to mention your underwear, workout clothes, travel outfits, and hiking and hunting gear.
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By Anne Danahy, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Feb. 7--A company's plans for an Interstate 80 exit that would lead to a proposed landfill in western Centre County are up in the air again.   In a Jan.
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VALENTINE'S Day may be a day of romance, but it can also be a bleak day for the environment.   So this year residents in Sandwell are being urged to show their love for where they live by snapping up a bargain compost bin.
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By Rob Pavey  The politicians have spoken. Now it's the scientists' turn.  One of the state Environmental Protection Division's top hazardous waste officials will tour Hyde Park today in hopes of learning more about the neighborhood.
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More than 30 years ago, an abandoned mine in Pennsylvania coal country was turned into a dump for toxic waste. Lots of it
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When cities run out of valuable real estate, planners look up. The search for green space is no exception.
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By Les Mahler  STOCKTON -- If Todd Burnett had his way, Tracy trash would stay in Tracy instead of being trucked across San Joaquin County to the Linden landfill.   In fact, the Lodi resident said he wants county supervisors to look to the Tracy foothills as a possible disposal site.
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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 Hannah Mitchell, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 24--Trash dumps used to be for garbage and vultures.   But Catawba County is developing the next generation of landfills: places where garbage and sewage become commodities with little left over to clutter or pollute.
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How tough do you have to be to survive in Baltimore? Try breathing toxic waste instead of air.
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By John Estus, The Daily Oklahoman  Feb. 17--SPENCER -- A waste disposal company's plan to add to a landfill here troubles local officials and residents.
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BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. - When residents smelled a foul odor coming from a nearby home, they thought it was a meth lab and called firefighters. But firefighters entered the house only to find it full of garbage, authorities said.
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By Diana Bowley, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Dec. 12--GREENVILLE -- A loophole in the town's solid waste program that has allowed some residents to dump construction-demolition debris at the landfill for free will soon be closed.