Chinese Eye Lake County, Ind., Plastics for Oil
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By Bill Dolan, The Times, Munster, Ind.  Feb. 1--CROWN POINT -- The People's Republic of China is willing to help  Lake County save tax dollars by reducing the cost of garbage recycling.
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By Steve Kuchera, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Sep. 19--.   In Indian belief, things flow in circles. So it isn't surprising that some American Indians would embrace recycling.
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By Li Fangchao  Experts and the public have expressed strong concern over the possible environmental impact of the construction of a massive chemical plant in Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province, Outlook Weekly reported yesterday.
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LEAL, Sudan -- On this parched and dusty African plain, China's largest energy company is pumping crude oil, sending it 1,000 miles upcountry through a Chinese-made pipeline to the Red Sea, where tankers wait to ferry it to China's industrial cities. Chinese laborers based in a camp of prefabricated sheds work the wells and lay highways across the flats to ...
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By Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Feb. 16--An oil pipeline spill on Feb. 2 in Rusk County -- one of the largest such accidents of its kind in state history -- has been found to have contaminated the local water table, officials confirmed Thursday.
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By JOHN REID BLACKWELL  A state official tried to ease local residents' concerns about a controversial chemical found in water around DuPont's Spruance plant in Chesterfield County.
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By THOMAS B. LANGHORNE, Courier & Press staff writer (812) 464-7432 or langhornet@courierpress.com  A more beautiful Burkhardt Road is the goal of Vanderburgh County officials who launched a project Tuesday to spruce up the major shopping corridor on Evansville's East Side.
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By Daniel Kelley, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Jun. 15--MARISSA -- A Peabody Energy proposal to reopen a surface mine and use adjacent land as a burnt coal landfill outside Marissa has drawn concern from nearby residents and praise from the business community.
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By Joe Light, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville  Dec. 14--About 71 Clay County workers will lose their jobs or relocate  starting in February as Fujifilm Hunt Chemicals U.S.A. Inc. winds down its  operations in Orange Park.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Feb.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  May 30--Placing a synthetic liner over a portion of a major landfill in southern Stark County is the best way to extinguish the underground fires there.
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By BOB WEBER  EDMONTON (CP) - Alberta's oilsands are in for increased worldwide scrutiny as international environmental groups set up shop in Edmonton to monitor the expansion and impact of the greenhouse gas-emitting mega-projects.
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Rollo, they are taking old plastic and turning it into backyard equipment.
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By John Weiss, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun.
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(Muncie) - Governor Joe Kernan announced a deal Friday that will lead to a new auto parts factory in Delaware County. Magna Drivetrain will create more than 300 jobs.
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By Alex Breitler, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Jun. 6--San Joaquin County may squeeze a straw into the Mokelumne River after all.
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By David Templeton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Sep. 12--Township supervisors in Robinson, Washington County, last night  unanimously approved construction of a coal-fired power plant, but not before  leveling criticism at officials of the company and state environmental  regulators.