City Hopes 'BigBelly' Means Cleaner Lakefront Beaches
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By Mary Owen, Chicago Tribune  May 24--In an effort to cut energy costs, keep beaches cleaner and reduce closings due to high bacteria levels, the city soon will install 25 solar-powered trash compactors at four Chicago beaches, Park District officials announced today.
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By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 13--OCEAN SPRINGS -- Developers have changed their plan for a controversial apartment complex and will build townhouses instead.
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Blyth Valley Council is to apply to have Blyth and Seaton Sluice beaches included in the Quality Coast awards scheme run by national environment charity ENCAMS.
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By BRIAN SKOLOFF WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - State water and wildlife managers are taking advantage of an unprecedented drought by removing life-choking muck along Lake Okeechobee's shoreline.
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By Doug Smith, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 21--On the road to revitalization? Officials back idea for Rozzelles Ferry corridor The Charlotte Mecklenburg Development Corp.
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By Tom Beal, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 5--A new sewage-treatment plant for the community of Summerhaven could produce effluent clean enough to discharge into Sabino Creek, fight forest fires or even make snow for the slopes of Mount Lemmon Ski Valley.
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By KERRY CAVANAUGH\\ Staff Writer  Los Angeles County and its cities braced Friday for the possibility of $10,000-a-day fines and citizen lawsuits if their beaches have bacteria levels that can sicken swimmers.
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On Monday, the mayor made the latest in a series of proposals intended to help the city cope in an environmentally sound way with the one million new residents expected by 2030.
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By Jeremy Morrison, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Jun. 9--SOUTHPORT -- Bay County commissioners took an initial step this week toward easing water concerns as the area's population grows above North Bay.
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If Los Angeles County conjures images of a warm paradise of curled waves and palm trees, the locals know better.
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A new span across the copper-colored St. Louis Bay is a hopeful link to the return of better days.
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By DANA BARTHOLOMEW  LAKE VIEW TERRACE -- For decades, neighbors shut their windows to the hideous smell, dust and noise from the Lopez Canyon Landfill.  Now city officials are asking community members to help plan a park on the former 400-acre dump.
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By Ed Offley, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Feb. 18--PANAMA CITY BEACH -- Jerry Wallace has seen the future of Panama City Beach, and it's a tall vision indeed. It's tall and wide, with sliding glass doors, balconies, catered parking and a manmade waterfall.
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By Ed Offley, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Feb. 23--PANAMA CITY BEACH -- Wayne and Kaye Rydberg love the beauty of the sand and surf that defines their winter home away from permanent home in western Iowa.
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By David Magliano, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Dec. 16--Worth Williams' property on the southern end of Eastern Lake is causing a stir, and he is the focus of some concerned residents.  At issue is a planned dredging project that includes using a portion of Williams' property.
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By DREW DIXON  NEPTUNE BEACH - A proposed ordinance that would give the city increased oversight for new docks being built on Hopkins Creek received preliminary approval from the City Council Monday night.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Jun. 20--Beach restoration in Destin may fi nish early.