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EPA Selects Four Projects in Mississippi to Receive $1.4 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

JACKSON, Miss. (May 7, 2020) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced four grant recipients in Mississippi have been selected to receive awards totaling $1,464,000 to assess and clean up contaminated properties under the agency’s Brownfields program.




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EPA Selects Two Projects in Vermont to Receive $800,000 for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

BOSTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that two grantees in the state of Vermont have been selected to receive $800,000 to assess and clean up contaminated properties under the agency's Brownfields Program.




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EPA Selects Four Projects in Maine to Receive $1.4 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

BOSTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that three grantees in the state of Maine have been selected to receive $1.4 million to assess and clean up contaminated properties under the agency's Brownfields Program.




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EPA Selects El Paso Downtown Management District for $600,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant

EPA Selects El Paso Downtown Management District for $600,000  Brownfields Assessment Grant Funds are part of $65.6 million awarded nationwide




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EPA Selects City of Dallas, Texas, for $600,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant

Media contacts: Jennah Durant or Joe Hubbard, R6Press@epa.gov or 214 665-2200




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EPA Selects City of Alexandria, La., for $300,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant

DALLAS – (May 8, 2020) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that the city of Alexandria, Louisiana, will receive $300,000 as a Brownfields assessment grant.




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EPA Selects Pulaski Co., Ark., to Receive $300,000 for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment

Media contacts: Jennah Durant or Joe Hubbard, R6Press@epa.gov or 214 665-2200




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EPA releases new booklet to help houses of worship identify and reduce environmental health hazards

WASHINGTON (October 2, 2019) — In accordance with Children’s Health Month, U.S.




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Seven Nebraska School Districts Receive $200,000 to Help Purchase Buses to Lower Diesel Emissions

Environmental News  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE




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23 Missouri School Districts, One Transportation Company Receive $1.03 Million to Help Purchase Buses to Lower Diesel Emissions

Environmental News  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE




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18 Kansas School Districts Receive $460,000 to Help Purchase Buses to Lower Diesel Emissions

Environmental News  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE




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10 Iowa School Districts Receive $300,000 to Help Purchase Buses to Lower Diesel Emissions

Environmental News  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE




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EPA settles two cases with Coleman Oil Company, LLC, stemming from 2017 Columbia River oil spill

Seattle, WA - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has settled two federal Clean Water Act cases with Coleman Oil Company, LLC, located in Lewiston, Idaho, owner and operator of a former oil bulk terminal in Wenatchee, Washington, adjacent to the Columbia River.




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Compulsory face masks coming to Amtrak, Greyhound buses

Companies roll out new rules next week




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PandO Cruises extends Australia and New Zealand cancellations

Agents' commission 'will be fully protected'




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Marella Cruises cancels more sailings and further shrinks its 2020 fleet

Asia and Middle East cruises axed




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HAL cancels all 2020 Alaska, Europe and Canada/New England cruises

It asks for patience while it processes refunds and credit notes




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A-ROSA plans to restart cruises at the end of May

It hopes to run selected Rhine and Danube itineraries




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Transport Sec refuses to confirm 14-day quarantine plan for UK arrivals

We'll have to wait for Sunday's statement from Boris




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Derbyshire 101 Chesterfield 7000 steps by 9.30 from frost to blue skiesSkype. Risk assessments and telekits will life ever be the same again

Surfacing this morning was difficult . It is a work day today . Last night we had a frost . Not a heavy one . Not the sort of frost you get in the Winter . Not the sort of frost that you have to scrape off the car windscreen. But a frost nevertheless . The




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SRv6: Deployed use-cases

Guest Post: As of 2019, Segment Routing over IPv6 data plane (SRv6) has been deployed in eight large-scale networks; supported more than 25 hardware implementations at line rate; and implemented in 11 open-source platforms/applications.



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Germany: The Big Wave of Corona Cases Will Hit Hospitals in 10 to 14 Days

The German health-care system is considered one of the best in the world. But the coronavirus is mercilessly exposing its weaknesses, with some hospitals already facing difficulties. Can Germany prevent the kind of collapse seen in Italy?




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Coronavirus: Germany Imposes Tougher Restrictions on Public Life

Germany's federal and state governments have agreed to further tighten restrictions on public life. Here's an overview of what's now allowed and what's not.




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China Eases Back Toward Normality Three Months after Outbreak

Twelve weeks after the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic in China, leaders in Beijing are gradually reopening the country. But how can they be sure their decision won't backfire?




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Designer Viruses as Possible Solution to Pathogens

Scientists believe designer viruses created in the laboratory can help the agricultural industry deal with pathogens and extreme weather. A vast experiment is currently being planned. But can the viruses be controlled?




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After controversial contracts, Utah’s governor says coronavirus purchases will return to normal




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Letter: Article exposes greed and danger




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Utah gun lobbyist loses his appeal to block the ban on bump stocks




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Utah Royals begin voluntary individual training sessions




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Navajo Nation reports 119 new coronavirus cases




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Kobe Bryant’s death raises concerns about helicopter safety

The frequency of fatal helicopter accidents has slipped in recent decades.




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Supermarkets limiting meat purchases amid tight supply and buyer panic

Meat is going the way of toilet paper, and grocery stores are rushing to stay ahead of panic buying as supplies tighten during the coronavirus pandemic. Just as scared shoppers snapped up hand sanitizer, soap and yes, toilet paper at the beginning of the pandemic, now they are rushing to stock meat. Grocery chains across the country have begun limiting meat purchases in response to the dual pressures.




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Drive-in entertainment series coming this summer thanks to Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Enterprises

This new entertainment series should get the motor running for movie and music fans.




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McDonald’s CEO expresses full confidence in chain’s meat supply

McDonald’s knows exactly where its beef is. The fast food chain’s CEO on Thursday expressed full confidence in the burger joint’s meat supply.




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Coronavirus may linger in semen of infected men, poses small risk for COVID-19 infection via sex: study

The semen of men infected with coronavirus revealed that the disease lingered in only a few patients, suggesting there is a small chance COVID-19 can be transmitted sexually, researchers said.




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Ability to work from home could limit job losses - ESRI

More workers should be facilitated to work from home in order to improve their chances of retaining their jobs, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute.




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Ryanair criticises aircraft parking charges in Dublin

Ryanair has criticised what it has described as unjustified charges for aircraft that are parked at Dublin airport while not in use due to the Covid-19 crisis.




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Readers sound off on struggling small businesses, social distancing policing and solving homelessness

Lynbrook, L.I.: The news outlets have not covered the way that the smallest small businesses have been overlooked during the pandemic. As a Schedule C tax filer, I am eligible to collect Pandemic Unemployment Assistance under the CARES Act. I applied for PUA on March 16. I have been certifying for benefits every week. This entire time, my online account with the state Department of Labor says that my case is still pending.




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From this luxury tower, you’ll see horses cross the finish line

The developer of a 23-story tower near Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach envisions a project with 320 condo style rentals and a 140-room hotel.




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Canceled open houses and virtual home tours. Realtors pivot amid pandemic to keep selling homes

Locally, the housing market got off to a great start at the beginning of the year, and all signs seemed to point to a bright spring season. And then the coronavirus struck.




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Brooklyn assault suspects get welcome reprieve under new reforms: No bail despite alleged violent offenses in separate cases

Two men accused of violent crimes were freed without bail from Brooklyn Criminal Court on Thursday amid growing concern about the state's new bail reform laws.




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Water main break in Brooklyn floods businesses, shuts down L train for three hours

The break took place near Driggs Ave. and N. 7th St. in Williamsburg about 4:30 a.m., officials said. The problem was fixed and the bulk of the flooding cleared up by 7 a.m. — not early enough to avoid rush hour disruptions in subway service.




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Patients denied take-home doses at packed Brooklyn methadone clinic, sparking fears of coronavirus transmission

Patient Jessica Ellision recalled how she broke down and sobbed Monday when she finally received her medication after a three-hour wait — much of it in the crowded hallway where she feared the other patients might be infected. “It was so intense and so stressful, and you feel like you worked so hard not to be sick, but this is it now — this is how it happens,” said Ellison, 39, of the Bronx.




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HOMETOWN HELPERS: Brooklyn hospital X-ray technologist uses mental prep routine to 'amp up’ for hectic shifts on the coronavirus front line

Gina Torres, radiologic technologist at Wyckoff Heights Hospital in Brooklyn, knows the amount of stress waiting inside as coronavirus patients pour in day after day.




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NYC schools Chancellor apologizes to Queens parents, promises meeting

Carranza made an early exit from a community meeting in Bayside last week after two parents demanded answers about violent incidents at Marie Curie Middle School. “I in no way want to show disrespect to any parent that wants to be heard, and I apologize because as a parent myself, I can only imagine the pain parents are feeling when their children have been hurt,” he said.




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NY Board of Regents proposes letting non-lawyers be special ed judges

The New York Board of Regents said the move will allow the state to hire more judges and ease the growing backlog of cases.




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Brooklyn pol proposes non-dairy milk pilot in NYC schools

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams wants to start serving non-dairy alternatives to city kids as part of a pilot program, he wrote in a January letter to schools Chancellor Richard Carranza.




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CUNY, SUNY systems to cancel in-person classes for remainder of semester due to coronavirus

The college systems, which enroll a combined 700,000 students across the state, will move to a “distance learning model,” Cuomo said at a coronavirus-related press conference Wednesday.




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NYC Council member proposes a ‘summer school’ approach to coronavirus school closures

Closing most public schools and using the rest to serve at-risk students and families who rely on them to meet basic health needs would be a good way for the Education Department to handle the coronavirus crisis, the chair of the city council’s Education Committee said Thursday. City Council Member Mark Treyger suggested that adopting a “summer school” approach "could work in terms of a limited system shutdown while servicing the most vulnerable.”




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Harlem School of the Arts closes down classes for coronavirus

The private institute offers arts classes to 4,000 students mostly in Harlem, through classes at its building and at partner schools.