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WASHINGTON, DC, October 12, 2007 (ENS) - Billions of gallons of polluted wastewater spilled unchecked into America's waterways in 2005 as more than half the country's industrial and municipal wastewat

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SACRAMENTO, California, October 15, 2007 (ENS) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation that will strengthen flood protections in California by creating the framework for the

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WASHINGTON, DC, November 8, 2007 (ENS) - Congress handed President George W. Bush the first veto defeat of his presidency Nov.

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HARTFORD, Connecticut, November 2, 2007 (ENS) - An innovative program to reduce discharges of nitrogen from sewage treatment plants into Long Island Sound has earned the state of Connecticut the first

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Washington, D.C. - A letter signed by over 100 people representing diverse interests and millions of Americans was Oct.

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AUSTIN, Texas (ENS) - Off the coast of Louisiana and Texas this summer, an area of deep water covering 7,900 square miles in the Gulf of Mexico was declared hypoxic.

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SEATTLE, Washington (ENS) - A $4.1 million effort just launched by the University of Washington's School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences aims to gather genetic information for thousands of Pacific Rim

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CHICAGO - Dow Chemical Oct. 18 agreed to negotiate with U.S.

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CHICAGO, Illinois (ENS) - Operating on its own work plan, which has not been approved by either the federal or state authorities, Dow Chemical Nov.

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