BEVERLY, Ohio – Bessie Sparling doesn’t remember whether ground was broken for the Muskingum River Plant in 1950 or 1951, but she can’t forget the construction traffic it brought to Waterford Township — the first sign of the jobs that would follow
Researchers’ Search for Sources of Ozone Takes Them High in the Sky
FORT MEADE – The twin-engine plane buzzed Tipton Airport’s runway around 11 p
SUVs Have Higher Emissions, Are Still More Likely to Pass Emissions Tests
WASHINGTON – Sport-utility vehicles emitted significantly more pollutants than regular passenger cars, but they were still more likely to pass their emissions tests in 2001, according to a Capital News Service analysis of inspection records
The Good, the Bad and the Smoggy: Some Cars, Sites Have Higher Failure Rates
WASHINGTON – Better not drive that 1991 Chrysler LeBaron to Waldorf for an emissions test: That’s practically begging to fail
House OKs Five-Year $30 Million Plan to Eradicate Nutria
WASHINGTON – The House on Tuesday authorized a $30 million, five-year plan to fight nutria, a South American rodent that looks like a rat-tailed beaver and is destroying marshland in Maryland and Louisiana
Asian Oysters Could be in Bay by June, After Agencies Drop Appeal of Permits
WASHINGTON – Virginia and federal officials expect to begin issuing permits within days for a controversial test of foreign oysters in the Chesapeake Bay, after adding new safeguards to address opponents’ remaining concerns
Dirty Dozens Don’t Stand a Chance Against State’s Crack Eggs Inspectors
COLLEGE PARK – The man who protects consumers from bad eggs knows that they are out there — cracked, dirty, rotten, diseased
Prince George’s County Official Asks Congress to Channel Runoff Money His Way
WASHINGTON – A Prince George’s County official told Congress on Wednesday that he has a cheaper and more efficient solution to a perennially under-funded problem — stormwater runoff
Court Upholds Fraud Conviction of Man Who Said Investment Funds Were a Gift
WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court panel upheld the fraud and money- laundering conviction Wednesday of a Chevy Chase man who posed as an investment counselor to bilk a retired history professor out of his $107,000 life savings