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City won't spend money to demolish building
The city of Anderson doesn't want to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to demolish a building that has no apparent owner. Part of the building collapsed earlier this month, and more than 12,000 tires apparently were left on the property by a former...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Emergency Incidents, Government, Explosions
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Glastonbury Hopes To Buy Former Arbor Acres Land
Courant Staff WriterSixty years after the Saglio Brothers formed Arbor Acres and produced a chicken that grocers called the "chicken of tomorrow," the town is looking to purchase what remains of the abandoned chicken farm. After months of negotiations, the town is...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Marlborough, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Glastonbury
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Seattle Moves Closer To Banning Plastic Bags
The Associated PressThe city of Seattle moved closer to join a growing number of cities that have imposed fees on the use of plastic and paper bags in grocery stores. On Tuesday, the Environment Committee voted to move the legislation to a full council vote next week. The... -
No plastic bags in Los Angeles stores beginning July 2010; paper bags to cost 25 cents
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Los Angeles shoppers soon won't hear the question, "Paper or plastic?" at the checkout line. The City Council voted Tuesday to ban plastic shopping bags from stores, beginning July 1, 2010. Shoppers can either bring their own bags or...Tags: Ed Reyes
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Ship-barge crash closes Mississippi at New Orleans
Associated Press WriterA stretch of the Mississippi River at New Orleans could be closed for days as crews clean a 12-mile oil slick caused Wednesday when a tanker and barge collided, officials said. Heavy, almost tar-like fuel oil spilled from the barge, forming the slick...Tags: Government, Disasters, Emergency Incidents, Michael Wilson, National Government
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City plastic-bag ban fails
Sun reporterLegislation that would have made Baltimore the second city in the nation to ban plastic bags at grocery stores and retail chains was killed by the full City Council last night. Intended to keep plastic bags from clogging waterways, the proposal would...Tags: Sheila Dixon, Groceries
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Los Angeles will ban plastic bags
LOS ANGELES — The City Council voted Tuesday to ban plastic shopping bags from stores beginning July 1, 2010. Shoppers can either use their own bags or pay 25 cents for a paper bag. City officials say the ban is meant to reduce waste in Los... -
L.A. Bans Plastic Shopping Bags
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles shoppers soon won't hear the question, "Paper or plastic?" at the checkout line. The City Council voted Tuesday to ban plastic shopping bags from stores, beginning July 1, 2010. Shoppers can either bring their own bags or pay... -
L.A. City Council votes for ban on plastic shopping bags
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to ban plastic carryout bags in the city's supermarkets and stores by July 2010 -- but only if the state fails to impose a 25-cent fee on every shopper who requests them. Council members said they hope an...Tags: Pactiv Corporation, Janice Hahn, San Fernando, Venice, Richard Alarcon
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Plastic bag ban could clean harbor
The bill before the Baltimore City Council that would ban plastic bags at grocery stores and retail chains is an opportunity to remove one of the worst pollution offenders from the streams and storm drains that go directly to the harbor and the Chesapeake...Tags: Chesapeake Bay
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