Face it, illness can be good for business

At the rate the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce courts new, air-polluting businesses, there are alot of illnesses to go around. Why not capitalize on sickness too?

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Take a train, save the planet. About 18 months ago I became so bombarded with information about the pollution caused by short-haul flights that I decided to see if it was possible to travel around Europe by train. [News Source]

National alliance takes aim at Cemex. Communities in four other states recently joined Santa Clarita in a newly established alliance to fight multinational giant Cemex and its mining operations across the country. [News Source]

Eco groups use online maps in mine fight. To show the world what mountaintop coal mining has done to Appalachia, environmentalists have started a Web site that enable people to see aerial reconnaissance photos of the scarred countryside. [News Source]

Eager lagoon anglers defy risks. Fish in Florida's Indian River Lagoon have high levels of mercury and now a dangerous toxin called saxitoxin. [News Source]

Cleanup lags; base project to start. Nearly a decade after the South Weymouth Naval Air Station in Massachusetts closed, five Superfund sites on the former base do not yet have a finalized cleanup plan. [News Source]

Vermonters protest tire burn. Time is running out for opponents of International Paper Company's test tire burn set to begin on Monday. [News Source]

Utilities get rule change for power plants. Three months after Gov. Rick Perry fast-tracked permits for power generators to build a fleet of coal-burning plants, Texas state regulators changed the rules in a way that would make it easier for the permits to be issued. [News Source]

Chester residents split over quarry. A proposed change in the zoning laws is stirring hot debate in Chester community because the operations would require the use of heavy equipment, blasting and crushing. [News Source]

Driving test to go green with eco-questions. Officials are planning to make the driving test eco-friendly by asking learners not just how to operate a car but whether they should be using one at all. [News Source]

Ports are embracing environmentally friendly ways. On the banks of Virginia's Elizabeth River, a cargo terminal said to be one of the most environmentally friendly in the country is taking shape. [News Source]