Burning of waste may continue in Brooks.

State environmental officials propose to renew the air permit for Marion County’s trash burner for five more years.

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Crops lost to freeze won’t go to waste.

The recent freezing weather ruined acres of crops in Ventura County, California, creating thousands of tons of waste. It is unlikely, however, that any of this material will end up in local landfills because agriculture is one of the few industries that handles most of its own waste.

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Burning of waste may continue in Brooks. Oregon environmental officials propose to renew the air permit for Marion County's trash burner for five more years. [News Source]

Fast ferries: no environmental consensus found on foot-ferry plan. Local conservation groups cannot agree whether Kitsap Transit’s proposed passenger-only ferry system would be good or bad for the environment. [News Source]

High mercury levels in fish at 14 sites. Fish at another 14 sites in Utah have mercury contamination higher than levels considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency. [News Source]

State’s power plants face 90% cut in mercury output. Colorado's coal-burning power plants must cut their emissions of toxic mercury by 90 percent by 2018, according to an agreement submitted to the state health department. [News Source]

Miami-Dade: Contaminated wells now safe for drinking. Two years after a mysterious chemical contamination shut down two-thirds of the pumps tapping Miami-Dade's largest source of drinking water, county engineers are preparing to put them back on line. [News Source]

County: Wells now safe from benzene. Miami-Dade's water department says it's now safe to use freshwater pumps turned off two years ago because of contamination. [News Source]

Fayette County hauler charged with illegal dumping. The owner of a Fayette County waste-hauling business has been charged with illegally burning and dumping waste. [News Source]

Air pollution already has Utah in haze. Today, the federal government institutes tough new air pollution standards, and while possible sanctions won't be in place for years, Logan already is having to cope with air that reaches unhealthy levels for students at Greenville Elementary and other residents. [News Source]

Tarrant leaders deserve support in kilns battle. Hearings are being held by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality about an evolving plan to clean up the region's air, particularly ozone levels. [News Source]