Search: The EPA
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- Story: Shoring Up Liquid Natural Gas (Wednesday, January 24, 2007)
... EPA Asked to Defend Its Flip-Flop on Ven ... Its Flip-Flop on Ventura LNG Project The long road toward final approval of t ... e long road toward final approval of the liquid natural gas (LNG) facility pr ... cility proposed for construction off the Ventura coast became even bumpier la ...
- Story: Greka’s Monkey Business (Thursday, April 17, 2008)
... soil Santa Barbara's backyard? Is it the county, the media, the environmental ... arbara's backyard? Is it the county, the media, the environmentalists, or eve ... ckyard? Is it the county, the media, the environmentalists, or everyone? Etha ... iesta, and mountain-flanked views of the Pacific. It’s been 39 years since ...
- Story: Feds Slow in Regulating Dirty Ship Emissions (Thursday, October 25, 2007)
... urn an eye to ships chugging through the Santa Barbara Channel. Statewide ... Santa Barbara County. But data from the county’s Air Pollution Control Dis ... ndicate that a lack of regulation on the seas is leading to more pollution fr ... ollution from ships chugging through the Santa Barbara Channel. APCD has appa ...
- Story: Cabrillo Port Dies a Santa Barbara Flavored Death (Thursday, May 24, 2007)
... ago, it seemed all but certain that the southern stretch of the Santa Barbar ... t seemed all but certain that the southern stretch of the Santa Barbara Chann ... certain that the southern stretch of the Santa Barbara Channel would soon be ... built by Australia’s BHP Billiton, the largest mining company in the world. ...
- Story: Air Pollution Grows as Vessel Regulations Flounder (Thursday, May 17, 2007)
... lic agencies charged with protecting the environment have failed once again t ... anta Barbara County’s air quality. The International Maritime Organization ... onal Maritime Organization (IMO) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ... .S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were expected to establish stricter ...
- Story: The Curse of the Perro (Thursday, October 11, 2007)
... t doesn’t like strawberries. What other explanation could there possibly be ... erries. What other explanation could there possibly be? Bruice was one of the ... there possibly be? Bruice was one of the 54 world-class chemists and biochemi ... d biochemists who signed a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency late ...
- Story: U.S. EPA Holds Greka Responsible for Cleanup of Toxic PCBs (Monday, June 23, 2008)
... company begins area assessment under EPA direction. An agreement effec ... ment effective June 16, 2008 between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ... and Gas holds Greka responsible for the removal of toxic polychlorinated bip ... olychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from their site and the nearby creek. EPA exp ...
- Story: How Big Boats Hurt and Intentional Fires Help Our Air (Saturday, July 26, 2008)
... pollution and controlled burns. The new state rule requiring that ocean ... erry Dressler, executive director of the county’s Air Pollution Control Dis ... District (APCD). Dressler noted that the new rules — just approved by the C ... t the new rules — just approved by the California Air Resources Board — w ...
- Story: Greka Threatens to Lay Off 100 Workers (Saturday, February 2, 2008)
... from “selective enforcement” by the County. Beleaguered and now-high ... as a result of what a statement from the company called “selective enforcem ... ing 95 perfect of its production.” The statement from Greka continued that ... , but higher-ups allegedly postponed the action “in hope that the County’ ...
- Story: Fire Resistant “Wood” Heads West (Monday, November 9, 2009)
... ated wood called TimberSil tests off the California State Fire Marshal’s ch ... able susceptibility to wildfires and the resultant destruction of hundreds of ... or fireproof our lives. Remarkably, the latter of these options may not be a ... our lives. Remarkably, the latter of these options may not be as impossible a ...
- Story: The Elements of a Great Scientific and Technical Dispute (Thursday, September 17, 2009)
... the scientific fight over the World Trad ... the World Trade Center was not so hugely ... isputed by people equally pledged to the scientific method. If the scient ... ged to the scientific method. If the scientific fight over the World Trad ...
- Story: Sure Glad I Didn’t Step in It (Thursday, April 3, 2008)
... It’s not considered wise to pee in the water from which you drink. But in S ... which you drink. But in Santa Maria, they're putting toxic dirt next to their ... , they're putting toxic dirt next to their river. TOXIC TRASH, TOXIC CA ... it’s not considered wise to pee in the water from which you drink. In most ...
- Story: Zaca Fire Impacts Drinking Water Treatment (Thursday, April 24, 2008)
... the Zaca Fire has impacted local water r ... ibraltar Reservoir is full of water, the excess spilling over into the river ... water, the excess spilling over into the river below. The sun is out, it's pl ... spilling over into the river below. The sun is out, it's pleasantly warm and ...
- Story: No Country for Old Dogs (Thursday, March 13, 2008)
... The Angry Poodle returns to town, and bu ... to town, and busts out his infamous "theory of Lee." Can so many Lees be so w ... ny Lees be so wrong? Turns out, yes, they can. POSITIVE-LEE: My heart go ... poor Jason Vonstraussenburg. He’s the UCSB technician busted last week for ...
- Story: Three Vie for the Black Robe (Tuesday, May 20, 2008)
... aps a cruel cautionary tale — over the county’s current judicial race is ... cial race is last week’s ruling by the California Supreme Court giving gays ... preme Court giving gays and lesbians the constitutional right to get married. ... ght to get married. That’s because there probably wouldn’t be any contest ...
- Story: Letters 8-3-2006 (Thursday, August 3, 2006)
... c “good guy/bad guy” accounts of the fighting that is rocking Israel, nor ... fighting that is rocking Israel, northern Lebanon, and the Gaza Strip [Voice ... ocking Israel, northern Lebanon, and the Gaza Strip [Voices, “In the Beginn ... n, and the Gaza Strip [Voices, “In the Beginning, There Was Occupation,” ...
- Story: Dog in the Fog (Thursday, July 20, 2006)
... hand man Travis K. Armstrong for all the uproar now engulfing the News-Press ... ong for all the uproar now engulfing the News-Press and the whole town. The s ... oar now engulfing the News-Press and the whole town. The sad soap opera unfol ... g the News-Press and the whole town. The sad soap opera unfolding at the De l ...
- Story: Land and Sea (Thursday, March 8, 2007)
... The 3/6 announcement that a pair of bald ... uz Island has some biologists hoping the species may yet make a comeback in t ... e species may yet make a comeback in the Channel Islands. The 3/6 announ ... omeback in the Channel Islands. The 3/6 announcement that a pair of bald ...
- Story: Quantum of Canines (Wednesday, November 26, 2008)
... The fate of the children — like pa ... the children — like patriotism ... iotism — has emerged as one of the last best refuges for scoundrels eve ... rels everywhere. HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE: The fate of the children ...
- Story: The City That Care Forgot (Thursday, April 6, 2006)
... e knows when or how New Orleans got the nickname, “The City That Care ... ew Orleans got the nickname, “The City That Care Forgot.” Well-d ... 8221; Well-documented research pins the first written acknowledgement on a t ... t on a tourist brochure produced by the Federal Writer’s Program of 19 ...
- Story: One Down, One to Go (Friday, May 23, 2008)
... EPA set to conclude cleanup at Greka spi ... . If all goes according to plan, the federal Environmental Protection Age ... ral Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expects to complete its clean-up op ... at Greka Energy’s Bell Lease site, the location of two separate large scale ...
- Story: Is Greka Still Spilling? (Thursday, March 13, 2008)
... product of oil drilling — into the countryside and creeks of Santa Barb ... ntal regulatory agencies returned to the board with an update. While singi ... forts to remedy its ways and improve the aged equipment at its 17 county faci ... reported that despite steps forward, the company has still been responsible f ...
- Story: Go Vegetarian (Friday, April 17, 2009)
... the planet and go vegetarian. You ... environmentalism, but studies prove there is a correlation. The Sierra Club ... tudies prove there is a correlation. The Sierra Club reports that compared wi ... uld be a no-brainer that eating from the bottom of the food chain is more env ...
- Story: Dr. Gayle Beebe Named Westmont's Eighth President (Wednesday, July 18, 2007)
... ne Todd Whitman visits in support of the Republican party, rumors fly about T ... ise's alleged property purchase, and the widening of the 101 begins. On J ... operty purchase, and the widening of the 101 begins. On July 1, Dr. Gayle ... July 1, Dr. Gayle Beebe, 48 assumed the leadership of Westmont College, beco ...
- Story: Garden Hoses’ Safety (Thursday, March 27, 2008)
... chemicals, including lead, known to the State of California to cause cancer, ... se sold in California. It isn’t on the hose itself, probably, and the print ... t on the hose itself, probably, and the print may be very fine, but it is so ... be very fine, but it is somewhere on the packaging. How much lead, and how ...
- Story: Air Activists Again Sue EPA Over Channel Traffic (Tuesday, January 29, 2008)
... e in 12 years. As of last week, the Santa Barbara Air Pollution Control ... ion Control District (APCD) has sued the federal Environmental Protection Age ... ral Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for dragging its feet on enacting n ... tted by cargo ships steaming through the Santa Barbara Channel. According APC ...
- Story: More Mesa Still on the Market (Friday, July 13, 2007)
... the $110 million More Mesa plot sits on ... $110 million More Mesa plot sits on the market, John Cleese lists his histor ... or. More Mesa for Sale: So far, there appear to be no offers to buy the ... there appear to be no offers to buy the seaside spread of More Mesa, one of ...
- Story: Finding Bombs at Vandenberg and Beyond (Wednesday, April 30, 2008)
... The 30th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EO ... ets, missiles and space program, but there is also another little known unit ... space program, but there is also another little known unit dedicated to diff ... and disposing of explosive devices. The 30th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EO ...
- Story: Greenhouse Gas Bill Inches Forward (Thursday, June 29, 2006)
... mblymember Pedro Nava that would cap the amount of greenhouse gases that Cali ... effective in 2012 — easily passed the Senate Environmental Quality Committ ... n of state business interests led by the Chamber of Commerce. The bill — co ... ests led by the Chamber of Commerce. The bill — co-sponsored by Assembly Sp ...
- Story: Area Greenie Blasts EPA Decision (Friday, December 28, 2007)
... rnative energy guru Tam Hunt blasted the recent decision by Environmental Pro ... insupportable. But legally, he said, there might be some basis for it, howeve ... rived and tenuous. Johnson denied the request earlier this week, arguing t ... uest earlier this week, arguing that there was no need because revisions to t ...
- Story: LIQUEFIED GAS ATTACK: (Thursday, August 10, 2006)
... nmental Defense Center (EDC) derided the federal Environmental Protection Age ... Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) change of heart toward a liquefied ... ard a liquefied natural gas port off the Ventura coast. Santa Barbara’ ... nmental Defense Center (EDC) derided the federal Environmental Protection Age ...
- Story: Environmental Protection Agency Gets Tough on Greka (Thursday, January 31, 2008)
... pollution control act. Coming on the heals of a particularly troubling ra ... g rash of Greka Energy oil spills in the past eight weeks, the Federal Enviro ... oil spills in the past eight weeks, the Federal Environmental Protection Age ... ral Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) threw down a gauntlet yesterday, pr ...
- Story: Land and Sea (Thursday, February 15, 2007)
... The slow and steady suck of muck from Sa ... n floor is now underway, with all of the undesirable sediments being piped to ... undesirable sediments being piped to the surf zone of East Beach. From the se ... to the surf zone of East Beach. From the seawall to Marinas 2 through 4, a Ca ...
- Story: Office of Illness Prevention (Wednesday, January 21, 2009)
... The writer argues for the establishment ... the establishment of an Office of Illnes ... ess Prevention to completely replace the pharmaceutical, medical, and health ... th insurance industries. Forget the Office of the Surgeon General. We ne ...
- Story: James Lambden: No Putt-Putt (Thursday, April 20, 2006)
... The engine on James Lambden’s boat mak ... so sometimes it’s hard to tell whether it’s off or running full throttle ... ith a watch-sized remote control. The engine on James Lambden’s boat ... ometimes it’s hard to tell whether it’s off or running full thro ...
- Story: Environmental Pockmarks (Monday, November 10, 2008)
... toward new approaches for governing the U.S. and its relationship to the wor ... ing the U.S. and its relationship to the world, some review of landmark envir ... dmark environmental actions taken by the Bush administration is in order, and ... s in order, and gives new meaning to the word landmark (e.g. includes airmark ...
- Story: Environment (Thursday, April 3, 2008)
... hat Greka was moving way too slowly, the federal Environmental Protection Age ... ed control of clean-up operations of the oil company’s leaking facility at ... hat Greka was moving way too slowly, the federal Environmental Protection Age ... ed control of clean-up operations of the oil company’s leaking facility at ...
- Story: Environment (Thursday, April 10, 2008)
... ng a temporary operating permit from the Santa Barbara County Fire Department ... from the Santa Barbara County Fire Department on 4/7, Greka Energy resumed o ... ng a temporary operating permit from the Santa Barbara County Fire Department ... from the Santa Barbara County Fire Department on 4/7, Greka Energy resumed o ...
- Story: Purification Pundit (Thursday, November 1, 2007)
... inadequate answer to questions about the equipment I use and sell. I read ... his week's Independent. I appreciate the comments about my smile and my abili ... inadequate answer to questions about the equipment I use and sell. Regrett ... pment I use and sell. Regrettably there will not be time before the electi ...
- Story: Giddens Speaks (Thursday, November 8, 2007)
... there will not be time before the electi ... ttably there will not be time before the election for your readers to know th ... his week's Independent. I appreciate the comments about my smile and my abili ... inadequate answer to questions about the equipment I use and sell. Regrett ...
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