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today’s news … Tuesday, October 25

In Uncategorized on October 25, 2011 at 6:00 am

today’s news and information gleanings from here and there! 

Quote for today… “I was so happy to hear that the Americans are leaving our country. They destroyed our country. They created so much tension among Iraqis.” - Firs Fertusi, 33, a former fighter in the now-disbanded Mahdi Army.

  • Occupy Columbia coming? Found at craigslist: “here is some greed (Columbia) – I have no choice but to agree with the 99% hmn Wells Fargo charged my wife $7.00 to cash her pay check & it was drawn on them?? Wtf is this? its not like its a check from fairbanks alaska,its from one of your so called corporate customers! hmn says payable to her $xxxx not payable minus 3/4 of an hour of your pay. seems kinda greedy. face it we are all the 99% if im wrong let me know, chime in as well. support the cause & there are many, unfortunely it all boils down to greed!”
  • “Did you ever wonder why our political leadership seems to be so … lacking?” This is the question asked by Bobby Halton of Fire Engineering magazine as he explores the process of leadership in any organization. Click here to read the article, “Gus’s Boy, the Resilient One.”
  • Schools brace for more budget cuts – Associated Press article from York Daily Record
  • First frost in York County – York Dispatch – Makes us think of this poem learned long ago.
  • For years, Ask Dr. Gott, was a regular feature column in the Lancaster Read the rest of this entry »

EPA plans to isssue rules covering fracking wastewater

In Government, History and Heritage, In Columbia, The Susquehanna on October 25, 2011 at 5:22 am

The Susquehanna River is a life stream (boating, fishing, viewing) for Columbia; fracking is an important issue because of that.

“For years, Pennsylvania allowed growing volumes of wastewater to flow into the state’s rivers.”

by Nicholas Kusnetz. ProPublica, Oct. 20, 2011, 7:01 p.m.

The McKeesport Sewage Treatment Plant, one of nine plants on the Monongahela River that has treated wastewater from Marcellus Shale drilling operations. (Joaquin Sapien/ProPublica)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took another step toward tightening oversight of hydraulic fracturing today, announcing it would initiate a process to set national rules for treating wastewater discharged from gas drilling operations.

Until now, the agency has largely left it to states to police wastewater discharges. Some have allowed drillers to pump waste through sewage treatment plants that aren’t equipped to remove many of the contaminants, leading to pollution in some rivers and to problems at drinking water facilities.

Cynthia Dougherty, EPA’s director of ground water and drinking water, told a Senate panel today that the agency has an important role to play in bolstering state standards.

“I wouldn’t say they’re inadequate,” she said of states’ regulations, “but they could use the help.”

When drillers frack a gas well, they inject Read the rest of this entry »

Fourth Fridays in Columbia adds new sites

In Everyday Living, In Columbia, Opportunities on October 25, 2011 at 4:46 am

 

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