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Builders Sell Energy Self-Sufficiency
Special To The CourantOnce, the formula for constructing houses was simple for Ron Gaudet and his father: Find and clear a lot, set the foundation and framing, put on a roof — and presto, they were well on their way to completing a new house. Inside, plumbing and...Tags: Electrical Appliance, Renewable Energy, Colchester, Farms, Plant Openings
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Recipe: Chocolate croissant pudding
Chocolate croissant pudding Total time: 1 1/2 hours Servings: 6 Note: From Joachim Splichal of the Patina Group. Wild Turkey sauce 1 cup milk 1/2 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise and seeds scraped out 4 large egg yolks 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Studio City, Photography
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Bread pudding on a pedestal
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThese days, when just about any topic can provoke a debate, you can add bread pudding to the list. How is that possible, you might wonder, with something so homey and comforting and, well, inert? Blame it on the chefs. They've taken this beloved...Tags: Santa Monica, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Studio City, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Beverage Industry
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Shellfish beds in Hempstead Bay to be opened
jennifer.smith@newsday.comClammers and baymen will soon be able to harvest shellfish from 1,100 acres in eastern Hempstead Bay that were off limits or only seasonally accessible for more than a decade because of pollution. Citing improved water quality, state environmental...Tags: Water Pollution, Wantagh, Hempstead, Environmental Pollution, Long Island
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City tries to aid residents' use of OASIS
South Florida Sun-SentinelPompano Beach Commissioners recently organized a workshop hoping to find ways to make the city's reuse water utility system more cost effective and easier for residents to use. The city's reuse water utility system, known as the OASIS project, treats...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, South Florida Water Management District, Water Supply, Randy Brown, Pompano Beach
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Make Exxon do more to ensure clean water
While I am pleased that the state has required ExxonMobil to write a check as a penalty for releasing gasoline into my neighborhood's groundwater, I am disappointed in some of the provisions and omissions in the recent consent decree ("Exxon fined $4...Tags: Disasters, Maryland
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Backyard cleanup
For those who monitor the health of the Chesapeake Bay, here's the latest discouraging water quality indicator: 340.
That's the paltry number of eligible Maryland homeowners who have chosen to upgrade their septic systems with nitrogen-removal technology...Tags: Water Pollution, Natural Resources, Environmental Pollution, Chesapeake Bay, Energy Saving
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Bay sludge blues
The state continues to sing the praises of sewage sludge as "free fertilizer" even though the Department of Environmental Quality and not the Virginia Department of Health is now responsible for the practice. Oversight was removed from VDH because it...Tags: Animals, Water Pollution, Environmental Pollution, Chesapeake Bay, Fertilizer
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States sue EPA over water releases from ships that pose threats to fishing, drinking water
Associated Press WriterALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ Nine states sued the Bush administration Thursday over federal rules on water dumped from ships, claiming there is an illegal loophole that could hurt fisheries and contaminate drinking water. The states contend that an administrative...Tags: New York, Missouri, Jim Murphy, Illinois, Regional Authority
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Obama would dedicate resources to help restore the bay and other national treasures
For those of us in the Mid-Atlantic region who value clean rivers and streams and want to preserve our quality of life, the decision to vote for Sen. Barack Obama is an easy one. Mr. Obama's platform recognizes the unique nature of the Chesapeake...Tags: Water Pollution, Forests, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Barack Obama, Agriculture
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McCarthy seeks test of water's pharmaceutical content
juliann.vachon@newsday.comWASHINGTON - Scientists don't know if consuming tiny amounts of prescription and over-the-counter drugs in drinking water is harmful to humans, but a Long Island member of Congress wants the government to find out. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola)...Tags: Medical Research, Regional Authority, Long Island, Carolyn McCarthy, Medicine
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Tainted waters
First of two parts
Walter Boynton knows all there is to know about the Patuxent River - how to find its guts and marshes, where it shifts from suburban stream into bay-like vastness, when the tide is slack and when it rises.
But you don't need to be a...Tags: Forests, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Fertilizer, Waste, Agriculture
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