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Sewer Gas Smell News

Dry sewer traps blamed for smell at Riverside HighFriday, December 5, 2008 @ 1:03AMCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- For a few months, something stunk at Riverside High School.On Thursday morning, county officials believed they solved the sewer gas smell that has plagued the school off and on this fall.Over time, water had evaporated from more than o...

Lawmakers to introduce anti-Proposition 8 resolutionsTuesday, December 2, 2008 @ 7:09PM2 state legislators want gay-marriage ban declared unconstitutional; Prop. 8 proponents say they're grandstanding.

Smoking has an etiquetteThursday, November 27, 2008 @ 1:35AMSmoking bans because of second-hand smoke are very popular to do, as it shows civic action at work. ...

Out of the frying pan, into the gas tankThursday, November 27, 2008 @ 12:16AM HONEA PATH — Standing in an open-sided shed, 71-year-old Earl Meyers watched intently as gallons of used cooking oil flowed into a vat to be filtered and blended into a homemade fuel. A self-described tinkerer and mayor of this rural town of 3,800 people, Meyers had waited months for this moment: the inaugural batch of fuel marked a critical step in his money-saving plan to run his municipal ...

Pittsburg schools receive environmental grantsTuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 9:41PMPITTSBURG, Kan. — She may not be old enough to drive or vote, but Pittsburg High School freshman Gabby Murnan isn’t letting that stop her from taking on environmental causes — one plastic bottle at a time.