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Annual Spring Cleanup Delayed Again in Brookings

Associated Press — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:13:51 +0000

The city of Brookings has again had to postpone its annual "Dump Day" event because of wintry weather.

South Dakota Environmental Projects Get $39 Million

Associated Press — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:23:40 +0000

PIERRE - The South Dakota Board of Water and Natural Resources has approved nearly $39 million in grants and loans for projects that involve drinking water, wastewater, storm water and recycling.

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Column: When Green and Blue Collide

John Gossom — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:35:06 +0000

WASHINGTON - The proposed extension of the Keystone XL pipeline has divided the political left.

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Rosebud Transfer Station Will Help Trash Handling

Associated Press — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:39:18 +0000

ROSEBUD - Officials say a new solid waste transfer station will improve trash collection for residents of the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in south-central South Dakota.

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South Dakota Holds 25th Annual Environmental Conference

Associated Press — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:18:05 +0000

PIERRE - South Dakota's 25th annual conference on the environment and ground water quality will be held Wednesday in Fort Pierre.

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South Dakota Supreme Court Upholds Refinery Permit

Associated Press — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:25:11 +0000

SIOUX FALLS - The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the approval of an air quality permit that would allow a Texas company to begin construction on a proposed $10 billion oil refinery.

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EPA Warns About Carbon Monoxide

Gene Hetland — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:37:12 +0000

We're well into the winter heating season, and the US Environmental Protection agency is warning about the dangers of CO, carbon monoxide.

You can't see it or smell it, but it's a killer, and I've covered stories in Sioux Falls where CO has killed people

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Cleaner School Buses Coming to Sioux Falls

Gene Hetland — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:16:18 +0000

Cleaner-running school buses are coming to Sioux Falls.

The U.S. Environmental Protection agency says the Sioux Falls School District is getting $450,000 to buy what the EPA says are cleaner school buses that will reduce emissions of air pollution and thus protect the health of children

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Volunteers Clean Trash Along Big Sioux River

Associated Press — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:54:43 +0000

Volunteers have taken advantage of low water levels to clean up trash along the Big Sioux River in Sioux Falls.

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