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Down To Earth archive for Feb. 27, 2009

FRIDAY, FEB. 27, 2009

Libby, Montana

DTE will follow the criminal case against W.R. Grace and Company in Libby, Montana, a trial, as many residents have pointed out, that has been forty years in the making. The chemical company and five former officials are charged with a federal conspiracy involving Clean…

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Friday Quote II: Dirty Harry

Don’t get too excited. It’s not a quote from the 135 year-old actor/director who some felt was snubbed with his last effort, “Get Off My Lawn: The Movie.” Believe it or not, we’re actually referring to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. One of the finest…

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Another repository for Silver Valley

Andy Mork, an Idaho Department of Environmental Quality mine waste program scientist, will hold public meetings this spring on the need for a new repository to dump contaminated soil from the Silver Valley. Sites between Kellogg and Mullan are under consideration for heavy metals specifically…

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Friday Quote

"We are such spendthrifts with our lives, the trick of living is to slip on and off the planet with the least fuss you can muster. I’m not running for sainthood. I just happen to think that in life we need to be a little…

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