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Gulf States receive D+ for protecting water quality

Mississippi rates a lowly D+ for protecting the quality of natural water sources, according to the Gulf Restoration Network, which issued a report card grading how committed (or non-committed) state officials are at incorporating the standards of the Clean Water Act. Alabama and Louisiana didn't do well, either. (Jackson Free Press)
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• Comprehensive grade for the Gulf states: D+
Elephant ear plants.  
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Bayou invasion

Securing Louisiana's drinking water from storms, plants

Elephant ear plants may be ornamental on your coffee table, but in a major Louisiana bayou they’re an invasive species that could choke the waterway — the source of drinking water for 300,000 rural residents. (eMagazine)

Darren Martin, left, an UK civil engineering graduate student, and John Allison from Georgia Tech were among students from across the U.S. who particpated in field work as part of a 10-week environmental research camp co-hosted by EKU's Eastern Kentucky Environmental Research Institute. EKU  
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Field work

Students from across nation take part in EKU camp

Eight college students from around the nation, including three from Kentucky, joined three teachers in a 10-week environmental research camp co-hosted by Eastern Kentucky University's Environmental Research Institute and the University of Kentucky’s Department of Civil Engineering that focused on “Carbon Storage and Headwater Health in the Appalachian Headwaters." (EKU)


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Quote of the Day
“If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.”
— Barack Obama

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Coal slurry
In West Virginia, critics warn that public health and safety are threatened by coal waste from power plants that is stored in hundreds of slurry ponds or injected underground.
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California became the 31st state of the union.

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