Tag: Lee
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Issue: October 2012
EPA tries to navigate conflicting demands on Housatonic cleanup
EPA tries to navigate conflicting demands on Housatonic cleanup By DAVID SCRIBNER Contributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass.Twelve years ago this month, General Electric Co. signed a consent decree with state and federal environmental agencies under which it agreed to clean up PCB pollution in the Housatonic River, setting the stage for the dredging of 1.5… read more
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Issue: November 2011
State pushes to limit Housatonic cleanup
Mass. backs GE’s call to restrict scope of PCB removal By DAVID SCRIBNER Contributing writer LENOX, Mass.From Canoe Meadows, the 285-acre Audubon wildlife preserve in southeast Pittsfield, the Housatonic River winds its way south in a coil of oxbows through a floodplain flanked by farms and wetlands, creating one of the most diverse wildlife habitats… read more