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Updated: November 19, 2009 2:23:27 PM EST
Work is proceeding on York Township's newest recreation area, which is expected to relieve the municipality's heavily used athletic fields and will feature some green concepts.   Full Story

 
WASHINGTON -- A group of businessmen launched this month a new coalition to urge the U.S. government to make a major investment in electric transportation, pointing to electric cars as the best way   Full Story

 
WASHINGTON -- A solid majority of Americans recognize the need to help the environment, although there are some things -- like buying a hybrid car or taking mass transit -- that people often talk   Full Story

 
Daily Record/Sunday News -- Scott Fisher
In 1972, Hurricane Agnes washed 20 million tons of sediment -- a toxic muck of soil, coal, heavy metals and other pollutants -- down the Susquehanna River, through the Conowingo dam floodgates and into the Chesapeake Bay.   Full Story

 
Daily Record/Sunday News -- Bil Bowden
"Katrina-wingo." The term, which Michael Helfrich borrowed from a fellow "riverkeeper," is the embodiment of his fear about what could happen to the Chesapeake Bay: A man-made natural disaster -- like what Hurricane Katrina did to New Orleans.   Full Story

 
 


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