DOE labs should double environmental research, panel says

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An advisory task force formed by the Dept. of Energy (DOE) recommended that the agency increase its environmental science and technology research efforts. The task force specifically noted that $400 million would be appropriate for such an effort and this should be gradually increased. The task force report stated that DOE laboratories are currently the only facilities with the ability to conduct the large-scale research needed for new environmental management technologies.

Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities, Dept of Energy, Regulation, admin. of utilities, Management, United States. Department of Energy

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Sediment cleanup demonstration planned for NY/NJ harbor

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The Dept. of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory will launch a decontamination demonstration project this summer to clean up contaminated sediments dredged from the bottom of the New York/New Jersey Harbor. The project is aimed at evaluating the ability of available technologies to clean up badly contaminated sediments. It will also serve as a test of the federal government's commitment toward the development of effective solutions to this kind of environmental problem.

Water Pollution Control-Local, Environmental aspects, Water pollution control, Waste management, Water pollution, Harbors, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, United States. Department of Energy. Brookhaven National Laboratory

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EPA research faces major cuts

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EPA officials openly admit that they face a difficult challenge in their efforts to obtain funding for environmental research efforts from the Republican-controlled Congress. GOP lawmakers have proposed deep cuts in many key EPA research programs, including those concerning the development of new environmental technologies. Given the anti-regulatory mood in Congress, EPA officials are not very optimistic that the proposed cuts will be abandoned by its sponsors.

Air, water, & solid waste management, Environmental Protection Agency, Finance, Political aspects, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental sciences

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