The final day included a tour of the Environmental Protection Agency testing facility in Ann Arbor, and at the Michigan International Speedway, where the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE competition teams were testing their self-made, eco-friendly cars right on the race track.
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Plant officials say one out of every three dollars spent to build the facility was spent on environmental protection.
Both Mr Bush and Mr Gore support the proposed Yucca Mountain storage facility, providing it passes environmental muster.
The new facility will require planning permission and an environmental permit before it can be built.
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The new facility will require planning permission and a full environmental permit before it can be built.
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Anticipating environmental concerns, AquaBounty developed the salmon at a secure indoor facility in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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Zak Covar, executive director of the environmental-quality commission, said the fertilizer storage and blending facility had existed since 1962, before permits were required, and was allowed to remain on the site.
Prior to my present position, I was Director of the New Mexico State University Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center, the independent and academic monitoring facility for the Department of Energy WIPP, a little-known deep geologic nuclear repository for bomb waste.
Prior to my present position, I was Director of the New Mexico State University Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center, the independent and academic monitoring facility for the Department of Energy's WIPP site, a little-known deep geologic nuclear repository for bomb waste.
The Center finds that other arguments being conjured up by opponents of this facility -- notably those involving charges that it will impose significant environmental damage -- are similarly unfounded.
Jinko says it will take all necessary steps to be in compliance with all environmental rules, that any deficiencies uncovered will be remedied and that it expects to resume operations at the facility within a few days.
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