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- Coal fly ash use and disposal questioned (West Virginia Public Broadcasting)
Mar 5, 2010 - The US Environmental Protection Agency is considering regulating coal ash from power plants as hazardous waste, but some state officials and industry leaders are concerned the classification could have major ramifications. - Appeals delay planned April trial in Kaloko case (Honolulu Advertiser)
Mar 5, 2010 - LĪHUE, Kauai — With his attorney David Minkin on Wednesday filing a notice of appeal of earlier rulings by 5th Circuit Judge Randal Valenciano on defense motions, the criminal case is effectively stalled pending appellate action by other state courts — either the Intermediate Court of Appeals or Supreme Court. - Realty Q&A: Flood insurance for your home is money well spent (Market Watch)
Mar 4, 2010 - The cost of flood insurance is based on many factors. First and foremost, of course, is the location of the building. But the folks at the Federal Emergency Management Administration tell me that there are other considerations besides the potential for and estimated severity of flooding in a specific area. - St George braces for biggest flood in 120 years (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Mar 4, 2010 - A flood emergency is unfolding at St George in Queensland's southern inland, where the town is preparing for its biggest flood in more than 120 years. - Flood could break 1890 record (Brisbane Times)
Mar 4, 2010 - The current flood could exceed the level of the legendary 1890 inundation, the southwest Queensland town of St George has been warned. - Schools closed in flood-ravaged Qld (Sky News Australia)
Mar 4, 2010 - Four state schools in flood-ravaged Queensland will close on Friday and another seven are under threat as emergency conditions are being assessed. - March Proclaimed 'Flood Awareness Month' (KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids)
Mar 4, 2010 - DES MOINES (AP) - Iowa Gov. Chet Culver has proclaimed March Flood Awreness Month in an effort to educate state residents about flood insurance and other disaster precautions. - Mullaperiyar Dam should be handed over to River Authority: Nedumaran (New Kerala)
Mar 4, 2010 - Madurai, Mar 4 : The Mullaperiyar Dam Rights Retrieval Committee, an umbrella organisation of various political parties, today appealed to the Tamil Nadu Government to pressurise the Centre to hand over the controversial Mullaperiyar Dam to the River Water Authority and if the latter fails to do so, then the DMK, a key ally of ruling Congress-led United Progressive Government, should quit the ... - Key flood consultant and City Council part ways (The Gazette)
Mar 4, 2010 - Disaster consultant John Levy — whose initial $475-an-hour cost gained some notice soon after the June 2008 flood — and the City Council apparently will part ways at the end of the month. Levy on Wednesday characterized his leave-taking as a resignation, though it was something a majority of the council had wanted. Levy said he notified [...] - Real-time flood forecasting in future (Charles City Press)
Mar 4, 2010 - On Friday at the council chambers at City Hall in Charles City, Larry Weber of the Iowa Flood Center told a crowd of area residents that the odds of flood waters overtaking Cedar Rapids’ levees this year — as they did in 2008 — are one in five. He called the possibility “devastating.”