A tractor-trailer hauling gravel overturned Monday afternoon on the on-ramp of southbound Highway 99 in Merced, spilling gravel onto the roadway, the California Highway Patrol reported. The driver, 70-year-old Daniel … Click to Continue »
Read More »Lead poisoning prevention, oil spill cleanup face cuts at EPA
The Trump administration is proposing to slash funding for grants to prevent lead poisoning, climate change research and criminal enforcement against polluters as part of its plan to reduce funding … Click to Continue »
Read More »Sewage spill closes MLK offramp
A truck carrying a sewage tank spilled its contents along a Highway 99 off-ramp in Merced on Monday, March 6, 2016. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Sewage spill closes MLK offramp
A truck carrying a sewage tank spilled its contents along a Highway 99 offramp in Merced, temporarily shutting down the Martin Luther King Jr. Way exit Monday, officials said. Crews … Click to Continue »
Read More »Baby dolphin deaths tied to BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Researchers looking into the largest dolphin and whale die-off on record in the Gulf of Mexico following the 2010 BP oil spill have tied a spike in the number of dead babies and stillbirths to the massive spill. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Santa Barbara Oil Spill Update
In news around the State. The oil spill along the coast of Santa Barbara is hurting some store owners this Memorial Day Weekend. More than one hundred thousand gallons of crude oil leaked into the Pacific Ocean. It has impacting a nine-mile stretch of the coastline. A shop owner at …
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