Articles About environmental remediation

• Environmental news — EPA responds to Vernay cleanup plan

  By Megan BachmanOctober 25, 2018

  

  It’s been 16 years since Vernay Laboratories began working under order of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop a plan to clean up contamination at and around the company’s former manufacturing facility at 875 Dayton St. But Vernay has more work to do before its final cleanup plan is approved.

• The Rumpke Landfill and Recycling Center: a YS News pictorial

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanApril 28, 2016

  

  An article published in this week’s paper discusses a recent tour of the Rumpke landfill and recycling center organized by Vickie Hennessy and Zero Waste Yellow Springs. Words cannot do the facilities justice.

• Water is the focus of Xylem giving

  By Audrey HackettApril 21, 2016

  

  Money from the Xylem “Walk for Water” fundraiser will help fund the work of Xylem Watermark, a corporate citizenship and social investment program.

• Village Council— Clean Ohio grant discussed

  By Audrey HackettSeptember 17, 2015

  

  A vote on a proposed Clean Ohio grant application for the Glass Farm wetland was expected at Village Council’s Sept. 8 meeting, but members agreed to take action in response to environmental concerns first.

• Well-capping raises concern over Vernay plume clean-up

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 21, 2013

  A proposed well-capping ordinance backed by Vernay Laboratories and the Greene County Combined Health District to prevent contamination from groundwater polluted by Vernay has raised concerns among some neighbors, who view the effort as an attempt by Vernay to circumvent long-term cleanup effort.

• The 3 percent solution for energy use

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 1, 2010

  When the Village’s electric power supplier looks into the future, its leaders assume that the village’s need for electricity will increase by about 1 percent each year. But with much of the supply currently coming from carbon–emitting coal plants, villagers and Village leaders have been looking for ways not to be such predictable power consumers.

• Vernay site cleanup plans reviewed

  By Web AdminNovember 26, 2009

  It’s been seven years since Vernay Laboratories signed an order of consent with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to remediate the contamination centered on the former manufacturing facility on Dayton Street. Since that time, the company has moved its rubber parts production to Georgia and South Carolina, torn down the Dayton Street plant, welcomed Ed […]