Land & Environmental Section :: Page 30

• Cemex fined, to cut emissions

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 24, 2011

  Cemex, Inc. agreed to pay a $1.4 million fine for Clean Air Act violations at its cement plant off of Dayton-Yellow Springs Road in Fairborn.

• Tree-trimming policy eyed

  By Diane Chiddister

  At the Feb. 7 Village Council meeting, a citizen urged the Village to reconsider its tree-trimming policy in the wake of the recent ice storm that knocked out power for 80 percent of village homes.

• Villagers rally on ‘fracking’ concern

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Local residents are gearing up to educate themselves and the community about the potential hazards of oil and gas drilling.

• Drillers ask for land leases

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 17, 2011

  An energy company began contacting landowners in Miami Township last week about leasing their land for oil and gas drilling.

• Update on brush collection

  By Kathryn HitchcockFebruary 16, 2011

  Take brush to curb in pieces that seem manageable for collection.

• Fracking concerns arise in village

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 10, 2011

  

  The prospect of oil and gas drilling in the area is raising worries among some Yellow Springs residents because of a controversial drilling technique called fracking. What does the fracking process entail?

• The ice storm cometh, leaving destructive path

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 2, 2011

  

  The ice storm and winds that walloped Yellow Springs Tuesday night left about 75 percent of village residences without power overnight Tuesday and into Wednesday, according to Police Chief John Grote.

• Year-round harvest— A field of greens among the white

  By Megan BachmanDecember 30, 2010

  

  At Flying Mouse Farms in Yellow Springs, there is no off-season.

• Christmas bird count

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 23, 2010

  

  Last week’s 2010 Christmas bird count in Glen Helen and the Yellow Springs area yielded a snapshot of the number and variety of winged creatures living among us.

• TLT secures easement for Harmony Township farm

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 17, 2010

  

  Tecumseh Land Trust recently helped Barbara McNally to secure a conservation easement that permanently preserves her 150 acre farm in Harmony Township.