Topic: Kings County
AP News | 2009-12-21 22:52:04
California Highway 41 is the main street of Kettleman City, Calif., seen Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. The tiny farm town is home to the largest toxic waste dump in the West. Chemical Waste Management, which wants to increase the size ...
AP News | 2009-12-22 19:50:28
County board approves expansion of California toxic-waste dump despite health concerns
A county board in central California approved the expansion of the largest toxic-waste dump in the West, despite concerns about an increase in birth defects in a nearby farming town. The Kings County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday upheld an earlier decision to allow Chemical Waste Management to expand ...
AP Features | 2009-12-22 09:21:18
Officials overseeing a tiny farming community in central California are expected to make a decision Tuesday on the proposed expansion of the largest toxic waste dump in the West amid growing concerns about a spike in the town's number of birth defects. Chemical Waste Management Inc. wants to increase the size of its 1,600-acre facility near Kettleman City ...
ZUMA Press Inc | 2009-02-25 21:07:48
Feb 25, 2009 - Manhattan, New York, USA - Kings County GOP Chairman CRAIG EATON as Republican leaders at the Metropolitan Republican Club on East 83rd Street speak with the media following a meeting with Mayor Michael Bloomberg at which met to ...
