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Fat, grease collection to keep Norman drains clear 1 hr ago | Add a comment NORMAN — Don’t pour your fats, oils and grease down the drain. The city wants them. Collecting fats, oils and grease and disposing of them in an environmentally safe way helps reduce...

Oklahoma poultry litter trial marred by more delays 6 hr ago | Add a comment TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma's trial against the Arkansas poultry industry continues to be marred by delays and squabbling attorneys. Things boiled over again Monday morning, when poultry...

Home and Garden briefs Yesterday | Add a comment For more information, call the phone number or use the e-mail address provided. To submit items, call Heather Warlick-Moore at 475-4098 or send e-mail to hwarlick@opubco.com. Please submit items...

Survey suggests it’s not so easy being green Sat, Nov 21, 2009 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — Sometimes it’s easier to think green than be green. A survey released Tuesday suggests people have largely embraced recycling bottles and cans, and are inclined to turn...

Whooping cranes migrating through Oklahoma Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | Add a comment WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) — More than 40 whooping cranes have been spotted on or around the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge during the past week. The rare birds are making their annual fall...

OU geography event opens up new world Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — Nearly 60 high school students this week visited the University of Oklahoma and learned that geography entails much more than drawing a bunch of maps. They found out that geography...

Lawyer in Oklahoma poultry litter case says expert ignored other pollution sources Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A poultry company attorney is accusing a scientist of disregarding nearly 20 possible sources of pollution in a sensitive watershed in northeastern Oklahoma. Tyson Foods...

Programs on NBC send green theme Tue, Nov 17, 2009 | Add a comment NEW YORK — NBC is giving new meaning to the phrase "green screen” this week, spreading a pro-environmental message across five of its prime-time programs. Al Gore takes a cameo...

Alaska to fight polar bear law Sun, Nov 15, 2009 | Add a comment ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell says he has the best interest of polar bears at heart, but he doesn’t intend to let the federal government’s expanded protection get...

Muskogee celebrates recycling day Sat, Nov 14, 2009 | Add a comment MUSKOGEE — No question about it, Muskogee residents are recycling more — especially more plastic. "I can see by the stuff being brought in and by how often we have to have our...

Real estate notes: Contractor buys Oklahoma City office buildings Fri, Nov 13, 2009 | Add a comment Contractor buys office buildings Allen Contracting Inc. bought two office buildings on the west side of downtown Oklahoma City from Harding & Shelton Inc., an oil and gas company, in a $1.6...

Amazon logging declines Fri, Nov 13, 2009 | Add a comment BRASILIA, Brazil — Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped nearly 46 percent from August 2008 to July 2009 — the biggest annual decline in two decades, the government said...

Cargill Inc. executive didn't follow up on environmental handbook regarding chicken manure protocols Thu, Nov 12, 2009 | Add a comment TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Cargill Inc. executive says he didn't check to see if company farmers were following an environmental handbook he helped draft in 2002 warning them not to spread too...

Oklahoma Briefs Wed, Nov 11, 2009 ENID Clues sought in fish deaths Enid officials are looking for the cause of a fish kill in a creek east of the city’s sewer plant. More than 100 fish were found dead Monday by a sewer plant...

Contractors face lawsuit over waste burning Tue, Nov 10, 2009 | Add a comment LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An Air Force veteran and a one-time contractor who served in Iraq are suing military contractors Halliburton Co. and KBR Inc., accusing the companies of exposing them to...

Illinois River recreation has declined, expert testifies in Oklahoma poultry litter case Tue, Nov 10, 2009 | Add a comment TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A professor estimates that about 30,000 fewer people floated in the Illinois River watershed in 2007 compared to two years earlier. With Tuesday's testimony from...

Art Gallery shows success in neighborhood's frame Tue, Nov 10, 2009 | Add a comment Nestled in an area between the Plaza District and MidTown, Istvan Art Gallery owner Stephen Kovash is explaining how customers from the surrounding neighborhoods have made the business a success...

Enid officials try to determine cause of fish kill Tue, Nov 10, 2009 | Add a comment ENID, Okla. (AP) — City officials in Enid are looking for the cause of a fish kill in a creek east of the city's sewer plant. More than 100 fish were found dead Monday by a sewer plant...

Moore recycling station to be ready by summer Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment MOORE — City officials said they expect to have a recycling station ready for residents to use by next summer. The $30,000 project, which is being funded through a grant from the U.S. Energy...

Norman gives out 900 trees to residents Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — John Mitschell was so pleased with the tree he got last spring from the city of Norman that he picked up three more Friday. One is even for his mother-in-law. The three Chinese...