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1) The appeal
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 19
Description
In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste into a small town's water supply, causing the worst cancer cluster un history. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it.
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"From the author of 1491--the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a deeply engaging new history that explores the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's voyages brought them back together--and marked the beginning...
6) I-25 and Dillon Drive/Eden-Platteville Boulevard Interchange improvements environmental assessment
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
This Environmental Assessment (EA) summarizes the effects of a proposed project that would provide access from Interstate 25 (I-25) to Platteville Boulevard/Dillon Drive south of the existing Eden Interchange in Pueblo County, Colorado.
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Pub. Date
2009.
Description
The Upper South Platte Watershed located in Park County is recognized by multiple agencies as a priority for identification and protection of its natural resources. Excess sediment and its consequences are thought to be an important source of ecological degradation throughout the watershed, and the need for mitigation and restoration, and for water and land protection is well understood. The extent of the problem and locations of primary concern are...
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"From one of our most beloved authors, a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home--now richly illustrated with almost four hundred images. A national bestseller, At Home is Bill Bryson's epic chronicle of domestic history. In this lavish new edition, his riveting room-by-room journey of discovery around his house--a Victorian parsonage in southern England--is enhanced by some four hundred carefully selected full color and...
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
A PEL Study to provide an understanding of the existing conditions at the Interstate 70 (I-70) and Kipling Street (State Highway 391) interchange while considering future surrounding development and community plans. This Environmental Scan Report identifies environmental resources and environmentally sensitive areas; this is mostly comprised of readily available data and field survey information. The purpose of this scan report is to identify resources...
13) Ship Breaker
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
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In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
The purpose of this plan is to provide direction and design standards for future chain stations improvements and new chain stations. Many of the existing chain stations could be impacted as a result of proposed improvements that are currently being studied as part the Programmatic Environmental Impact Study (PEIS) for the I-70 Mountain Corridor. As PEIS improvements are considered and potentially implemented, chain station design will follow the guidance...
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