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"Rustlers Ride Wide Open Range of Great Basin"
"Out of pride and a reluctance to point a finger at neighbors, ranchers in the vast Great Basin outback where Oregon, Idaho and Nevada come together have been slow to admit that someone in their midst, perhaps even someone they know from barbecues and brandings, has been stealing cattle. Just who is doing it, and how they have gotten away with it for at least three years, remains a mystery."
Source: AP, 01/06/2010
"B.L.M. Expedites Review of Energy Projects"
"Thirty–one proposed renewable energy and power transmission projects have been put on the fast track for approval by the Bureau of Land Management, with the aim of getting them paid for with stimulus funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act."
Source: Green Inc., 01/06/2010
"EPA Enforcement-Related Penalties Plummeted in Fiscal 2009"
"U.S. EPA during the first year of the Obama administration saw deep declines in the amount of penalties assessed against polluters and pounds of pollution slashed through enforcement activities compared with the previous year, according to data released by the agency last month."
Source: Greenwire, 01/06/2010
"U.S. Car Ownership Shifts Into Reverse"
"Americans' infatuation with their cars has endured through booms and busts, but last year something rare happened in the United States: The number of automobiles actually fell."
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 01/06/2010
"Tests Find Antibiotic, Other Contaminants in Tampa's Drinking Water"
"The tap water that Tampa residents consume is contaminated with low levels of antibiotics, nicotine byproducts and a chemical used to produce firefighting foams."
Source: Tampa Tribune, 01/06/2010
"A New Hurdle for Cape Wind?"
"In a new setback for a controversial wind farm proposed off Cape Cod, the National Park Service announced Monday that Nantucket Sound was eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, guaranteeing further delays for the project."
Source: NYTimes, 01/06/2010
"China Diesel Spill Reaches Yellow River"
"A spill of around 150,000 litres of diesel oil from a broken pipeline in northwestern China into a river has started reaching the Yellow River, but drinking water is safe for now, state media said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 01/06/2010
"Another Fresh Start on Cleaning Up Chesapeake Bay"
After missing the last self-imposed deadline for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay, mid-Atlantic governors say they are getting serious. Now EPA is taking over an effort the states have failed at.
Source: Wash Post, 01/06/2010
"NOAA Proposes Habitat Protection for Sea Turtles"
"Federal biologists on Tuesday proposed the first open ocean habitat protections for the endangered leatherback sea turtle along the West Coast, an action that could affect future development of offshore renewable energy, aquaculture and desalination plants."
Source: AP, 01/06/2010
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