Feds Continue Compensation for Lost Local Tax Revenue
The fiscal year 2009 allocation of Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) is up about 4% from last year, and is being distributed to about 60% of the nation's counties and other local jurisdictions.
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US Vulnerability To Heat Waves Varies Substantially by Location
A new analysis of about 40,000 census tracts in the larger US metropolitan areas can help you cover how well your community is preparing for heat-related risk.
"The Great Vaccination Debate"
There are parts of the country where 20 percent of partents are opting not to give their children vaccines. That worries the CDC.
Source: Environment Report, 06/25/2009
"Obama's FWS Nominee Ignored Endangered Species Act"
"The man nominated by President Barack Obama to administer the Endangered Species Act rarely used it to protect species, according to agency statistics released Monday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility."
Source: ENS, 06/25/2009
"Whaling Commission To Extend Negotiations for a Year"
"International Whaling Commission members agreed Wednesday to extend negotiations over the disputed hunting of the marine mammals for a year, avoiding a disastrous split in the group."
Source: AFP, 06/25/2009
U.S. Awards First Leases for Wind Energy off NJ, DE Coasts
"The federal government today issued five leases to allow wind-energy companies to explore the possibility of building wind farms off the coast of New Jersey and Delaware."
Source: Newark Star-Ledger, 06/25/2009
"Virginia First to Review Emissions From Grandfathered Power Plants"
"The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality will evaluate older coal-fired power plants for compliance with today's federal air quality standards, Virginia Governor Tim Kaine announced today. The state will survey air pollution from facilities throughout Virginia that were initially grandfathered by the 1970 federal Clean Air Act."
Source: ENS, 06/25/2009
"Enviros Demand Locations of 44 'High Hazard' Coal Ash Sites"
"A coalition of environmental groups today formally asked three federal agencies to make public the list of 44 coal ash disposal sites across the country that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has classed as 'high hazard.'"
Source: ENS, 06/25/2009
"In the Andes, a Toxic Site"
From an immense mansion in the Hamptons, Ira Rennert oversees a private industrial empire that includes one of the most toxic sites in the world.
Source: NYTimes, 06/25/2009
Farm Lobby Wins: USDA in Charge of Offsets
"The Agriculture Department will have the lead role in overseeing agriculture offsets under the House climate bill...."
Source: ClimateWire, 06/25/2009
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