Enviros Like Sotomayor
Environmental groups seem to like President Obama's pick for the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor.
Source: Greenwire, 05/28/2009
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Test Well Water Yearly To Protect Kids: Scientists
Private well water should be tested yearly, two major scientific bodies say -- sometimes more often when kids are drinking it.
Source: SPX, 05/28/2009
House Panel Launches Interior Reform
A draft bill from the House Natural Resources Committee would drastically reform the Interior Department's corruption-plagued system for collecting oil and gas royalties.
Source: Greenwire, 05/28/2009
Cumulative Ocean Impacts Mapped Off U.S. and Mexican Shores
Researchers from California and Hawaii have analyzed 25 factors and developed a map that reflects the relative cumulative magnitude of their effects on the waters extending for about 250-350 miles off the shores of Washington, Oregon, California, and the Baja Peninsula.
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Feds Boost Lead-Reduction Effort in Houses
About $100 million in funding is earmarked for 53 projects in 20 states and the District of Columbia by the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.
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Billions at Stake with Climate Change Legislation
The climate bill in Congress will impact hundreds of companies – some big in your area. Many are spending big bucks on lobbying. Here's how to follow the money.
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Stimulus Helps Insulation Workers
Laid-off workers at the Owens Corning fiberglass plant in Newark, Ohio, hope to get jobs back as a result of funding in the economic stimulus bill for insulating attics in low-income homes.
Source: WashPost, 05/27/2009
"Stimulus Money Put To Work at Superfund Sites"
As part of the economic stimulus package, EPA plans to spend $600 million -- double what it usually spends -- on cleaning up contaminated industrial waste sites.
Source: NPR, 05/27/2009
Working Out Details of Guns in Parks
Now that Congress has passed a law allowing loaded, concealed guns in National Parks, the National Park Service must figure out how to carry it out.
Source: NYTimes, 05/27/2009
GAO Faults Endangered Species Oversight
"The Fish and Wildlife Service has no established way to track cumulative threats or injuries to most of the imperiled species the agency is attempting to protect, according to a new report from federal investigators."
Source: Greenwire, 05/27/2009
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