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Coal Heat Puts Navajos at Risk, but Many Families See Few Options [1]

Many Navajo families face a choice between burning coal, which can threaten the safety of their homes and their respiratory health -- or burning propane, which they may not be able to afford.

Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Farmington Daily Times [5], 11/01/2010
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"Oklahoma Fails Small Town In Fly Ash Regulation" [6]

People in Bokoshe, Oklahoma, say they are sick because the state and EPA have failed to regulated fly ash from a nearby coal-burning power plant.

Pollution [7]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [8]
Source: News on 6 Tulsa [9], 10/29/2010
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"Pennsylvania Governor Bans Fracking in State Forests" [10]

"Gov. Edward G. Rendell of Pennsylvania signed an executive order on Tuesday effectively banning further natural gas development on state forest lands."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Natural Resources [11]
Pollution [7]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Source: NYTimes [13], 10/27/2010
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"Rig Inspectors Had Vast Gaps in Knowledge, Oil Spill Panel Finds" [14]

"Members of President Barack Obama's Oil Spill Commission said this week that they were shocked to learn during their months of investigation that federal drilling rig inspectors generally know little or nothing about the process of safely lining and sealing an offshore oil well."

Disasters [15]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Government [16]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [17], 10/27/2010
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"New U.S. Standards Take Aim at Truck Emissions and Fuel Economy" [18]

"The federal government announced the first national emissions and fuel economy standards for heavy vehicles on Monday, one of a series of regulatory steps that the Obama administration is taking to increase energy efficiency and reduce atmospheric pollution in the absence of Congressional action on climate change."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [19], 10/26/2010
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"Navajos Hope to Shift From Coal to Wind and Sun" [20]

"Health and environmental concerns have become a factor in next Tuesday’s Navajo Nation presidential election."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [21], 10/26/2010
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"U.S. Approves World's Biggest Solar Power Project" [22]

"The U.S. Interior Department on Monday approved a permit for the world's biggest solar power project that will provide electricity to up to 750,000 homes."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Reuters [23], 10/26/2010
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"GOP Victory May Be Defeat For Climate Change Policy" [24]

The majority of Republicans running for House and Senate seats disagree with proven scientific facts about global warming. That means that if Republicans take control of one or both chambers this November, there is little hope for legislation to address climate change.

Environmental Politics [25]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Climate Change [26]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NPR [27], 10/25/2010
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Texas Parents Worried Fracking Near Schools Making Kids Sick [28]

Kelly Gant told school board members that ever since gas drilling began near Argyle High School, her daughter has experienced asthma and headaches.

Chemicals [29]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Health [30]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Denton Record-Chronicle [31], 10/25/2010
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Water Is New Weapon in Texas Coal Plant Fights [32]

"There is a new front in the fight over whether Texas should build more coal-fired power plants -- water."

Energy & Fuel [2]
Environmental Politics [25]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [8]
Source: Houston Chronicle [34], 10/25/2010
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