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"Feds Announce Plan To Speed Everglades Restoration"
"WASHINGTON -- A new fast-track planning effort could shave years off the next phase of Everglades restoration, putting more fresh and clean water into the central and southern portions of Florida's 'River of Grass' more quickly."
Source: McClatchy, 10/28/2011
"Obama Administration Announces Desert 'Solar Energy Zones'"
"The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled its road map for solar energy development, directing large-scale industrial projects to 285,000 acres of desert land in the western U.S. while opening 20 million acres of the Mojave for new development."
Source: LA Times, 10/28/2011
Enviros To Sue Texas Utilities Over 38,000 Clean Air Act Violations
"DALLAS -- Environmental groups have notified the Energy Futures Holdings Corp. and its subsidiary, Luminant Generation Company, that they intend to sue the company for more than 38,000 alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at two Texas coal-fired power plants."
Source: ENS, 10/28/2011
House Dems Warn They'll Stop Appropriations Bills With Policy Riders
"House Democratic leaders asked their members yesterday to pledge in writing to vote 'no' on spending bills that contain controversial policy riders, warning that by bringing such legislation to the floor Republicans would be courting a government shutdown."
Source: E&E Daily, 10/28/2011
"Weather Changes Mean More Dead Zones For Lake Erie: Expert"
"After a celebrated comeback from abysmal water conditions and high pollution levels in the 1970s, Lake Erie is regressing to the highest levels of phosphorous contamination in 40 years, a Great Lakes expert said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 10/28/2011
"EPA Says To Comment Soon On Keystone XL Pipeline"
"The top U.S. environmental regulator on Thursday said her agency would soon comment on the proposed $7 billion Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, adding she was concerned about emissions and potential leaks that could result from the project."
Source: Reuters, 10/28/2011
"Army Corps Wants $1 Billion To Repair Flood Damage"
"The Army Corps of Engineers says it desperately needs about $1 billion to repair the damage from this year's catastrophic flooding in the Missouri and Mississippi basins."
Source: Medill, 10/28/2011
"Food Companies Petitioned To Ban New Monsanto GMO Corn"
"Opponents of Monsanto's new genetically modified sweet corn are petitioning national food retailers and processors to ban the biotech corn, which is not labeled as being genetically altered from conventional corn. A coalition of health, food safety and environmental organizations said they have collected more than 264,000 petition signatures from consumers who do not want to buy the corn."
Source: Reuters, 10/28/2011
"How Ready Are We for Bioterrorism?"
Ten years after the anthrax attacks that followed 9/11, the nation has spent some $60 billion trying to put together a biodefense program. One reason Americans do not know the scale of the government's failure is the extreme secrecy with which the programs are conducted. Profits, politics, and the manipulation of public fears may be making the nation's vulnerability to the worst public health threats even worse.
Source: NY Times Magazine, 10/28/2011
