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Archive of Environment on Friday October 30, 2009
CO: Plan to drill on Colorado plateau meets resistance
RIFLE, Colo. — Standing in a canyon in hilly terrain, Ken Neubecker cast his fly into a cold stream. Minutes later he had a bite. Thrashing at the end of his line was a speckled green fish, a scarce Colorado cutthroat trout. Read More
NY: Feisty audience tackles natural gas drilling report
At the first public hearing of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation's review of natural gas drilling, one speaker summed up the sentiment of many in Sullivan County, which is likely to see much of the drilling in the state. Read More
AK: Groups say they'll sue over coal dust
SEWARD, Alaska -- Three Alaska environmental groups said Thursday they plan to file a lawsuit over coal-dust pollution in Seward. Read More
AK: Sweat is sweet for future homeowners
PALMER, Alaska - Gurn Circle is a community in progress. The cul-de-sac just south of the Palmer-Wasilla Highway off Gurn Street was alive on a recent Saturday morning with the sounds of power tools, hammering and good-natured ribbing. Read More
CA: Cutbacks will affect state park enthusiasts
Padlocked toilets are coming soon to California's once-fabled state parks. They will be joined by off-limits campgrounds, closed hiking trails and forbidden forests as the cash-poor state seeks to save $14.2 million by yanking away the welcome mat from its 278 parks. Read More
CO: Colorado snow forces delays at DIA, closes highways
Blowing snow at Denver International Airport forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights, and highways leading north and east from Denver were closed into the night Thursday as a two-day storm slowly drifted out of Colorado. Read More
CO: Udall risks enviro wrath by floating bill to boost nuclear industry
Colorado U.S. Sen. Mark Udall Wednesday took his boldest step yet on the road to a national nuclear renaissance as part of a program designed to combat global warming. Read More
FL: Orange County lacks money to buy, maintain sensitive land
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Orange County may not be able to purchase more environmentally sensitive land — property now used to preserve wildlife corridors and watersheds for future generations — for years because of the county's budget crisis. Read More
HI: Governor to wait before raiding hurricane fund
Gov. Linda Lingle says she is not against raiding the $180 million Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund to help restore public school furlough days, but she wants to wait until at least next year before considering such action. Read More
MN: H1N1 confirmed in 6 State Fair pigs
Final tests confirm six pigs from the Minnesota State Fair contracted the H1N1 virus, three more than initial research had indicated. Read More
MO: Missouri environmental agency announces reorganization
Missouri's environmental agency has reorganized some of its divisions, with changes in some management positions. Read More
MO: Missouri DNR fires more officials
Three top Missouri Department of Natural Resources administrators were dismissed in what some believe was continuing fallout over the E. coli controversy, officials said Thursday. Read More
MT: First lady helps families weatherize their homes
Montana's first lady, as part of the state Warm Hearts Warm Homes weatherization program, began hammering up new weather stripping along the front door's top edge, risking her first fingers with every thwack. Read More
NH: Accounting for rescue
New Hampshire is one of eight states with laws allowing billing for rescue costs, but only New Hampshire has made frequent attempts to do so - even strengthening its law last year to allow the suspension of hiking, fishing and driver's licenses of those who don't pay, according to an Associated Press review. Read More
NJ: How N.J. benefits in spending plan
Paterson's Great Falls, sewers in Fort Lee and bats in North Jersey caves get special funding in the $32 billion spending bill Congress approved Thursday. Read More
OH: FirstEnergy requests waiver in battle of bulbs
Between all the finger-pointing over who was to blame, FirstEnergy Corp. yesterday suggested an alternative to its mandatory light-bulb replacement program that had consumers across northern Ohio in an uproar. Read More
OH: Unity sought in efforts to protect Great Lakes
CLEVELAND -- An Obama Administration road show that began this summer on behalf of America's coastlines made its final stop in Cleveland yesterday, an industrial Great Lakes city that became an unlikely symbol of the nation's environmental movement after the Cuyahoga River caught fire in 1969. Read More
VT: Vermont part of $1.5M northern border jobs bill
A commission created to provide jobs and boost the economy in the northern reaches of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and New York is receiving $1.5 million under a measure signed into law by President Barack Obama. Read More
VT: Vermont parks seek support
WATERBURY, Vt. -- With a camp fire crackling in a fire ring and a canopy set up over a pair of picnic tables at a campsite in Little River State Park, the state's Forests, Parks and Recreation staff built the case Wednesday for future capital investments in the park system. Read More
WY: 'It's not generally this bad'
An early season snowstorm forced the closure of many roads, schools and offices in southeastern Wyoming and generated black ice in the Casper area on Thursday. Read More |
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