City parks employees, three state representatives and a few others sharply criticized a proposal to privatize parks maintenance Wednesday at a first-of-its kind public discussion about the city's dire budget situation.
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A bill that would have cleared the way for a Houston company to open up a huge underground cavern to store natural gas near Eloy died in the Legislature's closing days.
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A developer who wants to build 4,300 homes in a rural part of Allegany County and the county's elected commissioners have filed suit against Maryland's environmental and planning agencies, accusing them of illegally blocking the project.
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As we move into the heart of the summer and look forward to celebrating July Fourth, it is a good time to celebrate the initial steps Montana has taken toward energy independence and to weigh future opportunities.
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By James MacPherson, The Associated Press, The Bismarck Tribune
North Dakota ranchers suffered an estimated $30 million loss when cattle died amid spring flooding and late-winter blizzards, a state agriculture official said Wednesday.
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The state will pay $4.8 million of a $7 million settlement with a developer to prevent the construction of houses on 78 acres of oceanfront property in the town of Cape May, state officials announced Wednesday.
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An Ohio Environmental Protection Agency investigator trying to find out who killed more than 500 gulls last month by dumping hundreds of gallons of oil into the Cuyahoga River is focusing on a nine-mile-long storm sewer network that flows from Shaker Heights to Cleveland and the river.
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As a longtime owner and former CEO of a Gulf Coast casino, Bernie Burkholder knows well the old maxim of the gambling business: The house always wins.
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The federal EPA has essentially told the state and Sunflower Electric Power Corp. to start over in considering a permit to build a coal-burning power plant in southwest Kansas.
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With states facing a $121 billion shortfall in the next fiscal year, a growing number of them have turned to squeezing their workforce for savings, and effects both great and small will be felt.
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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
As of October 2006, 28 states have outlined the steps they can take to reduce climate change and 12 states have set targets to lower their greenhouse gas emissions.
12 states have filed a lawsuit to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions of automobiles.
Illinois, Montana, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania have set mercury emissions standards that exceed federal benchmarks for that pollutant
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies—the organization that represents all of North America’s fish and wildlife agencies—promotes sound management and conservation.
Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC actively pursues litigation to support environmental protections and offers online resources related to environmental advocacy.
STAPPA/ALAPCO STAPPA and ALAPCO are national associations of state and local air pollution control agencies.
Statescape's BillFinder BillFinder helps users find any bill eligible for consideration in the current calendar year using either keywords and phrases or bill numbers.
The Clean Air Trust The Clean Air Trust promotes strong air pollution controls and advises policy-makers on enforcement of the federal Clean Air Act.
State Sportsmen's Caucuses Modeled after the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, 35 state sportsmen’s caucuses promote outdoor sports in the in state legislatures throughout the country.
The Stimulus and the States Follow how states are managing the stimulus money and which programs are receiving funding as part of the recovery effort using Stateline.org's stimulus special section.
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