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By Tom Humphrey, Knoxville News Sentinel
Gov. Phil Bredesen branded a legislative attack on the BioFuels Initiative he launched two years ago as "ridiculous" and "outrageous" Thursday and said it endangers an unannounced "very large investment in East Tennessee."
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By James B. Hale, The Sun (Baltimore)
Twelve states, including Maryland, and the District of Columbia urged the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday to adopt more rigorous national policies so they can meet federal air pollution reduction requirements for the region.
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AK: State urges caution on ice fishing
By Staff Reports, Anchorage Daily News
PALMER, Alaska -- The Alaska State Parks and the Department of Fish and Game are warning anglers and other winter recreationists to stay off thin ice atop lakes in the Matanuska and Susitna valleys.
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AZ: Geothermal energy raising hopes in AZ
By Tom Beal, Arizona Daily Star (Tucson)
The Arizona Geological Survey will head up a $17.8 million project to gather information about geothermal resources from individual states and incorporate it into a national data system.
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CA: Eyeing a run
By Torey Van Oot, The Sacramento Bee
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to sign into law two of the water bills passed early Wednesday morning. Assembly Speaker Karen Bass is also scheduled to attend the 10 a.m. signing ceremony at the Tujunga Wellfield Groundwater Recovery Project in Los Angeles.
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CO: Upper Colorado River, Front Range water resources threatened
By David O. Williams, Colorado Independent
Some water experts warn the upper Colorado River is an endangered species if current residential growth patterns and water consumption patterns continue along the state's Front Range, and they're increasingly concerned proposed energy production on the Western Slope will accelerate its demise.
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CT: Rell makes $34 million in cuts from state budget
By Christopher Keating, The Hartford Courant
The reductions were ordered in hundreds of categories, including $8.5 million from the Department of Children and Families, $7.25 million from the multibillion-dollar Department of Social Services, $3.7 million from the Department of Developmental Services, $1.26 million from the Department of Environmental Protection, $500,000 from the state Department of Agriculture, and $200,000 from the chief state medical examiner's office.
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DE: New push for LNG plant near Claymont
By Jeff Montgomery, The News Journal (New Castle-Wilmington)
An Amerada Hess Corp. joint venture plans a new attempt to develop a liquefied natural gas terminal along the Delaware River opposite Claymont, after acquiring a BP property long bogged down by a state boundary dispute.
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MA: Good news, bad news for fishery
By Don Cuddy, Cape Cod Times
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — The deep and murky waters of fishery management in New England just became a little murkier for Jon Williams, CEO of the Atlantic Red Crab Co. in New Bedford.
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MD: Bay goals downgraded
By Pamela Wood, The Capital (Annapolis)
The federal government is putting the Chesapeake Bay on a pollution diet, but officials say it can be a little less strict than in the past.
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ME: Initiative to protect working lands
By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News
A task force representing major stakeholders in Maine's North Woods, from large landowners and loggers to environmental groups, is proposing a new, collaborative initiative aimed at protecting large swaths of working forest in the state.
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ME: Initiative to protect working lands
By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News
A task force representing major stakeholders in Maine's North Woods, from large landowners and loggers to environmental groups, is proposing a new, collaborative initiative aimed at protecting large swaths of working forest in the state.
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MO: Radioactive spill termed as 'low risk'
By Janese Heavin, Columbia Daily Tribune
Schlundt Hall Annex on the University of Missouri campus remained roped off today as crews continued to clean up low-risk radioactive material spilled Monday evening.
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NC: Ethics panel clears NC Rep. Shuler in TVA probe
By Mike Baker, The Associated Press
Congressional ethics investigators have concluded that North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler did not act inappropriately while a residential development that he was involved in sought lake-access rights from the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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NE: Lincoln senator recommends furloughs, not layoffs for workers
By JoAnne Young, Lincoln Journal Star
Senators introduced five bills in special session Thursday, aimed at saving money for the state or saving money for a particular program. Lincoln Sen. Bill Avery introduced a resolution (LR4) that would have agencies use furloughs rather than layoffs of state workers if needed to meet across-the-board budget cuts.
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NM: Queries stall asphalt plant at landfill
By Julie Ann Grimm, Santa Fe New Mexican
An asphalt plant that was scheduled this month to start using rock blasted from Santa Fe's regional landfill is on hold following complaints from nearby residents who say they were caught unaware.
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NY: Wind law could benefit company
By Christine McConville, Boston Herald
Despite significant opposition in Western Massachusetts, state environmental affairs secretary Ian Bowles is pushing hard to get a controversial wind-turbine law passed before the legislative session ends on Nov. 18.
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NY: State action targets Lafarge
By Brian Nearing, Times Union (Albany)
RAVENA, N.Y. -- For the first time ever, the state wants to set limits on mercury emitted from towering smokestacks at the Lafarge cement plant. But it's not clear whether the new cap would actually result in less pollution from the facility.
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RI: Governor vetoes saltwater fishing license
By Peter B. Lord, The Providence Journal
Governor Carcieri, reversing more than a year of work by his own staff and the state's largest recreational fishing organization, has vetoed a proposed $7 state license for saltwater fishing. He called it "excessively intrusive."
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TN: Groups want to preserve more plateau land
By Pam Sohn, Chattanooga Times Free Press
Cumberland Plateau groups are looking to expand efforts to preserve and connect large tracts of plateau land -- a minimum of 1.7 million acres and perhaps about 2 million acres.
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WV: DEP finds problems at W.Va.'s coal-ash dams
By Ken Ward, Jr., Charleston Gazette
Nearly two-thirds of the coal-ash dams across West Virginia might need repairs, and a quarter of them are ranked as being in poor or unsatisfactory condition, according to a report released Thursday by the state Department of Environmental Protection.
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