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AZ: Land auction raises concerns
By Peter Corbett, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
An Arizona land auction for a Pinnacle Peak resort site has neighbors worried that development would reduce access to an adjacent hiking trail.
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CA: Schwarzenegger, automakers agree to pursue emissions control
By Michael Gardner, The San Diego Union-Tribune
In their first face-to-face meeting, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and automakers Thursday agreed to explore new cooperative approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions even as they duel in court and in Congress over just how far the state can go.
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CA: Calif. Senate votes to end Bay-Delta Authority
By Don Thompson, The Associated Press, Contra Costa Times (registration)
The California Senate has voted to end state participation in the program created eight years ago to rescue the delta from collapse and resolve persistent water disputes.
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CA: Auburn dam may be dealt death blow
By Matt Weiser, The Sacramento Bee (registration)
A long-stalled Auburn dam on the American River has suffered many defeats. But the next could be truly fatal. The State Water Resources Control Board plans to revoke the water rights held by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for the project. The unfinished dam, in other words, would no longer have any water to hold back.
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CA: 'Conservation on a staggering scale' at Tejon
By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle
A vast mountainous region glimpsed by generations of Californians mainly through bug-pocked windshields on Interstate 5 was preserved Thursday in what conservationists say is the largest, most ecologically crucial acquisition of public land in state history.
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GA: Appeals court rules against peanut farmers
By Larry O'Dell, The Associated Press, The Macon Telegraph
RICHMOND, Va. -- Peanut farmers in seven states whose crops were devastated by the 2002 drought are entitled to only a little more than half the $30 million in insurance payments ordered by a lower court, a federal appeals panel ruled Thursday.
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ID: 'Win-win' situation
By Nate Poppino, The Times-News (Twin Falls)
In April, the Idaho Water Resource Board announced it had completed its $26 million purchase of the Pristine Springs fish farm operation, a multi-party deal it said would solve surface water mitigation calls and provide the city of Twin Falls a way to solve its arsenic issues.
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IN: Appeal to BP permit in the works?
By Christine Kraly, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
Environmental groups may appeal BP Whiting's new air permit, a move that could compel the refinery to stop the weeklong construction efforts of its $3.8 billion expansion.
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KS: Session marked by little progress
By Tim Carpenter, The Topeka Capital-Journal
State political leaders on Thursday assigned praise and fault for the outcome of the 2008 legislative session the day after House and Senate ended the four-month marathon.
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LA: Bill allows flood premium increase
By Gerard Shields, The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate is poised to pass a bill changing the National Flood Insurance Program over the objections of Louisiana's two senators.
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MD: O'Malley gives hints on vetoes
By Alan Brody, The Gazette (Gaithersburg)
As lawmakers and advocacy groups turn up the heat on bills they want vetoed, Gov. Martin O'Malley is beginning to signal his posture on several controversial measures passed during this year's legislative session.
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MI: DNR -- Animal-rescue shelter didn't report missing bear
By The Associated Press, South Bend Tribune
MUSKEGON, Mich. -- The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says a bear prowled a rural western Michigan neighborhood for a week after escaping from an animal-rescue shelter that never notified the agency about the missing animal.
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MI: Campers get gas-saving perk
By Mark Hornbeck, The Detroit News
Gas price sticker shock has prompted the state to offer a new deal for campers: Store your RV, camper trailer or boat and trailer at certain state parks and recreation areas -- free -- for up to 15 days.
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MS: Barbour signs bill killing reservoir boating fee
By Staff Reporters, The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson)
The boating fee for Ross Barnett Reservoir is officially dead. Gov. Haley Barbour today signed the appropriations bill funding the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District without change. The bill forced the District to repeal the fee, which was to be effective July 1.
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MS: Senate defeats wind clause
By Lesley Clark, The Sun Herald (Biloxi)
WASHINGTON -- A Gulf Coast-backed effort to add wind coverage to the National Flood Insurance Program was soundly defeated Wednesday in the Senate amid concerns it would be too costly.
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MT: FWP OKs removal of 2 wolves
By News Services, Billings Gazette
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has authorized the removal of two wolves from private land near the Middle Fork of the Dearborn River, west of Bowmans Corner. The two are in addition to three removed from the same pack last year.
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MT: FWP to meet in Glendive on Thursday
By The Associated Press, Billings Gazette
Montana's Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission will make final decisions on the administrative rule for fire emergency closures at a Thursday meeting in Glendive.
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NC: State sets up biofuels center
By Wade Rawlins, The News & Observer (Raleigh) (registration)
A new agricultural industry may emerge in North Carolina from the abandoned office of an old one. A former federal tobacco research station in Oxford reopens today as the new headquarters of the Biofuels Center of North Carolina.
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NH: Regional carbon plan moves closer to reality
By Lauren Dorgan, Concord Monitor
A plan to cap carbon emissions from power plants in New Hampshire won preliminary approval in the Senate yesterday, although one key senator said he wants to change the measure before it gains final passage.
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NJ: Legislation on new water tax is delayed
By Joe Donohue, The Star-Ledger (Newark)
A legislative committee yesterday delayed action on a bill that would ask voters this fall to dedicate a new water tax to finance $150 million in annual purchases of new parks and farmland. Lawmakers said they need time to consider also using the money for historical preservation projects.
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NY: Falls heritage area is signed into law
By Jerry Zremski, The Buffalo News
WASHINGTON - President Bush on Thursday signed a bill creating a national heritage area in Niagara Falls, capping a prolonged effort by Rep. Louise M. Slaughter and other local lawmakers to bring some federal help to the region's tourism promotion efforts.
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OH: McCain to weigh in on climate change, come to Ohio next week
By Stephen Koff, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain will spend Monday and Tuesday on the West Coast, talking in Oregon and Washington about the environment and climate change. Then, his campaign confirms, he'll come to Ohio for a private fund-raising event in Columbus Wednesday and a possible public appearance on Thursday.
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OK: Lawmaker encourages disaster funding
By The Associated Press, The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) (registration)
A state lawmaker is encouraging the Legislature to approve a plan to secure state dollars for emergency disasters in Oklahoma.
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RI: Tribe ready for share of state's gambling money
By Katie Mulvaney, The Providence Journal (registration)
After refusing for more than two years, the Narragansett Indian tribe is now ready to accept its share of the state's gambling revenue if Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas can get clarification about precisely how the money can be used.
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SD: Primary positioning
By Jonathan Ellis, Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)
Hillary Clinton vowed Thursday that South Dakota would become a "Saudi Arabia of wind energy" and an important source of biofuels should she win the presidency.
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US: States rebuff plan to put Italian waste in Utah
By John Miller, The Associated Press, Casper Star-Tribune
BOISE, Idaho -- Eight Western states including Wyoming Thursday rejected a company's plan to ship tons of radioactive Italian waste to Utah by declaring that rules don't allow for foreign loads.
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US: Judge sets hearing on wolf injunction
By Matthew Brown, The Associated Press, Billings Gazette
A federal judge in Montana has rejected a request by the government to delay a lawsuit seeking to place the gray wolf back on the endangered-species list, saying that he's "unwilling to risk more deaths."
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UT: Bear mauling wasn't Utah's fault, state official says
By Sara Israelson-Hartley, Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City)
PROVO, Utah -- Last summer's fatal mauling of 11-year-old Samuel Ives by a black bear was a tragedy, but Utah officials believe the blame lies with the boy's parents and the federal government, not with the state.
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UT: Plan to store Italian nuclear waste rejected
By Stephen Speckman, Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City)
BOISE, Idaho -- The EnergySolutions proposal to store radioactive waste from Italy in Utah received a unanimous thumbs down Thursday from the Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management.
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WI: DNR reissues permit for Oak Creek power plant
By The Associated Press, Quad-City Times
RACINE, Wis. - A state agency reissued a water pollution permit Thursday for a power plant that environmental groups contend would harm Lake Michigan by using vast amounts of lake water for cooling.
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WORTH NOTING: Illinois treasurer shows his knowledge of charges
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org Staff Writer
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) endures a bruising charge from Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (D). A new Utah law stirs Salt Lake City bartenders to create a new drink. And Louisiana prison guards get outside help to prevent escapes. In case you missed those stories this week, Worth Noting fills you in.
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23 states face budget gaps in '09
By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org Staff Writer
Like a college student fishing for stray quarters in the sofa cushions, states are tightening their belts, dipping into their rainy day funds and hoping revenues will pick up. But the faltering economy already has punched a $26 billion hole in 23 state budgets for 2009 – and it could get worse, according to a new report issued today (April 25).
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WORTH NOTING: Phantom voter stalks Ala. State House
By Christine Vestal, Stateline.org Staff Writer
An Alabama lawmaker says someone’s been using his voting machine. Florida’s House Speaker locks the doors and turns off Internet access to make legislators pay attention. And Mayberry’s Sheriff Taylor endorses a North Carolina gubernatorial candidate. In case you missed those stories this week, "Worth Noting" fills you in.
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WORTH NOTING: Illinois gov runs up travel tab
By Christine Vestal, Stateline.org Staff Writer
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s commuting costs start to add up. South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds settles a dispute with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over a cranky game warden. California corrections officials install “flushometers” to control wasteful toilet flushing in prisons. In case you missed any of those stories this week, "Worth Noting" fills you in.
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