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Public Comment Period on Pebble Report Nearing Deadline
Channel 2 NewsThe public comment period is scheduled to end next week on a federal study of large mining impacts in the Bristol Bay region. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has set May 31 as the deadline for comments on its revised watershed assessment. The...Tags: Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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U.S. State Department posts feedback on Keystone pipeline
ReutersBy Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department says it is taking the unusual step of releasing publicly the feedback it has received about a controversial pipeline project after an "unprecedented" response to its draft...Tags: Elections, Environmental Politics, Barack Obama, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of State
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P&G lifts Dow into positive territory
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock indexes pared most of their earlier declines on Friday and the Dow pushed into positive territory, helped by a strong gain in shares of Procter & Gamble . The Dow Jones industrial average edged up 4.42 points, or 0.03 percent,...Tags: U.S. Senate, Tim Cook, Skin Cancer, Lifestyle and Leisure, Raymond James Financial Incorporated
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Low Appraisals on the Rise
A homebuyer may have to put several houses under contract before actually closing on one. Welcome to the new housing market, where contract price and appraised value do not always match. Low appraised values are causing many deals to falter, according...
Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Lifestyle and Leisure, Chicago Mortgages, New York City, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida)
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Leasing The Sun: Solar Panels For The Rest Of Us
The Hartford CourantThe same pathway that has put many in the seat of a new car — the lease — is taking off as a financial vehicle for homeowners who don't have tens of thousands of dollars sitting around to buy a rooftop solar-panel system outright. And in...Tags: Renewable Energy, Astronomy, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Tesla Motors, Inc., Alternative Energy
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Feds give wind farm a pass if turbine blades kill endangered condors
Federal wildlife officials on Friday for the first time agreed not to prosecute a developer if an endangered California condor is struck and killed by turbine blades at its proposed wind farm in the Tehachapi Mountains, about 100 miles north of Los...Tags: Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Conservation, Endangered Species, Punishment
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Parkland Community Library board threatens legal challenge to school board's budget move
The Parkland Community Library said it will sue the Parkland School District over plans to reduce a special tax that funds the library. The district's proposed 2013-14 budget, scheduled for final approval June 25, would reduce the library tax rate from...Tags: Finance, Arts and Culture, Budgets and Budgeting, Conservation, Libraries
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Out of the Blue: Stand up against Monsanto
If you believe you have a right to know what you put in your body, join us at 11 a.m. Saturday at Main Beach for the March Against Monsanto. If you believe our Aliso Beach fire pits are a sacred right to enjoy a bonfire at the beach, let your local...Tags: Elections, Environmental Politics, Diabetes, Genetic Engineering, Barack Obama
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Additional PCB Contamination Found At Wethersfield High School
The Hartford CourantNew testing has revealed still more PCB contamination at Wethersfield High School, forcing elimination of a planned geothermal heating system to pay substantially higher cleanup costs. In an addition, the building committee put a planned auditorium...Tags: Environmental Politics, Wethersfield, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Schools
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Obama implores graduates to carry forth values they've learned
President Barack Obama told graduating midshipmen at the Naval Academy on Friday that the nation needs them to "project power across the oceans" and vowed to continue to fight for military resources for their missions in the face of deep federal budget...
Tags: Barack Obama, Conservation, United States Naval Academy, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, U.S. Department of Defense
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China solar companies shun home market in pursuit of margins
Reuters* Panel makers boost shipments to Japan and emerging economies * Higher sales prices boost margins, stock performance * JA Solar, ReneSola shares hit 1-year highs * Chinese solar market oversupplied, but too big to ignore By Swetha Gopinath and...Tags: Renewable Energy, China, Asia, European Union, Alternative Energy
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