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Mining plan goes to County Commission, environmentalists raise concerns
Palm Beach Politics - Sun-Sentinel BlogsPalm Beach County commissioners Tuesday decide whether to allow rock mining to expand in an area targeted for Everglades restoration. Star Ranch, mined by Broward County businessman Ron Bergeron???s excavation operation, would expand its digging to almost...Tags: Water Pollution, Economy, Business and Finance, Environmental Issues, Endangered Species, Natural Resources
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Everglades advocates raise concerns about Palm Beach County Commission
Palm Beach Politics - Sun-Sentinel BlogsEverglades advocates are increasingly pointing to the Palm Beach County Commission as an impediment to restoring South Florida???s famed River of Grass. They blame development decisions by the County Commission in recent years for threatening to get in...Tags: Government, Palm Beach Gardens, Water Restrictions, Everglades, Palm Beach County Commission
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Indiana Wind Farm Provides Glimpse of Zero-Emission Future
KickingTiresStanding under a bright midday sun in central Indiana with nothing but cornfields on every side, it???s easy to be optimistic about our country???s energy and automotive future. In the midst of these fields, rising from the ground like the......Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Farms, Vehicles, General Motors Corp., West Virginia
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Just don't call it cap-and-trade
The Swampby Lisa Mascaro Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid this afternoon offered the first broad outline of the energy bill he expects to bring to the floor later this month - including a possible limit on pollution from utility companies. Senate......Tags: Global Warming, Water Pollution, Harry Reid, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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For Obamas, vacation uninterrupted
The Swampby Mike Memoli BAR HARBOR -- The Obama family only spent about 48 hours here on picturesque Mount Desert Island this weekend. But the presidential retreat from the partisan swamp that is Washington was largely uninterrupted, something that hasn't always.....Tags: Barack Obama, Holidays, Commuting, George W. Bush, Government
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Obama, Clinton in 'King Coal' country
The SwampSen. Barack Obama speaks at a rally Charleston Civic Center May 12, 2008 in Charleston, West Virginia. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) by Christi Parsons BECKLEY, W. Va.-- Coal--or "King Coal," as they like to call it here--is the......Tags: Political Candidates, Barack Obama, Economy, Business and Finance, Government, Virginia
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Clinton: No way this ends soon
The SwampSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton walks out of the home of Eddie and Robin Clark for a campaign rally in Prestonsburg, Ky., Monday, May 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) by Rick Pearson PRESTONSBURG, Ky.--Deep in the coal-rich mountains of eastern......Tags: Barack Obama, Ku Klux Klan, Florida, Montana, Economy, Business and Finance
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Obama gets Mine Workers' backing
The Swampby Christi Parsons Hillary Clinton has had a run of primary wins in coal states lately, but Barack Obama today scored the endorsement of the United Mine Workers of America. The group had stayed out of the fray after its......Tags: Barack Obama, Economy, Business and Finance, Health and Safety at School, Metal and Mineral, Hillary Clinton
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Quickie Review: "30 Days"
The TV ZoneMorgan "Fu Manchu" Spurlock owes the Big Mac a Big Wet Kiss - a debt of gratitude so great that "debt of gratitude" is kinda pale; he owes his whole damn career to the 'wich that nearly whacked him.......Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Virginia, Metal and Mineral, West Virginia
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Obama pledges help for mine disaster
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, who had spoken by telephone with West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin on Monday night after a massive mine explosion that has claimed at least two dozen lives, today pledged the full support of the......Tags: Barack Obama, Structural Failures, Government, Virginia, Disasters and Accidents
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Obama: Mine-safety review nationwide
The Swampby Christi Parsons President Barack Obama today ordered top federal officials to launch full-scale inspections of mines with troubling safety records and to work to tighten up laws governing energy companies that "put their bottom lines ahead of their...Tags: Employees, Barack Obama, Executive Branch, Government, Virginia
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Singing, environmental pleas on Earth Day can't stop Palm Beach County rock mining push
Palm Beach Politics - Sun-Sentinel BlogsAn Earth Day serenade did not stop Palm Beach County commissioners from approving 2,400 acres rock mining on a day dedicated to conservation. Barry Silver and his eight-year-old son Aryeh were among the group of environmental activists who Thursday...Tags: Everglades, Florida, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Water Pollution, Royal Palm Beach
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