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Federal government announces payment for Flight 93 property
Daily American Staff WriterWould you like to pay only $8.68 an acre in property taxes? That is what the federal government will pay in the 2012 Payments in Lieu of Taxes program for the 2,985-acre Flight 93 National Memorial. Commissioner John Vatavuk said it is a small...Tags: Government, Land Resources, Interior Policy, Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry
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Shell Oil Receives EPA Air Permit for Exploratory Drilling
KTUU.comShell Oil’s exploratory drilling plans in the Beaufort Sea next summer received a major boost Friday, as the Environmental Protection Agency said it issued a final air permit to the company. According to an EPA statement, the permit allows 120 days...Tags: Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Pollution
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Has Obama stifled oil production?
In my Sunday column, I noted that U.S. oil production and drilling have risen under President Obama. But some people, including some readers, say that's misleading because, they claim, the increase has occurred on private lands, while production has...Tags: Land Resources, Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Natural Resources, Barack Obama
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Government can spur a slumping economy by rebuilding the nation's infrastructure
America is at its best when our guiding principles of free enterprise and giving people a helping hand work together. The free enterprise system created our national wealth and employment opportunities. However, free enterprise also eliminated 3 million...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Sacrificing the desert to save the Earth
Construction cranes rise like storks 40 stories above the Mojave Desert. In their midst, the "power tower" emerges, wrapped in scaffolding and looking like a multistage rocket.
Clustered nearby are hangar-sized assembly buildings, looming berms of sand...Tags: Ecosystems, Employment Opportunities, Mojave National Preserve, Environmental Issues, Land Resources
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Imperial County denied lawsuit with feds over QSA
Staff WriterImperial County’s case against the federal government over transferring water to the coast won’t be heard in the United States District Court. A federal court judge ruled late last week that the county and its Air Pollution Control District...Tags: Government, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues, Injuries and Wounds, Litigation
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Retired federal judge to represent Westlands Water District
GreenspaceFormer U.S. District Court Judge Oliver Wanger has agreed to represent an influential irrigation district that frequented his courtroom.... -
Judge lets Kansas to join dispute over tribal land
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A federal magistrate judge has allowed Kansas to join the fight over the Wyandotte Nation's claim to Park City land where the tribe wants to build a casino. U.S. Magistrate Judge David Waxse ruled on Thursday that the state has a...
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Imperial County to appeal federal court QSA ruling
Staff WriterJust a couple of weeks after Imperial County’s case was dismissed against the federal government, the local agency has announced it plans to continue the fight. The county and its air district will appeal the April 6 decision to dismiss its lawsuit...Tags: Facebook, Environmental Politics, Government, Environmental Issues, Interior Policy
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Offshore oil exploration plan draws fire
The Obama administration's latest move to permit testing for oil and gas off Maryland and other Atlantic coast states is drawing flak from both environmentalists and the oil industry.
Speaking at a lightly attended public hearing Wednesday afternoon in...Tags: Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Science, American Petroleum, Natural Resources
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Input Sought On Cook Inlet Oil And Gas Leases
The U.S. Interior Department is seeking input on a possible oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet. In a Saturday news release, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says the request for comments is a key step in the planning process for responsible oil and...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Ken Salazar, Natural Resources, Energy Resources
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Occupy DC camps persist as rally planned next week
WASHINGTON (AP) — They were let back into Zuccotti Park, but kicked them out of a vacant house in Seattle. In other places, Occupy protesters are in courtrooms fighting evictions. While the movement flickers, the protest in the nation's capital...Tags: Environmental Issues, Activism, Land Resources, Political Dissent, Natural Resources
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