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Federal omission in closing oyster farm broke law, court told
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Interior Department violated federal law by failing to conduct an environmental review before ordering a Northern California oyster farmer to shutter his operation, attorneys for the farmer told a federal appeals court panel...
Tags: Laws, U.S. Department of Justice, Forestry and Timber, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Wildfire risk runs high, but budget cuts mean fewer firefighters
WASHINGTON — The drought that caused record wildfires in California and other Western states last year is expected to persist through the summer, but fewer firefighters will battle this year's blazes in other regions because of federal budget cuts,...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Congress, Tom Vilsack, Government Debt, Fires
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Battle looms as commercial space interests seek piece of federal wildlife refuge
The coastal ghost town of Shiloh, where the nation's rock-star rocketeer wants to build a space town, is for now a place of orphan oranges, turkey tracks and lonesome tombstones. Above all, Shiloh is surrounded by the healthiest part of Merritt Island...
Tags: SpaceX, Zoology, Volusia County, Kennedy Space Center, Titusville
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Water war between Klamath River farmers, tribes poised to erupt
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — For decades this rural basin has battled over the Klamath River's most precious resource: water that sustains fish, irrigates farms and powers the hydroelectric dams that block one of the largest salmon runs on the West Coast....Tags: Warren Buffett, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Conservation, Renewable Energy, John Kitzhaber
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U.S. Interior says not bowing to outside groups on fracking regs
Reuters* New rules will be based on the best science -Jewell * Department "very close" to issuing new fracking rules * Arctic drilling rules expected by end of the year By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - The Obama administration's second...Tags: Washington, DC, ConocoPhillips, Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources, Ken Salazar
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Senate OKs Sally Jewell as new Interior secretary
WASHINGTON - The Senate approved REI Chief Executive Sally Jewell Wednesday as the new secretary of the Interior by a vote of 87 to 11. Jewell, 58, had faced tough questioning by some Senate Republicans during her confirmation hearing in early March....
Tags: Land Resources, Energy Resources, Conservation, Sally Jewell, Ken Salazar
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EPA: Bittleman promises improved communications
WASHINGTON -- Sarah Bittleman, the new agriculture counselor at the Environmental Protection Agency, is determined to improve communications between rural America and an agency that many farmers consider both economically and culturally threatening. "My...Tags: Tulane University, Ethanol, Freedom of Information Act, Renewable Energy, East Carolina University
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Assembly approves off-reservation tribal casino
SACRAMENTO -- Assembly Speaker John A. Perez (D-Los Angeles) employed a little legislative arm-twisting to persuade lawmakers to pass a measure that would allow a Central California Indian tribe to open a casino just off a major state highway. The...
Tags: North Fork, Jerry Brown, Elections, Lifestyle and Leisure, Coccidioidomycosis
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U.S.-Mexico deal on expanded Gulf oil drilling still in limbo
ReutersBy Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - More than a year after the United States and Mexico signed a much-lauded deal that would remove obstacles to expanding deepwater drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, the agreement still has not...Tags: Jeff Bingaman, Richard Lugar, Global Expansion, Democratic Party, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Report: Washington poised to nearly double its hybrid fleet
Autoblog.comFiled under: Hybrid, Government/Legal The Detroit News reports The General Services Administration is set to increase the number of hybrid vehicles in the government's fleet by 10,000. Doing so is estimated to save one million gallons of fuel per year... -
Federal and local officials to discuss Salton Sea restoration
Staff WriterU.S. Department of the Interior officials will visit the Salton Sea today to discuss restoration with local stakeholders. U.S. Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Coachella) and the office of U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer are hosting Interior Assistant Secretary Anne Castle...Tags: Water Supply
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Hybrid cars to join U.S. government's fleet under new program
The U.S. Department of the Interior will become the first federal agency to take advantage of a new program to update its fleet of vehicles with gas-sipping hybrids. The initiative is part of a General Services Administration effort to replace aging...
Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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