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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: No need to leave Fido behind Vacationers traveling to Orlando don’t have to leave Fifi or Fido behind with Rosen Hotels & Resorts’ VIP ¿ Very Important Pet ¿ package...Tags: Shrek (fictional character), Ryanair Holdings Plc, Arts and Culture, Wolfgang Puck, Wars and Interventions
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CT, NJ Settlement To Shut Down Coal Units At PA Plant
The Hartford CourantTwo coal-burning units at an eastern Pennsylvania power plant are shutting down as a result of a lawsuit filed by Connecticut and New Jersey to enforce the federal Clean Air Act. The owners of the plant — NRG Energy and GenOn, which combined last...Tags: Air Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science and Technology, NRG Energy Incorporated, Environmental Issues
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Restore waterway safeguards
I was shocked to learn that just this week the U.S. Senate had to defeat an attempt to allow more pollution into the streams and wetlands that feed Lake Michigan. For more than a decade, our waterways have been at risk of increased pollution thanks to...Tags: Water Pollution, Bodies of Water, Evanston, Environmental Issues, Rivers
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ANALYSIS-Obama climate agenda faces U.S. Supreme Court reckoning
ReutersBy Lawrence Hurley and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration climate change regulations to the U....Tags: Texas College, Laws, Lawyers, Science and Technology, Conservation
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Panel clears Obama's EPA pick on party-line vote, hurdles ahead in full Senate
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency has moved one step closer to getting the job, but it came without Republican support. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday voted...Tags: Elections, Gina McCarthy, Republican Party, Roy Blunt, Parties and Movements
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Latest Indiana news, sports, business and entertainment
PURDUE-PLANE INTO FENCE Plane found in Purdue airport fence; pilot safe WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane that veered into a fence at the Purdue University Airport says the aircraft was experiencing engine trouble before the...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Wind Power, Federal Housing Administration, Mining, Arts and Culture
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New protest in Chinese city over planned chemical plant
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - Hundreds of people took to the streets of the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming on Thursday to protest against the planned production of a chemical at a refinery, the second demonstration this month against the project. China's...Tags: National Government, Politics, Government, Manufacturing and Engineering, Plant Openings
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Residents in southern China shout 'Protest! Protest!' against plans for refinery in Kunming
Associated PressKUNMING, China (AP) — More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted "Protest! Protest!" on Thursday to oppose plans for a petroleum refinery, in a large environmental rally that local authorities allowed to go forward in...Tags: Political Dissent, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Science and Technology, Conservation, China Earthquake (2010)
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A skin-care line that is not just another pretty toxic face
Special to the Los Angeles TimesGregg Renfrew wants to change the way people live, starting with their cosmetics. Sitting in her light-filled office in Santa Monica, Renfrew rattles off the statistics she finds most alarming when it comes to some of the lotions, sprays and powders...Tags: Lena Dunham, European Union, Health and Beauty Products, Science and Technology, Media Industry
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Clock is ticking, slowly, on rules for coal-fired power plants
POOLESVILLE, Md. — On a curve of the Potomac River 37 miles northwest of Washington, the Dickerson power plant has stood sentry over small villages, crop fields and horse farms for more than half a century. Burning mostly coal and some natural...
Tags: George H.W. Bush, State of the Union Address, Metal and Mineral, White House, Mining
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Foes of S. Indiana fertilizer plant cite Texas blast
ROCKPORT, Ind. (AP) — Opponents of a proposed fertilizer plant in southern Indiana are citing safety concerns arising from last month's deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer manufacturer as they argue that state officials should block the project....
Tags: Fertilizer, Emergency Incidents, Metal and Mineral, Mining, Science and Technology
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Long Beach votes to sue L.A. over proposed rail yard at port
The Long Beach City Council has authorized a lawsuit to challenge plans by Los Angeles to build a rail yard in the harbor that could impact low-income neighborhoods in West Long Beach. Council members voted 9 to 0 Tuesday to sue over the Southern...
Tags: Litigation, Environmental Issues, Port of Los Angeles, Trials
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