brought to you by Sasha Paris
College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.
The Obama administration moved to reverse a late-term Bush rule making it easier for the waste from mountaintop-removal coal mining to be dumped in streams (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5giHtT8Pyma73d73FFOJx-evlk65QD97R0FDG4
The EPA began crafting restrictions on waterborne toxins discharged from power plants--toxins which had been airborne until the plants were required to "scrub" them from their smoke. (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/02/AR2009050200703.html
Grist
Indiana's proposed "renewable" energy bill--including "clean coal" and nuclear power--failed.
http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-30-no-renewable-nukes-and-coal/
On water pollution caused by natural-gas drilling [which is planned for my home region in the Finger Lakes--eek!!]
http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-26-propublica-gas-drilling-water/
Bangor News
A serious illness outbreak in Sangerville, Maine, was (inconclusively) linked to a nearby dump of assorted nasty substances.
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/105073.html
Maine's limited and recently reopened salmon sport-fishing season was canceled under pressure from federal managers.
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/104899.html
The public comment period opened for a plan to restore anadromous fish in the Penobscot River
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/105038.html
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