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READER SUBMITTED: CSP Applications Due May 31
StatewideThe Natural Resources Conservation Service's Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) will provide about $175 million in funding for up to 12.6 million additional acres enrollment nationwide this year. Although applications are accepted all year, farmers...Tags: Norwich, Natural Resource Industry, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Torrington
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Protesters arrested at Alpha Natural Resources headquarters in Bristol
Several environmental protesters are facing charges after blocking the road leading to the headquarters for coal producer Alpha Natural Resources in Bristol. Capt. Maynard Ratcliff with the Bristol Police Department says about five people were...
Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Alpha Natural Resources Incorporated
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Food, farm and jobs bill: Helping protect natural resources
This year, passage of a long-term, comprehensive Food, Farm and Jobs Bill is critical to providing certainty for U.S. producers. This includes the continued availability of conservation programs that give our farmers, ranchers and private foresters the...Tags: Barack Obama, Natural Resource Industry, Natural Resources, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, U.S. Congress
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PPL to add distribution improvement charge to bills
PPL Utilities customers will soon see a new addition to their bills: a special charge aimed at financing speedier improvements to the Allentown-based utility's electricity distribution system. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission approved the...
Tags: Electricity Production and Distribution, Allentown
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Standing up for Florida's natural resources
Justin Riney is traveling the state to spread the word on the importance of conserving Florida's natural resources. His method of transportation — a stand up paddle board — is what draws the crowds. "My goal was to capture [the public's]...
Tags: Travel, Natural Resource Industry, Boca Raton, Environmental Issues, Deerfield Beach
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Illinois infrastructure needs a makeover
The time has come for Springfield to pass the 2013 Natural Gas Consumer, Safety and Reliability Act and allow Peoples Gas to move forward with its Accelerated Main Replacement Program. Illinois’ natural gas infrastructure creates concern for the...Tags: Springfield, U.S. Department of Transportation
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The war over wolves: Upper Peninsula residents say hunt will control a killer
Detroit Free PressIRONWOOD, Mich. John Koski grips the old blanket in knobby hands weathered from a lifetime of farming. He pulls it back to reveal the carcasses of two cows, or what's left of them. More than half of each is picked clean, the spine and rib bones almost a...Tags: Detroit Free Press, Natural Resource Industry, Little League Baseball, Endangered Species, Environmental Issues
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Md. Natural Resources police ID man found dead at Anne Arundel County marina
MAYO, Md. (AP) — Authorities are identifying a man found dead at an Anne Arundel County marina. Maryland Natural Resources Police say the man found in the water at Holiday Hill Marina in Mayo on Wednesday evening was 70-year-old William Eckert of...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Natural Resources, Hyattsville (Prince George's County, Maryland), Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Sens. Warner, Kaine hope to end offshore drilling ban
U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine introduced legislation Wednesday that would lift the federal ban on exploration and drilling for natural gas and oil off the coast of Virginia. The moratorium, which lasts through 2017, was put in place by President...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Environmental Pollution, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Congress, Environmental Issues
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Time for greens to embrace nukes
For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs. Yet, we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Earth Day, Wind Power, Alternative Energy
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Delay in mine project shadows hopes for Afghan economy
McClatchy Foreign StaffKABUL, Afghanistan The giant copper mine that the Afghan government has made the centerpiece of its plans for building an economy nearly from scratch is at least five years behind schedule, and the state-owned Chinese company that won the bidding has...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Mining, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Plant Openings, World Bank Group
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Bombs, bowls and bass: Fishing and studying at Wilderness State Park
A hazy heat lay over the flats. Water blurred into sky at the horizon, and dunes to the south faded into the lake. In shallow water, fish played spawning tag in the shallows. If you wanted to, you could drop a fly or a spinner in front of their faces and...
Tags: U.S. Army, Travel, Natural Resource Industry, Emergency Incidents, Environmental Issues
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