ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS
• Law School Gets Green
• House Leader: Congress To Scrutinize Agency Rejection of California Clean Air Standards
• Higher Fuel Efficiency Standards Signal Rough Road For Steel, Opportunity For Aluminum
• Appellate Court Rejects Adirondack Town's ATV Bid
• Hulsey Defends Septic Waste Operation; Neighbors claim Health Risks Are Real
• Residents Worry Ceres Skirted Environmental Law For New Wal-Mart
• NYPD Going Green on Electric Scooters
• Gusty Winds Cause Outages in L.A. Area
ANIMALS
• Report: S.F. Tiger May Have Been Taunted
• Woman In Calif. Mauled To Death By Pit Bulls
• Loss of Sea Ice Could Harm Walrus
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LAW SCHOOL GETS GREEN
(The Detroit News) - A partnership between the U.S. Attorney's Office and the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law could benefit Michigan's environment. Officials believe the school's Environmental Law Clinic that begins in January is one of a kind. Read more...
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HOUSE LEADER: CONGRESS TO SCRUTINIZE AGENCY REJECTION OF CALIFORNIA CLEAN AIR STANDARDS
(Associated Press) - The leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, told the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday that Congress would closely scrutinize its decision to reject the state of California's request to tighten rules on greenhouse gas emissions. Read more...
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HIGHER FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS SIGNAL ROUGH ROAD FOR STEEL, OPPORTUNITY FOR ALUMINUM
(Associated Press) - The energy bill President George W. Bush signed last week mandating tougher fuel-economy standards sent a simple message to automakers: lighten up. Read more...
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APPELLATE COURT REJECTS ADIRONDACK TOWN'S ATV BID
(Associated Press) - A [N.Y.] state appeals court says an Adirondack town cannot authorize all-terrain vehicles otherwise prohibited on state land within its boundaries. Read more...
HULSEY DEFENDS SEPTIC WASTE OPERATION; NEIGHBORS CLAIM HEALTH RISKS ARE REAL
(White County News - Cleveland, Ga.) - LHR Farms owner John Hulsey says he has been running a clean, legal septic and grease trap waste disposal business for 11 years, and that no one is getting sick from his operation in White County off Highway 129 South...Residents maintain that LHR Farms has over-saturated the ground with septic waste, and worry that groundwater may be contaminated. "Even the fumes are toxic," said Peggy Rutter, who lives off Old Highway 75 South behind LHR Farms. Read more...
RESIDENTS WORRY CERES SKIRTED ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FOR NEW WAL-MART
(Associated Press) - A group of [California] residents are asking why the City of Ceres allowed trees to be chopped down and farmhouses to be demolished on a site that could house a new Wal-Mart supercenter. Read more...
NYPD GOING GREEN ON ELECTRIC SCOOTERS
(Associated Press) - Police working to keep the city safer will be trying to keep it greener too - by testing an electric, ultra-quiet scooter. Four plug-in Vectrix scooters will be road tested starting early next month as the New York Police Department tries to become more environmentally friendly and reduce gasoline use in its massive motor fleet. Read more...
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GUSTY WINDS CAUSE OUTAGES IN L.A. AREA
(Associated Press) - Powerful wind gusts knocked down power lines and blew several transformers Monday, causing outages to nearly 10,000 homes and businesses. Read more...
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ANIMALS:
REPORT: S.F. TIGER MAY HAVE BEEN TAUNTED
(Associated Press) - Police are reportedly investigating whether one or more of the young men mauled by a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo may have taunted the animal before its deadly rampage, a possibility the father of one of the victims said Thursday he hoped wasn't true. Read more...
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WOMAN IN CALIF. MAULED TO DEATH BY PIT BULLS
(Associated Press) - A pack of pit bulls surrounded a woman and mauled her to death, authorities said Wednesday. Read more...
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LOSS OF SEA ICE COULD HARM WALRUS
(Associated Press) - Federal marine mammal experts in Alaska studying the effects of global warming on walrus, polar bears and ice seals warn there are limit to the protections they can provide. They can restrict hunters, ship traffic and offshore petroleum activity, but that may not be enough if the animals' basic habitat - sea ice - disappears every summer. Read more...
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