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Lobbyists Target Hundreds of Billions in Transportation Spending

Congress must once again approve a 6-year plan for transportation funding. Lobbyists on all sides of the issues have already spent about $45 million in just the first half of 2009, according to the Center for Public Integrity.

CRS Publishes Cost-Benefit Analysis of House Climate Bill

A report prepared by the Congressional Research Service is likely to be one key focus of an upcoming Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing.

CA Set To Curb Energy-Guzzling TVs

Flat-screen TVs can be stunningly energy-inefficient. New California standards could shift manufacturing processes significantly.

Older Buildings May Pose Sizable Risk of PCB Exposure

EPA is warning about possible risks from PCBs in the caulking at some schools and older buildings. Are there some in your community?

Tracking Trash? There's an App for That

MIT researchers have been using custom-made sensors planted on trash in New York City, Seattle, and London to track the circuitous route that trash takes each day. Similar efforts are planned for other cities.

"Icelandic Whaling Condemned by 26 Countries"

"Twenty-six countries Friday issued a joint statement putting diplomatic pressure on Iceland to abandon whaling. Icelandic whalers have killed more than 200 whales so far since June, including endangered 125 fin whales and 79 smaller and more abundant minke whales."

Source: ENS, 10/06/2009

"Arab Gulf Officials Deny Plan To Ditch USD Oil Trade"

"Arab officials in the Persian Gulf strongly denied Tuesday a report that they're in secret talks to replace the U.S. dollar with a basket of currencies to price oil."

Source: Wall St. Journal, 10/06/2009

"Wetlands Loss Linked to OCS Oil and Gas Pipelines in New Study"

"A new study for the federal Minerals Management Service concludes that the construction of pipelines related to oil and gas production in the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico 'can cause locally intense habitat changes, thereby contributing to the loss of critically important land and wetland areas.'"

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 10/06/2009

"DDT Deposit off Southern California Will Be Capped"

"Clean sand and silt will be used to cover a vast deposit of the pesticide DDT and toxic compound PCB on the ocean floor off Southern California, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday."

Source: AP, 10/06/2009

"Interior Bid for Supreme Court Hearing on $19B Royalties Case Fails"

"The Supreme Court won't review an appellate decision blocking the Interior Department from ending royalty waivers at times of high oil and gas prices for deepwater energy producers in the Gulf of Mexico."

Source: Greenwire, 10/06/2009

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