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New U.S. Clean Water Rule Clarifies Stream Protections
2015-05-29 05:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: One in three Americans, about 117 million people, get their drinking water from streams that lacked clear protection before a new Clean Water Rule issued Wednesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Protection for many U.S. streams and wetlands has been confusing, complex, and time-consuming as the result of two Supreme Court decisions in 2001 and in 2006. The new rule is intended to provide clarity on protections for these smaller water bodies...
Eagle death spurs new power line protections
2015-04-21 20:18:32| Energy - Topix.net
Alliant Energy is taking action to keep birds safe after an eagle was electrocuted on one of its power poles near Keota earlier this year. Alliant Energy workers spent Monday morning installing avian protection equipment on power poles on 190th St. in Keota, near the area where the eagle was electrocuted.
House Republicans Attack Protections For Poor People Living In Mobile Homes
2015-04-14 14:12:25| Mobile Homes - Topix.net
The House will vote Tuesday to repeal consumer protections for low-income borrowers in rural America who have seen the promise of affordable housing turned into a financial sinkhole by a mobile home industry that makes pre-manufactured houses far more expensive to buy than they need to be. The bill is part of the GOP majority's campaign to chisel away at specific pieces of the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory overhaul that became law in 2010 but which left many details to be filled in later by regulators.
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Exxon adds LGBT protections to comply with federal law
2015-02-05 15:24:57| Chemicals - Topix.net
Late last week, Exxon Mobil Corp. quietly updated its Equal Employment Opportunity Policy to include gender identity and sexual orientation protections, according to media reports.
Obama Proposes New Protections For Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
2015-01-25 20:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The Obama administration is proposing new protections for large portions of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The U.S. Department of Interior says it's the first time it's recommended additional protections and that their new recommendations have the potential to be one of the largest conservation measures "since Congress passed the visionary Wilderness Act over 50 years ago." The Department is recommending that millions more acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, including the...
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