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                                           Thursday, April 12, 2007
            
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NJ Politics  

• State announces contract deal with AFSCME As members of the largest state workers union finished voting on whether to ratify a four-year contract, the Corzine administration announced an agreement with the smaller Communications Workers of America, for essentially the same terms  Star-Ledger
   
• Mandate proposed for funding pensions With NJ facing a shortfall in its public employee retirement funds that is growing by a billion dollars every two months, state lawmakers propose amending the Constitution to re quire adequate annual payments into the system Star-Ledger  NY Times                                                             
   

NJ Environment

• Editorial: The states vs. smog If you listen to the arguments that lawyers for Detroit automakers are making in a Vermont courtroom these days, you'd have to conclude they've inhaled too much bad exhaust. The outcome could affect New Jersey and other states  Star-Ledger
   > Op-Ed: CO2 cloud has got a silver lining Global warming may put an end to giant SUVs and pickups Star-Ledger
   
• NJ officials sow support for farm bill in Congress "The farm bill this year will be different -- better -- more suitable to agriculture in New Jersey," NJ Congressman Rush Holt promises a handful of farmers and community members from a makeshift podium in Hopewell on the grounds of Honey Brook, the nation's largest community-supported agriculture farm Trenton Times  

PA Environment

• Reliant Energy sued on river pollution A lawsuit filed against Reliant Energy Inc. alleges that its Conemaugh Generating Station in Indiana County is in continuous violation of a federal Clean Water Act discharge permit despite the company's side agreement with the state that allows the pollution Post-Gazette
   

• Proposed C&D landfill passes DEP test The Department approves the harms/ benefits analysis for
  the proposed expansion of the Phoenix Resources Inc. construction/demolition waste landfill in Duncan Township, Tioga County PA-DEP

PA Politics 

• Casino opponents urge Rendell to dismiss chief of gaming board Anti-casino activists call for the firing of the state's top gambling regulator because his agency is trying to halt a referendum to limit casino development in Phila. Inquirer

New York/Nation/World    

·        LI group offers support for gas terminal Large business group announces conditional support for the bitterly-controversial floating liquid natural gas terminal Newsday

·        Niagara Legislature studying power sharing  Buffalo News

·        More tests for Indian Point sirens Journal News

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