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Thursday,
February 21, 2008
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New Jersey Political
News
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Alternate option on Corzine's
toll plan
Amid signs of
growing resistance to Gov. Corzine's toll plan in the Legislature, its chief
Democratic critic yesterday proposed an alternative that would combine smaller
toll increases with higher gasoline taxes and the sale or lease of the state
Lottery
Star-Ledger
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Running 'em out of state ...
on a poll
New
Jerseyans are generally dissatisfied
with Corzine, Lautenberg, Menendez and state legislators, too, according to
new poll
data
Star-Ledger
New Jersey
Environmental News
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Alec Baldwin to nuke critics: Don’t let Corzine off hook
“Exelon makes $150 million in profit at that plant (Oyster Creek in Lacey). I
don't think they'll close it down
if they have to build cooling towers,” the actor tells audience at a forum
Wednesday
night. Exelon’s response: the towers aren’t necessary
and could cause environmental problems
Gannett
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PSEG
has big plans for Power profit
Expecting to generate
between $2 billion and $2.5 billion in excess cash during the next three years,
the Newark-based energy company is considering investments in conservation,
alternative energy, and maybe
a new nuclear plant in South Jersey
Star-Ledger
Pennsylvania Environmental
News
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‘Nobody free pass’ on
Chesapeake Bay mandate
There
was no silver lining in comments Wednesday by state DEP Secretary Kathleen A.
McGinty about the
potential $1 billion impact of a federal mandate to clean up the water flowing
from PA
into the Chesapeake Bay
Sun Gazette
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East Pennsboro fights bay
cleanup rules
The township will appeal a state plan
that outlines improvements it must pay for to comply with state federal
requirements
to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. Numerous mid-state municipalities face
staggering costs -- over $1 billion dollars in all -- to upgrade sewage
treatment plants to meet the
bay cleanup requirements
Penn Live
Pennsylvania
Political News
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Liquor reform on the rocks?
Former
Gov. Dick Thornburgh has two words for the
backers of the latest bill to dismantle the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board:
"Keep
plugging"
Patriot News
New York/Nation/World
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Bruno chases cold cash in warm
weather
Times Union
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Utility, state settle case over coal plant
Post-Standard
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Study finds emerging
diseases on the rise
NPR
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Mercury taint divides a Japanese whaling town
NY Times
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