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                                             Wednesday, Feb 28, 2007
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 NJ Politics   

• Did '800-lb. gorillas' sit on property tax reform? Lobbying reports show groups with the
  biggest stake in property tax reform spent more than $1.9M  to influence lawmakers. At the same
  time, key legislators extracted nearly $569,000 in campaign contributions from the same groups.
  Hours before a key vote on tax reform, top Democrats in the state Assembly hosted the state's
  lobbyists at a breakfast -- for $1,000 a head Star-Ledger   

• Bears and humans will learn to live apart After shooting down a proposed bear hunt in
  December, Gov. Corzine budgets $850,000 for an education program to keep the public and
  more than 3,000 black bears away from each other Star-Ledger
   
• Huge complex in Jackson Twp. faces battle A developer is seeking approval to build more
  than  2,500 homes in the Jackson Mills section of the township—the largest development currently
  being proposed in NJ, according to environmental groups  that  opposes the project AP Press

PA Environment

• Peach Bottom fire posed no threat, official says A transformer caught fire at the Peach
  Bottom nuclear power plant yesterday morning, but the smoky blaze was confined to the non-
  nuclear side of the plant, company officials said Inquirer
   

• Rules could help protect birds, bats Wind-energy developers and outside wildlife advocates
  prepare a draft agreement that would impose rules on the fast-growing industry before irreparable
  damage is done to bird and bat populations, says William A. Capouillez, director of the Bureau of
  Wildlife Habitat Management, the Game Commission Patriot News

PA Politics 

• LCB appeals ruling against beer sales at store The state Liquor Control Board to appeal
  a court decision that halted takeout beer sales at an Altoona convenience store Post-Gazette

New York/Nation/World  

• Niagara River Greenway plan OK'd Project  will unify and transform the river's shores and
  surrounding areas from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario Buffalo News  

• Japan to pull whaling fleet in Antarctic  AP
• Editorial: A green deal on coal NY Times

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