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Environmental & Political News January 29, 2008

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New Jersey Politics

• Codey pitches bailout plan: Lease lottery As Gov. Jon Corzine went to
  Camden County last night to make his case for higher tolls to revamp the state's
  finances and fund transportation projects, Senate President Richard Codey
  advanced another idea to raise cash: leasing the state lottery Star-Ledger

New Jersey Environment 

• DEP chief outlines her goals, without funds to realize them The state environmental protection commissioner said yesterday she has seven priorities
  for 2008, but lacks the additional money and staff needed to do the work Star-Ledger

• Power export to raise bills? Public Service Enterprise Group wants to export electricity from a power plant it runs in Bergen County to New York City, a step NJ
  consumer advocates fear could threaten reliability, drive up electric bills Jersey Journal  

Pennsylvania Environment

• Bills aim to ease electric rate shock State Rep. Camille "Bud" George, majority
  chair of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, today unveiled
  legislation designed to reduce energy usage and costs and require utilities to
  implement energy-efficiency measures Gant Daily
   

• DEP fines Hawbaker on air violations Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. has been fined
  $61,850 by the state Department of Environmental Protection for multiple air quality violations at its asphalt plant and quarry in Spring Township Centre Daily Times

Pennsylvania Politics    

• Nutter, Council moves aim at trades diversity Mayor Nutter will name a 30-
  member commission to assess ways to increase diversity in the construction industry
  as part of a plan to get the Convention Center expansion moving, according to sources familiar with discussions under way Philly.com

New York/Nation/World 

• Higher costs may curtail MTA work Soaring construction costs could force
  the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to scrap plans for an architecturally
  ambitious glass-domed subway station in Lower Manhattan and lead to more than
  $1B in cost overruns for the authority’s major expansion projects NY Times
   
• Hearing on plans for wind turbines on MD state land The Maryland
  Department of Natural Resources will host a public hearing Wednesday on a
  proposal to build a total of 100 wind turbines on two state forest tracts Philly.com

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