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                                                      Tuesday, June 5, 2007
            
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NJ Politics 

• Arrests double in crackdown on illegal immigrants Of the federal immigration agency's 24 field offices, only one in Los Angeles and another in Miami surpassed the Newark district in the number of arrests Bergen Record

• Governor likely to OK ban on dual office-holding He also vows court battle to keep e-mails with Katz private Star-Ledger
  > State police say 40 threats made against Corzine At east one forced a change in schedule AP  > Gov’s ratings slip a bit but remain strong AP

NJ Environment

• Feds ripped for scrapping ocean tests State environmental officials join a chorus of critics in blasting a plan by the EPA to cancel water quality testing at the Jersey Shore. Feds downplay the controversy, saying they advised state officials they were pulling the plug on a test they said wasn't getting the job done;  EPA pledges better pollution tests next year Star-Ledger AP Press
   

• DEP nuclear expert reassigned after belittling official The offense that prompted the reassignment of a state nuclear engineer who has called for the closure of the Oyster Creek nuclear plant stemmed from a disparaging remark he had made about federal officials who oversee reactor safety, a state document obtained by the Asbury Park Press shows AP Press
   

PA Environment

• A time to vent Nearly three weeks after a ruptured pipeline caused an estimated 63,000 gallons
  of gasoline to spill in a wooded area of Edgewood, representatives from Sunoco Logistics, owner
  and operator of the gasoline pipeline which stretches from Berks County to Buffalo, N.Y., plan to
  meet with affected families News-Item
   

• Panel to review Clean and Green Bill A bill scheduled for consideration today by the state
  House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee would allow farmers who have placed their land
  in the Clean and Green tax-abatement program to lease land to developers of wind turbines
  without serious tax penalty Patriot News

PA Politics 

• Bill would give PA doctors reason to stay With a 10,000-doctor shortage predicted by 2010,
  a new bill offers incentives to practice in PA Tribune Review

New York/Nation/World

• Nukes, coal create energy roadblock Effort to fast-track coal and nuke plants hits a
  roadblock in Albany LoHud.com
   
• Coney Island water sports plans get beached Daily News
   
• Farmland protection hits a wall in Wayne D&C

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