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                                                     Thursday, May 10, 2007
            
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NJ Politics  

• Noted attorney, Alan Lowenstein, dead at 93 He headed the commission that drafted the restructuring of Newark’s government in the 1950s and was the founder of  the corporate law firm, Lowenstein Sandler NY Times
   
• Opinion: 101.5 fight has losers on both sides When two knuckleheads get into a fight, the
  chances are pretty good that they deserve each other. So it is with the showdown between the
  shock jocks at 101.5 FM and the leader of the state troopers' union, Davey Jones Star-Ledger
   

NJ Environment 

• Lawmakers want polluters to pay bigger penalties State Senators Joseph Vitale and
  Barbara Buono plan today to introduce the Environmental Enforcement Enhancement Act, which
  calls for penalties to rise from $1,000 to $50,000 per day and broader DEP enforcement powers.
  The act would affect the state's laws on wetlands protection, preservation, flood control, waterfront redevelopment regulations, dam safety, pesticide, water quality and endangered animals, says
  DEP Commissioner Lisa Jackson Star-Ledger  HNT

• Builders group presses for release of Highlands reports A frustrated New Jersey Builders Association is asking legislative leaders for help in prying $1.4M in research from the New Jersey Highlands Council, which has refused to release most of the information publicly Daily Record  
  > Developers shun key Highlands zone Development effort dries up in preservation area,
  study finds Daily Record

PA Environment

• Cable likely carried lightning into mine Now that the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration
  has determined lightning likely caused the Sago Mine explosion that killed 12 coal miners last year, the
  agency is shifting its focus to preventing another methane blast AP

• Bethlehem bets that casino will bring old mill town back to life The second-largest of its kind nationally in its heyday, the steel mill's shutdown nearly a decade ago left the area looking for another economic engine Star-Ledger

PA Politics 

• Ridge makes pitch for McCain's '08 bid Former Gov. Tom Ridge visits Harrisburg to stump for presidential hopeful John McCain, meets with 40 GOP biggies Post-Gazette

   

• Philadelphia mayoral candidates shift into attack gear Inquirer

New York/Nation/World

• Politics allegedly linked LIPA, Plug Power Over the past half-decade, the Long Island Power Authority spent some $14M million to buy and install more than 160 experimental fuel cells from a politically connected Albany-area company. But today, only four remain in place Newday
• Pollution earns city park nation's lowest rank Newsday
• Toxic chemical flows into Queens water supply Daily News 

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