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As senators across the country bicker about the inclusion of earmarks in the $1.1 billion omnibus bill, there is at least one item included in the legislation that won’t add a penny to the national debt. The four senators representing Massachusetts and Rhode Island have proved successful in getting language that would restrict federal funds from being used in the permitting process related to …

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The state now has the first system in the nation to give polluting companies such as utilities and refineries financial incentives to emit fewer greenhouse gases. But some businesses that would fall under the new rules say the system could dampen California’s already flagging economy.

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A coalition of local governments, agencies and conservation groups have come together to try and create an ice age park in the Las Vegas valley. Tule Springs is a unique site, brimming with pre-historic fossils. But now that coalition says they are facing a new threat.

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In a reach across party lines, the Senate overwhelmingly passed sweeping legislation Wednesday to prevent a Jan. 1 income tax increase for millions and to renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. A House vote is expected by Thursday.

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Senator John Rockefeller of West Virginia on Thursday said he would seek a vote before the end of the current congressional session on his bill to postpone Environmental Protection Agency regulation of smokestack carbon dioxide emissions for two years.

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System Would Give Polluting Companies Financial Incentives to Emit Fewer Greenhouse Gases

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In his budget presentation this morning, Governor Bob McDonnell, veered from his speech momentarily to scold Virginia Commonwealth University for its 24 percent tuition increase.

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Attorney Eric T. Fresch wields vast power but is little known in the industrial city of Vernon. Eric T. Fresch is Vernon’s million-dollar man, a lawyer and former administrator who is not only one of the nation’s highest paid public officials ever, but one of the least known.

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Release Time:  For Immediate Release To view the Joint Statement click HERE . The United States and the European Union met today as part of their annual Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) to advance the U.S.-EU economic relationship and mutual growth and job creation.  The TEC focused specifically on the roles that regulatory cooperation and innovation can play in reducing barriers to trade …

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Panel OKs key piece of California’s 2006 climate law — called AB32 — with the hope that other states will follow the lead of the world’s eighth largest economy

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