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Elmendorf Strategies and the Carbon Lobby

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CRS Report RL31294 - Safeguarding the Nation's Drinking Water: EPA and Congressional Actions - NLE Abstract

CRS Report RL31294 - Safeguarding the Nation's Drinking Water: EPA and Congressional Actions - NLE Abstract.

Exposed to Solvent, Worker Faces Hurdles - NYTimes.com

Exposed to Solvent, Worker Faces Hurdles - NYTimes.com.

"Money-Huggers How can all the top dogs in Dallas come out against TXU and coal?"

by Jim Schutze
    "You don't really have to get too deep into the parts-per-million debate about coal-fired power plants to see the sea change. The really revolutionary shift here is not about the coal. It's the people opposed to the coal."
     "The roster of people fighting against TXU Corp. on its application to build 11 new coal-fired power plants in Texas is a Who's Who of Dallas money and power: Garrett Boone, Trammell S. Crow, David Litman, Albritton, Altshuler, Anderson, Ayres, Baron, Bartlett, Bass, Bell: Oh, heck, that's just the first dozen of a tally of 150 names shown to me recently by one of the principals. You keep reading down that list, and it just gets more and more amazing. These are people from the top branches of the money tree. And they are publicly opposed to TXU, on the side of the tree-huggers."
Link: dallasobserver.com.

"Beans of Wrath:" Fair Trade Coffee Bandwagon Rolls

By ERIC GRIFFEY
In a five-bay garage tucked away in the shadow of Trinity Industries off Seminary Drive in south Fort Worth, the smells are a unique combination of grease and the heady aroma of coffee. Here, owner Marvin Rodak and his crew repair cars, make barbecue grills, roast coffee, and practice social justice.
Link: FWWeekly: Feature: Wednesday, February 07, 2007.

Ecoholic: Hunting Down Environmental Hottties

by Adria Vasil
Find your earth-loving soulmate on a green dating website.
Link: NOW Magazine - The Goods in Toronto, FEBRUARY 8 - 14, 2007.

Documents Show Pombo-Abramoff Link

"California Rep. Richard Pombo has insisted he was never lobbied by Jack Abramoff. Records show the disgraced lobbyist billed a client for at least two contacts with Pombo a decade ago." -- from Associated Press story by ERICA WERNER, October 10, 2006;  4:52 PM

"The lobbying records released by the Northern Mariana Islands show that Abramoff billed once for calls to Pombo, chairman of the House Resources Committee, and a second time for a discussion with him, while lobbying in 1996."

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"Big Game Hunters"

"Big Game Hunters Breaking into Washington's Native American gaming gold rush can be a wild west circus. Just ask the Snoqualmie Tribe." By Nina Shapiro writes in the cover story of Seattle Weekly 9/13/06.

Prairie Dreaming: Giving a Swath of Montana Back to Mother Nature

Farming and cattle grazing have largely destroyed the grassland that once dominated the endless prairie of central North American. Now one visionary intends to restore the original ecosystem to a huge swath of Montana to the original rich and complex ecosystems. Hal Herring writes a perceptive and eloquent feature in the September/Octover 2006 issue of Orion.

Terrain: Music of the Sphere

The fall/winter 2006 edition of Terrain, A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments, is about "the music of it all" -- by which they mean the environment. Jay Walljasper asks: "Why is a sense of place usually an ingredient in the best music?" David Rothenberg, editor of Terra Nova, writes about jamming with beluga whales. Jake Adam York explores the "country" in country music. And more.