Environmental/Political News – May 31 07

New Jersey Politics AG to be named Supreme Court justice Gov. Jon Corzine has decided to nominate Attorney General Stuart Rabner to the top judicial post. His First Assistant AG Anne Milgram likely will replace him Star-Ledger
New Jersey Environment – Paramus school is shut while DEP removes soil Star-Ledger Farmers survive the lost bee colonies In the self-proclaimed blueberry capital of the world, the mysterious disappearance of the honey bee could have spelled disaster Inquirer
Pennsylvania Environment – Regulators delay PPL rate decision State regulators vote to investigate a PPL’s $83.6M rate-hike request Express-Times DEP, railroad agree on creek cleanup Norfolk Southern will complete restoration of a train derailment site where 42,000 gallons of lye damaged a trout stream Centre Daily Times

Pennsylvania Politics Poll shows voters want legislative term limits Post-Gazette
New York/Nation/World Study: Wind turbines=dead birds IthicaJournal.com Parkinson’s linked to pesticides Forbes Japan pushes for wider whale hunt National Public Radio

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Environmental/Political news – May 29 07

NJ Politics – Primary will help reshape Trenton This is the year the young Turks take over. A dozen senators, many with decades of experience, and a handful of assemblymen have opted not to seek re-electionStar-Ledger NJ Environment – Utility official guilty in latest corruption trial A jury on Friday convicted former Western Monmouth Utilities Authority executive director Frank G. Abate, 60, of receiving thousands of dollars in free architectural services paid for by developers with applications pending before the WMUA AP Press PA Environment – Fearing a flood of toxins At the old Occidental chemical plant in L. Pottsgrove, near the banks of the Schuylkill River, landfills and man-made lagoons hold decades of industrial refuse, including vinyl chloride, a carcinogen, and dioxin, one of the world’s most lethal substances Inquirer Interactive map of cleanup efforts New York/Nation/World – Biodiesel makers see opportunity in NY NY Times Lawmakers push big subsidies for coal NY Times Uranium windfall opens choices NYT

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New environmental legislation in Pennsylvania

HB 1293 (McGeehan) Provides for free parking for hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles.
Referred to TRANSPORTATION, May 18, 2007
HB 1296 (Leach) Excludes compact fluorescent bulbs from Sales Tax
Referred to FINANCE, May 18, 2007
HB 1306 (Caltagirone) Provides tax credits to animal waste recycling facilities and exempts the purchase of certain items from Sales Tax.
Referred to FINANCE, May 18, 2007
HB 1315 (DePasquale) Provides a tax credit to any taxpayer using alternative energy sources for at least 50 percent of their property energy supply.
Referred to FINANCE, May 18, 2007
HB 1316 (DePasquale) Provides a Sales Tax exemption for the purchase of solar energy systems.
Referred to FINANCE, May 18, 2007
HB 1317 (DePASQUALE) An Act amending the act of December 3, 1959 (P.L.1688, No.621), known as the Housing Finance Agency Law, establishing an energy-efficient home assistance program.
Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, May 18, 2007
HB 1318 (DePASQUALE) An Act providing incentives for the use of waste, coal bed methane and coal mine methane for the production of electricity; establishing the Coal Waste Fund; providing for a tax credit; and prohibiting certain surface disposal of coal waste.
Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, May 18, 2007

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