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The Environmental News Network: Top Stories
Link: http://www.enn.com/topics/top_storiesEPA Disapproves Certain Aspects of Texas' Clean Air Program
Every state government has their own agency for the protection of the environment which they operate in conjunction with federal laws and statutes. When those state laws do not match up with their federal counterparts, the potential for conflicts increase. A recent example of this is the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ) clean-air permitting program. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declared that certain aspects do not meet federal Clean Air Act requirements.
Report on Minerals Management Service’s Environmental Decisions Regarding Off-Shore Oil and Gas
On August 16, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued a report (CEQ Report) summarizing the findings of a thirty-day review of the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) Minerals Management Service's (MMS)[1] environmental polices for oil and gas exploration and development in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). CEQ found that MMS’s reliance on the "tiering process" (where prior programmatic environmental reviews are incorporated into later site-specific analyses) was not transparent and led to confusion and concern regarding whether MMS sufficiently evaluated and disclosed environmental impacts.
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Link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/?track=rssNew law could narrow patient choices
Quality measurements raise concerns about conflict between best care, cost controls
The new federal health care law is bringing additional demands by insurance companies that doctors and hospitals be held to higher quality standards. But the push could leave patients with fewer choices.
Politics and fundraising: Booze, golf
Legislators woo deep-pocket donors with golf, basketball, bourbon-tasting events and more
With control of Congress in the balance and the costs of campaigns spiraling, politicians are working hard at wooing donors with golf, basketball, bourbon-tasting events and more.
