• Illinois, Ranked Low on Water Infrastructure, Pushes $1B Upgrades
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Illinois   |   October 19, 2012
• A recent EPA assessment found that Illinois has the fourth-highest need in the country for drinking water infrastructure improvements and the sixth-highest in the need for wastewater infrastructure improvements.
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• Marcellus Shale Drilling Law's Fate in Hands of Pennsylvania Supreme Court
• Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette   |   Pennsylvania   |   October 18, 2012
• State attorneys were contesting the Commonwealth Court's July decision to overturn a portion of the law that limited what local zoning rules can and cannot address regarding drilling activity.

• Montana Oil Boom Reshapes Gubernatorial Race
• BY: Stateline   |   Montana   |   October 17, 2012
• Montana’s next governor must capitalize on the current oil boom, build infrastructure to keep it going and develop industries that will make Montana less susceptible to market highs and lows.

• Growing Wind-Turbine Opposition Creates Hurdles
• BY: David Hatch   |   October 16, 2012
• The resistance is forcing state and local governments that have embraced wind, with strong Obama administration backing, to pay closer attention to where wind farms are located and how they impact surroundings.
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• Fracking Report Shows No Impact on Environment, Health
• BY: McClatchy News   |   California   |   October 16, 2012
• Baldwin Hills residents challenge study that found no significant environmental impact from method used to extract oil trapped in rock formations.
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• Court: Seattle Can't Curb Yellow Pages
• Source: Seattle Times   |   Seattle   |   October 16, 2012
• The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Seattle can't limit distribution of yellow-pages phone books with an opt-out registry or charge a fee to publishers.
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• California's Grand Experiment to Rein In Climate Change
• Source: New York Times   |   California   |   October 15, 2012
• On Jan. 1, it will become the first state in the nation to charge industries across the economy for the greenhouse gases they emit.

• Romney 'Outraged' by Army Corps' Speed on Asian Carp Plan
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Great Lakes   |   October 12, 2012
• President Obama signed legislation that would compel the Army Corps to speed up the study, though the Army Corps said it likely would not make their deadline.
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• Fracking Linked to Contamination in New EPA Tests
• Source: Wall Street Journal   |   Wyoming   |   October 12, 2012
• New tests of water surrounding natural-gas-drilling sites near Pavillion, Wyo., have turned up results that are "generally consistent" with earlier findings showing a link between contamination and hydraulic fracturing.

• 1st Wolf Hunt Cleared for Minnesota
• Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune   |   Minnesota   |   October 11, 2012
• The last legal effort to block Minnesota's first managed wolf hunt fell short.
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• Massive Wind Farm Project Approved for Wyoming
• Source: AP/Casper Tribune   |   Wyoming   |   October 10, 2012
• Interior Secretary Ken Salazar authorized what he described as potentially the largest wind energy project in the United States, if not the world: A Wyo Tming wind farm with up to 1,000 turbines that would provide electricity to some 1 million homes.
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• Vineyard Owners Trying to Learn About Fracking as It Enters California
• Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette   |   California   |   October 8, 2012
• Gas companies are moving into California's vast central stretches in the hopes of turning the state's Monterey Shale into the next Marcellus Shale.

• Cost of Clean Water Regulations Frustrating Mayors
• BY: Ryan Holeywell   |   October 5, 2012
• Hundreds of cities are trying to follow federal orders to clean up their wastewater systems -- sometimes at a cost of billions of dollars.
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• Pollution Tax Constitutional, Rules Washington State Supreme Court
• Source: AP/Seattle Times   |   Washington state   |   October 5, 2012
• The high court upheld a King County Superior Court ruling that found the state is not precluded from using the current tax of 0.7 percent on oil products, pesticides and other chemicals for environmental cleanup projects.

• Report: Wyoming Among Least Energy-Efficient States
• Source: Casper Star-Tribune   |   Wyoming   |   October 4, 2012
• Only Mississippi, North Dakota and West Virginia ranked lower in the list by a national efficiency advocacy group.