• EPA Head Lisa P. Jackson to Resign Post
• Source: The Washington Post   |   Nation   |   December 28, 2012
• Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, who pushed through the most sweeping curbs on air pollution in two decades, announced Thursday morning that she will resign her post.
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• Sandy Forces Northeast to Rethink Infrastructure
• BY: William Fulton   |   January 2013
• In an effort to emerge more resilient and prosperous, states and localities are rethinking power grids, roads and sewers in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.

• Washington State Moves to Charge Electric-Car Owners Yearly Fee
• Source: AP/The Seattles Times   |   Washington   |   December 26, 2012
• Owners of electric cars in Washington state don't buy gasoline or pay gas taxes, but they're soon going to be hit with a $100 fee to own the battery-operated cars.

• Ohio Gov. Kasich Has Plans for 2013
• Source: Columbus Dispatch   |   Ohio   |   December 21, 2012
• The “fracking” tax boost/income-tax-cut package that Gov. John Kasich couldn’t push through the legislature in 2012 appears primed for passage next year.

• In California's Cap-and-Trade Program, Utilities Benefit
• BY: McClatchy News   |   California   |   December 20, 2012
• The state's utilities have been placed in a special class that effectively cushions companies and their ratepayers from the cost of reducing carbon emissions.

• California Proposes New Fracking Regulations
• BY: McClatchy News   |   California   |   December 19, 2012
• Under pressure from state lawmakers and environmentalists, Gov. Jerry Brown's administration released draft regulations for hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," the controversial drilling process driving the nation's oil and gas boom.

• Gas Industry Sues Colorado City over Fracking Ban
• Source: Denver Post   |   Longmont, Colo.   |   December 19, 2012
• The oil and gas industry hit Longmont with a lawsuit to kill voters' recent ban on fracking within city limits.

• EPA Tightens Soot Pollution Standards for States
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Nation   |   December 17, 2012
• States have until 2018 to submit their plans to meet the new standards and then until 2020 to comply

• Detroit Approves Plan to Plan to 15,000 Trees on City Lots
• BY: News Staff   |   DETROIT   |   December 13, 2012
• The controversial decisions means the city will transfer 140 acres of land to a single company.
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• 7 States Threaten to Sue U.S. over Pollution Rules
• Source: Times Union   |   Nation   |   December 13, 2012
• New York and six other Northeastern states are threatening to sue the Obama administration for allegedly violating its own air pollution rules by ignoring methane emissions from oil and gas production, including the hydrofracking drilling method being reviewed in this state.

• Fracking Floated as Possibility in Western Massachusetts
• Source: Boston Globe   |   Massachusetts   |   December 13, 2012
• The possibility that Western Massachusetts may hold limited deposits of shale gas is catapulting the contentious issue of hydraulic fracturing, commonly called fracking, into the state.

• North Carolina Waters Chosen for Offshore Wind Farms
• BY: McClatchy News   |   North Carolina   |   December 13, 2012
• As plans to build wind farms off the coasts of Massachusetts and Delaware fall through, the feds have opened North Carolina's waters for the whirling turbines.
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• Health Centers Make Use of Brownfields
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   December 12, 2012
• There is a nationwide trend to replace contaminated tracts in distressed neighborhoods with health centers.

• New Jersey Officials, Residents Blast Utility's Sandy Response
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   December 12, 2012
• Dozens of public officials and residents spoke out about JCP&L’s handling of Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath. The utility is the first to face a public lambasting for its handling of Sandy.
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• Green Schools Not Living Up to Their Energy, Money-Saving Hype
• Source: USA Today   |   Nation   |   December 11, 2012
• "Green schools" promise huge energy savings and rising student performance, but do not always deliver, despite their extra cost.