Environmentalists Gain Small Victory / House Panel Says Bill to Strip Boards of Power Needs Work
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By REX SPRINGSTON  Environmentalists won a tentative victory yesterday when a House panel decided that a proposal to strip powers from citizen boards needs more study.
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RALEIGH -- Democrats have a majority in the state House, and that could make Representative Jim Black the sole speaker. Final and unofficial results showed Democrats won 63 of the 120 seats in Tuesday&#39;s election.
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By Katie Mulvaney; Journal Staff Writer  SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Legislation that would give the Town Council the authority to hire a single trash hauler to pick up garbage and recyclables townwide has passed the state Senate and the House.    Sen. V.
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By Curtis Morgan, The Miami Herald Feb. 11--Coal, the source of half of the nation's power, has a dirty reputation with environmentalists. But a plant that Tampa Electric Co.
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Environmental groups say the vote on three key amendments will determine whether they can support the Democratic-backed measure
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Legislative races are normally sleepy affairs involving politicians who are virtually unknown outside their district. Campaign spending is scarce, the political implications minimal.
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By John Ellis, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  May 26--Environmentalists are claiming victory after a federal judge in Fresno on Friday found a key opinion on the effects of water pumping in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta on the endangered delta smelt fish was "legally flawed." U.S.
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By SCOTT HARPER  BY SCOTT HARPER  THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  RICHMOND - The State Water Control Board rejected two major development proposals Wednesday - one on the Peninsula, the other on the Eastern Shore - in decisions cheered by environmentalists and watermen.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 12--Maybe we ought to be thankful. Usually when legislators want to carelessly overrule one of the state's scientific commissions, they simply introduce a bill to get their way.
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By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau  The measure, which encourages wildlife projects on private land, advances to the president's desk.   WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representatives gave final legislative approval Wednesday to a bill by Sen.
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Board of  Commissioners took action today to expedite services for building  development projects that have less impact on the environment by using  fewer natural resources.
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By Dennison, Mike HELENA - A bill pitched as a catalyst for future energy development in Montana won endorsement Thursday from the Montana House, but not without criticism that it needlessly expands government.
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By RICHARD COWEN, STAFF WRITER  A bill that could radically alter the makeup of the state Fish and Game Council has advanced in the state Assembly.  The bill proposes to shrink the Fish and Game Council from its 11 members to seven.
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By Peter Urban, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Feb. 5--WASHINGTON -- After years of resistance, Congress may be on the  verge of addressing global warming, according to two Connecticut proponents of  legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.   Sen. Joe Lieberman and Rep.
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By Rex Springston, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 6--The state Senate conservation committee yesterday endorsed a bill, favored by industry, that would strip powers from two state pollution-fighting boards.   The bill goes before the full Senate today.
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A bill that would repeal most local gun laws in the nation&#39;s capital passed the House Wednesday, over the objections of city officials including the mayor and police chief.
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By GERARD SHIELDS  WASHINGTON - Environmental groups are praising a new Senate bill they claim would remove the potential for politics and mismanagement from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects, though Louisiana's two senators have expressed concerns about the measure.  U.S. Sen.