Feds Propose &#36;2B Plan to Protect Pools
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They are puny, peculiar and strictly part-time &#151; the plants and animals that populate shallow ponds across California and southern Oregon, coming to life each winter and disappearing in summer. But with development drying up these vernal pools, they're also endangered.
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President Bush plans to ask Congress on Monday to rush more than &#36;2 billion in additional aid to hurricane-battered Florida, administration officials said on Friday.
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The Bush administration and six large mortgage lenders unveiled a plan yesterday to offer some homeowners facing foreclosure 30-day reprieves to work out alternatives.
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By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 22--A new city water-conservation proposal would hit apartment-building owners and renters much harder than single-family homeowners.
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President Bush is expected to ask Congress as early as Monday for at least another &#36;3 billion to help cover the cost of Florida's pummeling by hurricanes, congressional aides said Friday.
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The Bush administration created on Friday a cabinet-level committee to address rising pollution and overfishing in U.S. territorial ocean waters.
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A novel plan to stop up a deadly upwelling of mud has the potential for added disaster, experts say.
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By Lisa Fleisher, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Mar. 6--An alliance of coastal communities along the Grand Strand could band together to request around $120 million in federal funding to address the problem of stormwater runoff.
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Water is accumulating on the underground roof of the Big Dig tunnels, according to Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly, who said yesterday that his office is trying to determine whether the pools of water pose any threat of damage to the $14.
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By Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune  Sep. 15--The Bush administration expressed reservations Thursday about  key provisions of a bill, already opposed by environmental groups, aimed at  shaping the explosive growth in Washington County.
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The proposal by federal regulators comes as subprime mortgages have come under stress and scrutiny.
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The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday he would push ahead next week with legislation that would set up a &#36;140 billion trust fund to compensative people sickened by exposed to asbestos.
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Protection of fresh water needs prompt clarification and strengthening in the United States.
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A $34.1 million reform plan has been proposed for the state&#39;s ailing Adult Protective Services agency to strengthen policies, improve training and have a more effective staff.
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A Federal Reserve plan being unveiled Tuesday would give people taking out home mortgages new protections against shady lending practices
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President Bush asked Congress for an additional &#36;3.1 billion Tuesday to help Florida and other states recover from the battering they endured from recent hurricanes.
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Mexico's state-owned oil monopoly will be fined as much as &#36;200,000 and could face criminal charges for spilling 5,000 barrels of crude into a river leading to the Gulf of Mexico, coating local beaches, a federal official said Thursday.