April 19, 2007

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ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS

• Dodd Favors Corporate Tax for Emissions
* Tax Law Expert Witnesses and Consultants
• Homeowners Across the Eastern U.S. Pick Up the Pieces After Flood Damage
• Al Gore Gets Approval to Install Solar Panels at His Tennessee Home
* Law Firm Articles on Real Estate Covenants and Restrictions
• Greenpeace Activists Protest ADB's Support for Coal Power Plants
* Research Case Law on Public Utilities
• Toyota Exec: Engineers Working on Efficient Large Cars
• Vegas Water-Pumping Plan Approved

ANIMALS

• Whale Beaches Itself at New York Oil Depot Dock and Dies in Front of Onlookers
• ConocoPhillips, Tyson to Make Renewable Diesel Fuel from Animal Fats
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ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:

DODD FAVORS CORPORATE TAX FOR EMISSIONS
(AP) - Sen. Chris Dodd, splitting with his Democratic presidential rivals over the best way to cut pollution and curb global warming, wants to tax corporations for their carbon dioxide emissions. Read more...

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HOMEOWNERS ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. PICK UP THE PIECES AFTER FLOOD DAMAGE
(AP) - As the floodwaters in the eastern United States receded homeowners picked through ruined belongings and priceless keepsakes trying to determine what they'd lost. Read more...

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AL GORE GETS APPROVAL TO INSTALL SOLAR PANELS AT HIS TENNESSEE HOME
(AP) - Former Vice President Al Gore's upscale neighborhood granted the environmental activist approval Tuesday to install 33 solar panels on the roof of his mansion. Read more...

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GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS PROTEST ADB'S SUPPORT FOR COAL POWER PLANTS
(AP) - Greenpeace activists built a replica of a polluting coal plant in front of the Asian Development Bank on Wednesday to protest its funding for coal-burning power plants that they said contribute to climate change and exacerbate poverty in Asia. Read more...

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TOYOTA EXEC: ENGINEERS WORKING ON EFFICIENT LARGE CARS
(AP) - Automotive engineers will be under great pressure in the near future to come up with ways to make large cars more fuel efficient for the North American market, according to a top Toyota official. Read more...

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VEGAS WATER-PUMPING PLAN APPROVED
(AP) - A request to pump billions of gallons of groundwater to booming Las Vegas from a valley near the Nevada-Utah line was cut to less than half the amount in a plan approved Monday by the state's engineer. Read more...

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ANIMALS:

WHALE BEACHES ITSELF AT NEW YORK OIL DEPOT DOCK AND DIES IN FRONT OF ONLOOKERS
(AP) - A young whale that swam aimlessly for two days in a small bay off an industrial section of Brooklyn beached itself at an oil depot dock and died suddenly. Read more...

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CONOCOPHILLIPS, TYSON TO MAKE RENEWABLE DIESEL FUEL FROM ANIMAL FATS
(AP) - Oil company ConocoPhillips said Monday it will partner with meat producer Tyson Foods Inc. to make renewable diesel fuel. Read more...

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