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Buried in paperwork: Congress struggles to fix tax requirement that could swamp businesses
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Tucked into the new health care law is a requirement that could become a paperwork nightmare for nearly 40 million businesses. They must file tax forms for every vendor that sells them more than $600 in goods. The goal is to...Tags: Republican Party, State Budgets, Medical Services, Internal Revenue Service, Health
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Beaches of South Walton fights oil threat with ???reasons to go anyway???
OrlandoSentinel.comFrom the creative-efforts-to-combat-the-oil-spill file… The Beaches of South Walton is now offering its list of “Top 30 Reasons To Go Anyway”, which includes “beyond the beach” activities for tourists. The area says it has... -
House approves offshore drilling bill, but Senate dispute could delay final action until fall
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved a bill to boost safety standards for offshore drilling and remove a liability cap for oil spills, but a partisan fight in the Senate will likely delay action on a response to the Gulf oil spill until Congress...Tags: Environmental Issues, Doc Hastings, Environmental Pollution, Washington, Standards
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US expert says China's worst oil spill is far larger than government has reported so far
Associated Press WriterBEIJING (AP) — China's worst known oil spill is dozens of times larger than the government has reported — bigger than the famous Exxon Valdez spill two decades ago — and some of the oil was dumped deliberately to avoid further disaster,...Tags: Environmental Issues, Alaska, Happiness (state of mind), Environmental Pollution, Fishing
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Men charged after landing ultralight plane near pot plants on island
An ultralight flight has landed two Brevard County men in jail on charges that they cultivated marijuana in a conservation area in Volusia County, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.
An agency inspector was working on the nearby...Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Trials, Brevard County, Crime, Law and Justice
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Lopsided Energy Bill: $4 Billion for Natural Gas Vehicles, $400 Million for EVs
Edmunds.comOilman-turned-natural-gas-promoter T. Boone Pickens seems to have a lot of friends, or at least a few powerful ones, in Congress. Despite a presidentially expressed desire to see at least 1 million plug-in electric vehicles on the road by the end of 2015,... -
SeaWorld wildlife fund awards $1 million in grants
OrlandoSentinel.comThe conservation fund set up by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment this week awarded more than $1 million in grants aimed at protecting endangered species around the world. The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund grants will go 95 wildlife-protectio... -
Firms to Team on Demonstration Tests for Recovering CO2 Found in Natural Gas
Edmunds.comThe Japanese energy-construction-projects corporation JGC, Japanese oil corporation INPEX and Germany's BASF, the world's largest chemical company, announced today that they have entered into an agreement to jointly carry out demonstration tests on a... -
Clean-energy goal requires extension
It is politically fashionable to denounce federal subsidies as unjustifiable in the face of rising budget deficits and an ailing economy. Like pork-barrel spending, however, the value of subsidies depends on where one stands. Republicans have long...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Republican Party, Barack Obama, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Petroleum Industry
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Wildlife rescue escalates at Mich. river oil spill
Associated Press WritersVolunteers and government officials scrambled on Friday to save geese and other wildlife damaged by an oil spill in a southern Michigan river as the Canadian company that owns the ruptured pipeline said the crude had been contained. Enbridge Inc., based...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Rivers, Environmental Politics, Fishing
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Lobster miniseason ends with death
The two-day lobster miniseason concluded Thursday with the death of diver Frank Jaffe in Jupiter. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of Jaffe, 60, who was diving for lobsters on the Blue Tang dive boat. About 1 p.m.,...Tags: Health, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Hospitals and Clinics, Conservation, Broward County
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Orange officials caution residents to protect themselves against mosquito-borne diseases
Sentinel Staff WriterAfter a Tampa-area woman died of Eastern Equine Encephalitis last week, health officials around the state are urging Floridians to protect themselves against mosquito-borne diseases. Mosquitoes can carry many diseases, including West Nile virus (WNV)...Tags: Environmental Issues, Chiropractors, Medical Procedures and Tests, Tampa, Health and Medical Professionals
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