In a compromise, a regulatory panel approves a 20 percent cut in the annual harvest of the menhaden, a vital fish in the mid-Atlantic food chain. [The Baltimore Sun]
A bill approved by a legislative committee in Wyoming calls for state officials and representatives of the energy industry to develop course work focusing on energy and natural resources for the state?s schools. ?The curriculum would ensure a balanced approach to energy and natural resource development,? the bill states. [The Star-Tribune]
More than 2,000 people turn out in Seattle for a final public meeting on a plan to export coal through a proposed terminal in northwestern Washington State. Over all, the proposal calls for five terminals in Washington that would ship coal transported from Montana and Wyoming to power plants in Asia. [Associated Press]
The San Francisco Bay suburb of Newark hopes to turn vacant industrial land near salt marshes and a derelict rail bridge into a mostly car-less development with 2,500 new homes ? mostly townhouses and apartments ? built within walking distance of stores and schools and connected by a new train to jobs across the bay. [Reuters]
A new, efficient ceiling fan that uses just 35 watts of electricity is introduced in India, where some 350 million fans hang from the ceiling and rolling blackouts constantly cut off power. [Forbes]
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