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"Pebble Mine Could Devastate Alaska's Bristol Bay Region, EPA Finds"

"JUNEAU, Alaska -- A government report indicates a large-scale copper and gold mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay region could have devastating effects on the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery and adversely affect Alaska Natives, whose culture is built around salmon."

Source: AP, 01/16/2014

"Report: Great Lakes Only Region To Gain Wetlands"

"MONROE, Mich. -- Honking geese soar overhead in a V formation, buffeted by bitter gusts off nearby Lake Erie, while flocks of mallards bob along the shore. Even blanketed in snow, the sprawling wetland in southeastern Michigan is a magnet for water birds — one reason a public-private project is underway to improve it."

Source: AP, 01/06/2014

Maryland: "Pipeline May Affect Drinking Water, Activists Fear"

"Environmental activists warn that construction of a 21-mile natural gas pipeline through northern Baltimore and Harford counties could affect the region's drinking-water system, as the $180 million project cuts across more than three dozen streams feeding into Loch Raven Reservoir."

Source: Baltimore Sun, 01/02/2014

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