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8 Arrested at American Municipal Power HQ Protesting Proposed Coal Plant in Meigs Co., Ohio

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Several people were arrested late Monday morning (July 7 while protesting plans for a proposed coal-fired plant in southeast Ohio.

Police were forced to subdue protestors after they entered the headquarters of American Municipal Power, located on Airport Drive in east Columbus, 10TV News reported.

Dozens of members with the group, Earth First, were at the headquarters protesting plans to build a new power plant in Meigs County.

According to police, five demonstrators entered the building and chained themselves up. Officers used Mace when the demonstrators refused to leave, 10TV News reported.

Eight people were arrested during the demonstration, police said.

More info:
http://cbusimc.org/node/13900

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Congressional Briefing on Vulnerability of Southeast Watersheds to Climate Change

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WWF Briefing to Examine Impacts of Climate Change on Southeast US Watersheds

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 9, 2008
2:15 PM

CONTACT: World Wildlife Fund
Joe Pouliot
joe.pouliot@wwfus.org
202-476-9919

WWF Briefing to Examine Impacts of Climate Change on Southeast US Watersheds
25 Gulf Coast Students to Participate in Hill Event

WASHINGTON – July 9 –

WHAT: Congressional briefing on vulnerability of Southeast watersheds to
climate change

WHEN: 10:00 – 11:15 a.m.
Thursday, July 10, 2008

WHERE: 210 Cannon House Office Building

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Bush Sporting Council Identifies Administration Policies as Highest Hunting Hurdles

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 9, 2008
10:48 AM

CONTACT: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
Daniel Patterson (520) 906-2159;
Carol Goldberg (202) 265-7337

We Have Met the Enemy…and He is Us
Bush Sporting Council Identifies Administration Polices as Highest Hunting Hurdles

NEW YORK – July 9 – The iconic cartoonist Walt Kelly first penned “We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us” for an Earth Day poster in 1970. In an ironic echo of these words from his puckish possum Pogo, a Bush-appointed sporting panel convened to promote hunting has identified an array of administration policies as the biggest threats facing wildlife, according to a series of official “White Papers” released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

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