• This week on TalkingFish.org – January 23-27

    By Samantha Caravello

    Jan 27 201212:00pm

    This week's posts on TalkingFish.org: Praising the law that protects our fish stocks and a news roundup of the latest "fish talk" on the web.

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  • CLF Applauds Springfield Zoning Board of Appeals Decision to Rescind Building Permits for Biomass-burning Plant in EJ Community

    By Jenny Rushlow

    Jan 27 20129:13am

    Late on Wednesday night residents of Springfield celebrated an important victory in their longstanding fight against a biomass-burning plant that Palmer Renewable Energy (PRE) proposes to construct in their community. Acting on the petition of local residents Michaelann Bewsee and Toni and William Keefe, the Springfield Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) overturned the two building permits that were issued to PRE last November. Media coverage of the ZBA decision is available here and here.

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  • State of the Union: Our Messy Federalism

    By John Kassel

    Jan 25 20122:30pm

    At a time when our governors and our President were preparing to address their constituents, CLF was (and is) making news – news that raises a series of enduring questions: In our country, where is the line between federal and state authority? How clear is it? Who gets to draw it? Why would you draw it in one place instead of another?

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