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• Latest Action: Dec 08, 2011 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Boxer with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 112-100.

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• Committee Assignment: Senate Environment and Public Works

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• American Sportfishing Association

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• Environmental Defense Fund

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• National Audubon Society

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• National Wildlife Federation

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• The Nature Conservancy

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• Ocean Conservancy

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• Oxfam America

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• Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana

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• Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation

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• Ducks Unlimited

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• Save Our Gulf

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• Mobile Baykeeper

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• America’s Wetland Foundation

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• Reef Relief

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• Gulf Restoration Network

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• Natural Resources Defense Council

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• Partners for Environmental Progress

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• All For The Gulf | WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Green Rights ... - March 21, 2012 by BAL - S. 1400 or the RESTORE THE GULF COAST ACT – now passed the Senate and attached to the federal Transportation Bill headed to the House, basically the bill would establish the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund that ...

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  As noted by BAL on March 21, 2012, "S. 1400 or the RESTORE THE GULF COAST ACT – now passed the Senate and attached to the federal Transportation Bill headed to the House, basically the bill would establish the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund that ..." (/url?q=http://wpbartcritic.blogspot.com/2012/03/all-for-gulf.html&sa=U&ei=eSNrT-aAK6qpsQK3n4jlBQ&ved=0CFAQmAEwCg&usg=AFQjCNHByKKbGTFPqG48xBt94i7Llvxqpg)
• All For The Gulf | WPB/NYC and Anything Else; A Green Rights ... - March 21, 2012 by BAL - S. 1400 or the RESTORE THE GULF COAST ACT – now passed the Senate and attached to the federal Transportation Bill headed to the House, basically the bill would establish the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund that ...

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  As noted by BAL on March 21, 2012, "S. 1400 or the RESTORE THE GULF COAST ACT – now passed the Senate and attached to the federal Transportation Bill headed to the House, basically the bill would establish the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund that ..." (/url?q=http://wpbartcritic.blogspot.com/2012/03/all-for-gulf.html&sa=U&ei=oM5pT_npNMazsgLCxfCQCQ&ved=0CC0QmAEwAg&usg=AFQjCNFICgInULQiP7QdwxGqddZAWZA76Q)
• Help Restore the Gulf | Surfrider Foundation - March 02, 2012 by Ericka Canales - Please ask your Senators to support the RESTORE Act (S. 1400) to ensure that fines collected from the BP oil spill are used to support ecosystem restoration in the Gulf of Mexico. The BP disaster released millions of gallons of ...

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  As noted by Ericka Canales on March 02, 2012, "Please ask your Senators to support the RESTORE Act (S. 1400) to ensure that fines collected from the BP oil spill are used to support ecosystem restoration in the Gulf of Mexico. The BP disaster released millions of gallons of ..." (/url?q=http://florida.surfrider.org/help-restore-the-gulf&sa=U&ei=ABJST8iELM-psAKXnInwBQ&ved=0CCsQmAEwAQ&usg=AFQjCNFErWspiztZZtzULiiUcc9p3pKBqg)

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• Opposing Religious Coercion in Health Care: The Defeat of the Abington Hospital Merger in PA - July 27, 2012 by DAILY KOS - Second, Dr. Blumenthal notes that AMHâ s OB/GYN department, as well as most of Abington Healthâ s 1,400-plus doctors, were left out of consultations about the medical impact of the potential merger. According to the physician ...

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  As noted by DAILY KOS on July 27, 2012, "Second, Dr. Blumenthal notes that AMHâ s OB/GYN department, as well as most of Abington Healthâ s 1,400-plus doctors, were left out of consultations about the medical impact of the potential merger. According to the physician ..." (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/27/1114362/-Opposing-Religious-Coercion-in-Health-Care-The-Defeat-of-the-Abington-Hospital-Merger-in-PA)
• One Nation's Electricity Going 100% Solar - July 27, 2012 by Huffington Post - That diesel provides Tokelau's 1400 people about 16 hours a day of electricity. This is about to change as New Zealand's Power Smart Solar will replace the diesel generators with solar systems -- and improve the electricity system to a 24/7 ...

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  As noted by Huffington Post on July 27, 2012, "That diesel provides Tokelau's 1400 people about 16 hours a day of electricity. This is about to change as New Zealand's Power Smart Solar will replace the diesel generators with solar systems -- and improve the electricity system to a 24/7 ..." (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/a-siegel/one-nations-electricity-g_b_1709572.html?utm_hp_ref=green)
• David Cameron says the Olympics will boost Great Britain’s ailing economy—could he be right? - July 27, 2012 by Slate - Baade and Matheson cite Atlanta’s 1,400 acre International Horse Center as a typical example of a costly facility with no real post-Games value. Cities that profit from the Olympics do so because they use them as a pretext to invest in ...

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  As noted by Slate on July 27, 2012, "Baade and Matheson cite Atlanta’s 1,400 acre International Horse Center as a typical example of a costly facility with no real post-Games value. Cities that profit from the Olympics do so because they use them as a pretext to invest in ..." (http://www.slate.com/articles/business/fivering_circus/2012/07/olympic_economics_will_london_and_great_britain_benefit_from_hosting_the_2012_olympics_.html)