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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green">Welcome to this week’s roundup of the Land Use News!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). Land Use News emphasizes local reporting,
agency announcements and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20170921/juniper-mill-illustrates-new-natural-resource-economy&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIwMTk2NzAxNDAwMTk0NzgzNTcyGmIzZTMxYTA0Mzg5YWY4ZTY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGDA5Sd63a2Z_IUdByRwjqRq5zVRA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Juniper
mill illustrates 'new natural resource economy' </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Like much of the high desert landscape across central and Eastern Oregon, the community of Ritter in rural Grant County is dealing with
a scourge of unwanted Western juniper trees, crowding out native vegetation for wildlife and livestock.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.insider.co.uk/company-results-forecasts/oregon-timber-frame-eyes-english-11200525&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNjk3MDk5NTYzODczNTUxMzIyNjIaMmY3NzAwZTIwOWJiOTYwYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGJeu1kzcAQHoiwDFexrlaqMbUP9A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Timber Frame eyes English expansion </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">insider.co.uk
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Timber system manufacturer Oregon Timber Frame Ltd has added new production capacity with a view to expanding into the English housing
market.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://portlandtribune.com/bvt/15-news/372887-257250-two-state-transportation-leaders-gather-in-beaverton&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIwMTk2NzAxNDAwMTk0NzU4NDkyGjY4NTk1MTEzZWM0OTEwMGU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFAslAq-kNb6UQ4j6snr5efhmsDbA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Two-state
transportation leaders gather in Beaverton </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Portland Tribune
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">The leaders of Oregon and Washington state transportation agencies say their focus is shifting from developing and building projects to
maintaining and improving networks. Washington State Transportation Secretary Roger Millar said neglecting repairs can negate the effects of new construction.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2017/sep/20/inlsee-responds-to-proposed-oregon-tolls/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTIwMTk2NzAxNDAwMTk0NzUwNDEyGjdkMTE2ZDljMWE2MjEwMjE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEPYOtMnBIVuaGF1IJPrJAgedy5Kg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Inslee
responds to proposed Oregon tolls </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">The Columbian
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Herrera Beutler also sent a letter to Inslee on Sept. 12, signed by nine Republican state lawmakers, demanding the governor take “an active
role in opposing Oregon's transportation plan that calls for imposing tolls on I-5 and I-205 at the state line.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.ktvz.com/news/bend-councilor-boddie-to-run-for-buehlers-house-seat/624006558&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIwMTk2NzAxNDAwMTk0NzY2MDEyGjAzYTAwZWQ0MzQ3ZjU2NzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGwMaSJB96b-WxLyOd-97YwDRmjNw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Bend
councilor Boddie to run for Buehler's House seat </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">KTVZ
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Since joining the Bend City Council in 2014, Dr. Boddie has led policy efforts to increase affordable housing and helped strategically
expand Bend's urban growth boundary while protecting our natural environment, providing more buildable land, preventing urban sprawl and improving transportation and new infrastructure throughout Bend. House District 54 represents Bend in the Oregon State
Legislature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.oregonmetro.gov/news/metro-receives-249-acre-donation-nature-conservancy&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTIwMTk2NzAxNDAwMTk0NzY3NDgyGmU5OGM5MjUyY2VmODhhYTM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGlLC7b9Zpo1CnkkwHgpatT594Uig"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Metro
receives 249-acre donation from The Nature Conservancy </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Metro newsfeed
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">If the Nature Conservancy is doing such a great job managing the sites, why hand them over to a government agency? “It allows us to focus
on some of our other priorities across the state of Oregon,” Kreuzer said, pointing to work protecting sage grouse habitat in high desert habitat. “It frees up time for staff to focus on these other priorities.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://democratherald.com/news/local/recall-effort-passing-in-jefferson/article_f956bcc0-b5d1-56c2-a014-2a382df9fd9d.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTIwMTk2NzAxNDAwMTk0NzQ5NzgyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEyErWCMPv4tiKCn66mOnE_qZj57A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Recall
effort passing in Jefferson </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Albany Democrat Herald
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">After a 15-acre annexation was passed by the council in August 2016, the group filed an Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals case. Another organization
that Hightower and the three councilors belonged to sued the city over the right to vote on annexations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Judge-OKs-lawsuit-seeking-better-protection-of-12210245.php&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioTNjk3MDk5NTYzODczNTUxNDI0NjIaMGIwZjlkZTkzNmZmMGJkNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGCANL5GE8VClKNU0rkZHvluO2a9A"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Judge
OKs lawsuit seeking better protection of Puget Sound </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">SFGate
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">According to the lawsuit, the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration haven’t approved
Washington’s plan, but they keep giving the state money anyway. Northwest Environmental Advocates previously filed a similar lawsuit sued to block federal funding for Oregon. That eventually resulted in the state losing $1.2 million last year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2017-09-20/eagle-creek-fire-in-oregon-fuels-need-for-tourist-education&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTIwMTk2NzAxNDAwMTk0NzQ5NzgyGjFlNTVhYjMzZWU3YjM2ZDQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE8I74PPA3lbl5qrTk5Jkw7WiURCQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Oregon</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">
Fire Sparks Changes to Tourism Planning </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">U.S. News & World Report
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<p class="MsoNormal">According to data from the Oregon Employment Department and Dean Runyan Associations, direct travel spending broughtin more than $100 million to Hood River County in 2016, a 9 percent increase in one year. "Every public land is susceptible
to tragedy like this, whether 1,000 people or 100,000 people are on it,” says Chris Havel, associate director of the Oregon Parks and Recreations Department.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/09/portland-prepares-for-the-freeway-fight-of-the-century/540273/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIwMTk2NzAxNDAwMTk0Nzc0NzIyGjQ3ZWQ0YWY2MGExODhmOTc6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFPFuYGgZX9vwJYa9qCPmkXxIyEaA"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Portland
Prepares for the Freeway Fight of the Century </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">CityLab
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<p class="MsoNormal">Which means that Oregon has joined the growing list of states pushing highway expansion projects on rather disingenuous grounds. The gentrification of the historically black neighborhood in central Portland, Albina, has led to conflicts
between white Portlanders and longtime black residents over things like widening bicycle lanes and construction of a new Trader Joe’s.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.kgw.com/weather/earthquakes/mexicos-earthquake-early-warning-system-coming-to-pacific-northwest/477448434&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTIwMTk2NzAxNDAwMTk0NzU4NDIyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFCvLOZwC7gAY54gNgbnkzSUPMZzQ"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Mexico's
earthquake early warning system coming to Pacific Northwest </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">kgw.com
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">They were part of the country's earthquake early warning system, a system that alerts the public seconds, and in some cases minutes, before an earthquake strikes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.news-journal.com/news/2017/sep/19/duffy-blumenauer-congress-can-fix-flood-insurance-/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjk3MDk5NTYzODczNTUxNTE4MDIaOTBjNGE3ZDU0YWQ0NjY5MTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG4NqUvel_1SamLj9HCkW_ou0x9fg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Duffy,
Blumenauer: Congress can fix flood insurance this year </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Longview News-Journal
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Drastic reform of the National Flood Insurance Program is long overdue. The program now subsidizes insurance for millionaires, puts low-income
families in harm’s way, and keeps people trapped in vulnerable homes by masking the true risk of flooding. Let’s fix the program this time and protect our families. – Sean Duffy, R-Wisconsin, is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee
on Housing and Insurance. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://wtop.com/asia/2017/09/how-trump-could-undermine-the-us-solar-boom/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTIwMTk2NzAxNDAwMTk0NzUwOTcyGmNlMGY0OWE4NTAzNTZkYWE6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG5pdH37GCl-iQgfcX3ta7ew-jzWg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">How
Trump could undermine the US solar boom </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">WTOP
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">(THE CONVERSATION) Tumbling prices for solar energy have helped stoke demand among U.S. homeowners, businesses and utilities for electricity
powered by the sun. But that could soon change. This case follows earlier and narrower complaints filed by SolarWorld, a German solar manufacturer with a factory in Oregon, that Chinese companies were getting an unfair edge as a result of subsidies and dumping.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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State Climatologist warns of global destruction </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Kathie Dello, a Climatologist at Oregon State University has been studying weather conditions over long periods of time. We really rely
on that mountain snow pack not just for fun, but for our summer resources,” said Dello.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><a href="http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/35930391-78/buehler-blames-pers-while-ignoring-history.html.csp"><span style="color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2E75B6;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none">Buehler
blames PERS while ignoring history</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Knute Buehler, a Republican candidate for governor, misrepresents the facts and ignores history when he alleges the Public Employees Retirement System
“is principally to blame” for the problems with education in Oregon. Apparently his degree in history from Oregon State University is not serving him well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/35974029-78/measure-5-not-to-blame.html.csp&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjk3MDk5NTYzODczNTUxMzM3OTIaMmNiYThmMTZhNTdhZjM5Yjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEwyiZBqWICabwuT1e8472_pW7_lg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Measure
5</span><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none"> not to blame </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">The Register-Guard
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Albright tells us Measure 5 is why public schools are hurting. In misrepresenting the truth here’s what Albright didn’t tell you: When
voters refused to raise property taxes in a deep recession, Oregon liberals came up with high-density planning to increase property tax revenue through market manipulation at the development stage, and bypass the voters. Measure 5, property tax relief, was
passed before liberals sent everyone but the rich to the streets homeless.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/state-seeks-input-on-adirondack-park-highways-plan/article_f11febd2-abcc-500e-892e-dbf0f368a127.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjk3MDk5NTYzODczNTUxMzczNjIaMjE4ZjY2NTNlMjc4OGJlMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHHXMwyECyagsu6EnOpaRrM8b4YOg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">State
seeks input on Adirondack Park highways plan </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Plattsburgh Press Republican
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">State seeks input on Adirondack Park highways plan. The New York State Department of Transportation is looking for feedback on a new plan
designed to manage state highways in the Adirondack Park while retaining the area’s park-like character.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/democrats-introduce-mining-reform-bill-to-avert-another-epa-caused-disaster/article/2634946&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNjk3MDk5NTYzODczNTUxNDI0NjIaMGIwZjlkZTkzNmZmMGJkNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHg9oZKgQeWT9MQL3v38Pegv-XONw"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Democrats
introduce mining reform bill to avert another EPA-caused disaster </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#737373">Washington Examiner
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, Michael Bennet of Colorado, Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Ed Markey of Massachusetts introduced
the Hardrock Mining Reclamation Act of 2017, seeking to modernize the nation’s antiquated hard rock mining laws by making sure companies pay for cleanup activities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/20/world/americas/mexico-earthquakes-explainer.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIwMTk2NzAxNDAwMTk0NzU4NDIyGjUzNDlkYWQ0Y2E1Y2JlODU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE_2LuWemDIuNdEg8_8hddTKrQFTg"><span style="color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">Why
Mexico Is So Prone to Strong Earthquakes </span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#252525">Just before midnight on Sept. 7, a magnitude-8.1 earthquake — the most powerful to hit Mexico in a century – rattled the country, doing
the brunt of its damage to the southern part, which was closest to the quake’s epicenter off the Pacific Coast. A quake that big, and the tsunami it would generate, would be “devastating” to both Oregon and Washington, especially their coasts, Dr. Hayes said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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