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Nuclear Energy
6:09 am
Mon November 19, 2012

Idaho LINE Commission Delays Recommendation

An Idaho task force is delaying its release of a draft proposal on ways to strengthen the state’s nuclear energy industry. EarthFix reporter Aaron Kunz was at the task force meeting Friday in Moscow and has the latest.

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Right To Hunt Amendment
5:20 pm
Wed October 24, 2012

Idaho Voters To Decide Right To Hunt Amendment

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The right to hunt measure would add hunting, fishing and trapping to Idaho's constitution.

Voters in Idaho will be asked next month to make some additions to the state constitution. House Joint Resolution 2 is less than two pages long and adds hunting, fishing and trapping to Idaho’s Constitution.

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Idaho School Bans Book
6:06 pm
Mon September 24, 2012

Idaho School Bans ‘Like Water For Chocolate’ For Sexual Content

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"Like Water for Chocolate" has become a contemporary classic of Latin American literature, but has drawn complaints from some school districts in Wisconsin, Arizona and now Idaho.

A school district in southwest Idaho says the book “Like Water for Chocolate” is inappropriate for high school sophomores. It’s banning the book from the curriculum.

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Idaho Wind Energy
6:02 am
Fri September 21, 2012

Federal Energy Commission Makes Statement on Wind Energy

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A wind turbine built by General Electric.

A federal energy regulator sided with wind energy producers in their dispute with Idaho Power. Earthfix Reporter Aaron Kunz explains.

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Gold Dredging
6:08 am
Thu September 20, 2012

Mining Gold In The Northwest Causes Conflict

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A floating suction dredge. The rocks and left over dirt are sent out the back end.

A recreational gold miner in Idaho now has the exclusive right to mine for gold on a stretch of the Salmon River. But the lease process approved by the Idaho Land Board this week raised some questions about the process he will use to get the gold. Aaron Kunz with EarthFix explains.

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