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EPA recognizes nation’s first WaterSense-labeled homes

Posted Fri, 2010/12/17 - 3:16pm by RCAP

Water-efficiency program aims to help homebuyers save money on utility bills while cutting their water and energy use

WASHINGTON (EPA) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Nov. 23 the first WaterSense-labeled homes in the country. WaterSense is a partnership program sponsored by EPA that seeks to protect the future of our nation’s water supply by offering people a simple way to use less water.

The Rural Blog: Congressman from nation's most rural district will head House Appropriations Committee

Posted Fri, 2010/12/10 - 10:58am by RCAP

The congressman from the country's most rural district, and one of its poorest, will become chairman of the House Appropriations Committee in January after his selection by the Republican Steering Committee yesterday. We broke the news in October that Harold "Hal" Rogers of Somerset in Appalachian Kentucky's 5th District had the votes he needed.

Daily Yonder blog: Republicans Win Rural -- and the House

Posted Fri, 2010/11/05 - 9:59am by RCAP

The explanation by many is that Democrats lost the South, but the rural losses were mostly in the north. Democrats now can ask, "What's the matter with New Hampshire?"

By Bill Bishop and Julie Ardery

Map showing the election results in the 125 most rural House districts

Republicans won the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday largely by winning districts with high proportions of rural voters.