"Enviros Sue Over Energy Transmission Across Federal Lands"
"A coalition of environmental groups is suing federal agencies in an effort to change the location of corridors to transmit energy across Western lands."
Source: NYTimes, 07/09/2009
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Alaskan Gas Pipeline: Would-Be Operators Vying For Routes, Funding
The proposed $20-40 billion natural gas pipeline would transport natural gas over 2000 miles from AK's North Slope natural gas reserves to the Midwestern US. Or would it?
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NOAA Fishery Advisers Have New Look
If you report for a coastal region where fisheries are important, it's a good time to investigate the membership makeup of your regional Fishery Management Council.
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Feds Focus on 24 Solar Sites in 6 Western States
Good solar potential, relative proximity to existing or potential energy transmission corridors, and the perception of the fewest conflicts with existing land uses and the natural environment were factors in site selection.
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EPA: Most US Residents Exposed to Excessive Air Pollution Risk
While it does have limitations, the updated National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment offers risk estimates for each of 180 substances, and three separate combined assessments.
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Coaches To Be Warned About Air Pollution
Should youth practice or play sports outdoors on days when the EPA cautions them against heavy exercise?
Source: Louisville Courier-Journal, 07/08/2009
"Hiring Lambs As Landscapers"
"Wine makers are shaking things up in their vineyards. Some of them use natural and organic methods to control pests and weeds instead of using pesticides. Now, one winery has discovered a unique, natural way to prune their grape vines."
Source: Environment Report, 07/08/2009
Bark Beetles Seen as Natural Event
The bark beetles devastating millions of acres of western pine forests are actually a native insect whose destruction -- like that of wildfire -- is part of a natural cycle of forest regeneration.
Source: NYTimes, 07/08/2009
"A Decade After Storm, Minnesota Wild Rejuvenates"
"On July 4, 1999, a storm devastated the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota and killed millions of trees. Now, the forest is growing back." Everybody who was there 10 years ago has a story.
Source: NPR, 07/08/2009
Did EPA's Jackson Try To Suppress NJ PFOA Study?
An environmental advocacy group has charged that EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, when she headed New Jersey's environmental agency, sought to block publication of a study on the health effects of toxic chemical PFOA on grounds that it had not been sufficiently peer-reviewed. She later relented.
Source: Charleston Gazette, 07/08/2009
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