"Top Official: 'The EPA Is Back On The Job'"
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson declares in an NPR interview: "EPA is back on the job working on behalf of the American people for public health, for environmental quality."
Source: NPR, 10/19/2009
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"Enviro Groups Decry U.S. Refusal to List Spotted Seals as Endangered"
"The Obama administration rejected a proposed endangered species listing today for Alaska's spotted seals, saying the animals would adapt to climate change. Environmentalists, who had petitioned for the listing by citing threats to the seal from Arctic oil and gas development and melting sea ice, expressed outrage over the decision."
Source: Greenwire, 10/19/2009
"U.S. Curtails Snowmobiles in Yellowstone"
"The National Park Service has approved a plan to restrict the number of snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park to fewer than half last winter’s limit."
Source: AP, 10/19/2009
"Petition Takes Aim at Chemical Drift"
Environmental and labor groups have filed a petition with EPA "asking for an immediate ban on most farm chemical applications in a 60-foot buffer strip for ground applications and a 300-foot buffer strip for aerial applications around homes, schools and day care facilities."
Source: Peoria Journal Star, 10/19/2009
"Energy Firms Deeply Split on Bill to Battle Climate Change"
"As the Senate prepares to tackle global warming, the nation’s energy producers, once united, are battling one another over policy decisions worth hundreds of billions of dollars in coming decades."
Source: NYTimes, 10/19/2009
Al Gore-Phelim McAleer Q&A Exchange
View Unedited Video of Gore-McAleer Exchange on Oct. 9, 2009, during SEJ's 19th Annual Conference or Complete Gore Speech and Q&A. Listen to Audio of the Gore Speech and Q&A. Read Transcript of the Gore-McAleer Exchange. Read SEJ Q&A Ground Rules. Read the Backstory.
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EPA Names 31 Areas Not Meeting Fine Particulate Air Standards
These communities will have to come up with plans for reducing fine particle pollution. Is yours one of them?
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USGS Offers Early Warning On Wildlife Die-Offs
You may find a local wildlife story by keeping your eye on the US Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center which keeps constant surveillance on outbreaks of wildlife disease and posts the information online as it comes in.
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100s of National Park Sites Threatened by Climate Change
A new report identifies 25 park units considered to be most threatened, but the vulnerability principles spill over to hundreds of additional national park units and other types of natural areas that may be of interest to your audience.
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"U.S. Rejects Nuclear Plant Over Design of Key Piece"
"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday that it had rejected a design by Westinghouse for a new reactor because a key component might not withstand events like earthquakes and tornadoes."
Source: NYTimes, 10/16/2009
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