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'Letting the Cards Talk' [1]

Seasoned journalist Susan Feathers plays the hand of a grand jury report — 10 years later.

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Inside Story [2]
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Air [3]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [6]
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Public [7]
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CO2 Emissions Rise in Most States, But Some Buck Trend [8]

Carbon dioxide emission volumes, trends, and sources vary substantially by state, according to a report released Nov. 12, 2009, by the advocacy group Environment America.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Pollution [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [7]
- Read more about CO2 Emissions Rise in Most States, But Some Buck Trend [8]
Natural Gas Case Sparks Change in Air Pollution Assessments [11]

Dogging the resulting developments of a new EPA policy could lead to many stories that focus on both the specific cases and the underlying principle of cumulative assessments of pollutants.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Government [13]
Policy [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [15]
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Public [7]
- Read more about Natural Gas Case Sparks Change in Air Pollution Assessments [11]
EPA Names 31 Areas Not Meeting Fine Particulate Air Standards [16]

These communities will have to come up with plans for reducing fine particle pollution. Is yours one of them?
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Pollution [4]
Government [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [7]
- Read more about EPA Names 31 Areas Not Meeting Fine Particulate Air Standards [16]
More Lead Monitors Coming to a Facility or City Near You? [17]

The Bush Administration, through the OMB, pressured EPA to water down lead monitoring requirements it had tightened in October 2008. Now EPA may get more or all of the monitors it originally wanted, near facilities that emit about a half ton of lead per year.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Chemicals [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [4]
Government [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about More Lead Monitors Coming to a Facility or City Near You? [17]
State, Local Agencies Join Push To Clean Up Air Pollution at Ports [20]

A variety of initiatives aimed at reducing shipping-related emissions are in the works.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Pollution [4]
Transportation [21]
Water & Oceans [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about State, Local Agencies Join Push To Clean Up Air Pollution at Ports [20]
EPA To Announce Final Risk Assessment for SO2 [22]

In response to lawsuits, EPA was scheduled to release its proposed rule for a new primary health-based standard by July 30, 2009. That has been postponed once again, and the new court-ordered date for release of the proposed rule is Nov. 16, 2009, with a final rule due by June 2, 2010.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Pollution [4]
Government [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [7]
- Read more about EPA To Announce Final Risk Assessment for SO2 [22]
EPA: Most US Residents Exposed to Excessive Air Pollution Risk [23]

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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TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Pollution [4]
People & Population [24]
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National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about EPA: Most US Residents Exposed to Excessive Air Pollution Risk [23]
North American Toxics Data Released [25]

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation, which is a joint effort of Canada, the US, and Mexico, released on June 10, 2009, its annual report tracking and comparing toxic emissions.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [26]
Air [3]
Chemicals [18]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Pollution [4]
Region:
Canada [27]
National (U.S.) [10]
Mexico [28]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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EPA To Announce Proposed NO2 Standard [29]

After several years of preparatory work, EPA is expected to announce by June 26, 2009, its proposed primary standard for one of the six "criteria" air pollutants, nitrogen dioxide.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Chemicals [18]
Pollution [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [7]
- Read more about EPA To Announce Proposed NO2 Standard [29]

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