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Oversight Report: Agency Inspectors General Often Ignored [1]

A US House Oversight Committee report released in January 2009 found that federal agencies frequently ignore the findings and recommendations of their inspectors general.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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The Beat: SEEEJ? News Convergence — the Three Es of Environment, Energy and Economy [8]

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Digital Drop-Dead Date May Create Recycling Nightmare [13]

On February 17, 2009, all full-power broadcast US television stations will stop broadcasting on analog airwaves and begin broadcasting only in digital. So, many old TVs are now creating e-waste challenges as they're relegated to landfills and recycling centers.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [3]
Waste [14]
Technology [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Reporter's Toolbox: Might the Suburbs in your Area Become the Next Slums? [16]

Are Peak Oil, the subprime mortgage mess and generational shifts ending Americans' love affair with the suburbs? That's what some high-profile urban planning types are postulating.
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [3]
Planning & Growth [17]
Transportation [18]
People & Population [19]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Sawmills Drop, Production Increases [20]

Report details how fewer sawmills in the US and Canada see higher production of wood products.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [3]
Forests [21]
Natural Resources [22]
Region:
Canada [23]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Energy Company Applying for Major "Incidental Take" Permit [24]

A Fortune 500 energy company is applying for an "incidental take" permit that would allow it to kill endangered and threatened species that live on the largest swath of land ever covered by one permit.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Forests [21]
Biodiversity [25]
Policy [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Nations Seek "Roadmap" to Post-Kyoto Climate Treaty at Bali [31]

Post-Kyoto climate change negotiations began in earnest in Bali, Indonesia, to prepare for the next iteration of world consensus on the topic.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Government [5]
Policy [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Region:
International [32]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Green Building Standards Aim to Fix the Housing Market While It's Down [33]

Green Building Council releases its green building rating system for new and remodeled houses.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [3]
Planning & Growth [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Green Building Standards Aim to Fix the Housing Market While It's Down [33]
Investors Demand Climate-Risk Disclosure [34]

Weary of undisclosed corporate financial risk, battered stock investors are pressuring companies to disclose the economic risks they face from climate change.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [35]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Wide Range of Environmental Issues Before Supreme Court [36]

US Supreme Court to hear six cases with important environmental implications. Issues involved are: use of sonar in Naval training; logging in California; power plant operation; disposal of mining wastes; royalties paid to the Navajo Nation on coal leases; and liability under Superfund law.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Forests [21]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Waste [14]
Government [5]
Military [37]
Policy [26]
Environmental Politics [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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