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Meetings Set for Getting Public Feedback on Solar Sites [1]

The federal government has released its draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for identifying and evaluating the best areas on public lands for building utility-scale solar plants. A 90-day public comment period ends March 17, 2011, preceded by 14 meetings in 6 Western states and Washington, D.C.
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TipSheet [2]
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People & Population [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [7]
California [8]
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Public [9]
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House GOP Staff Meet with Energy Lobbyists Behind Closed Doors [10]

Politico broke the story of a January 18, 2011, meeting between House and Senate GOP aides and energy industry lobbyists to map out strategy for handcuffing President Obama and EPA on climate regulations.
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WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [12]
Government [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Climate Change [14]
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Public [9]
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Feds Publish Secret Oil Spill Calculator [15]

Now that you have long since published your story about the disappearance of BP's oil from the Gulf, you may want to check the math that story was based on using newly released technical information.
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WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [16]
Government [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Disasters [17]
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Public [9]
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A Smear Campaign Against Jane Mayer After Koch Exposé? [18]

The media blog Gawker thinks it has uncovered a campaign to discredit the New Yorker writer after her August 2010 story on billionaires Charles and David H. Koch, who have secretly funded attacks on government regulations and bankrolled efforts to discredit settled climate science.
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WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [19]
Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [20]
Science [21]
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Public [9]
- Read more about A Smear Campaign Against Jane Mayer After Koch Exposé? [18]
Election and Oil and Gas Drilling May Shape Sage-Grouse Story [22]

The timing of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to propose listing of the greater sage-grouse as a threatened or endangered species is coinciding with the presidential election and the rapid expansion of the influential oil and gas industry.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [23]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Wildlife [24]
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Public [9]
- Read more about Election and Oil and Gas Drilling May Shape Sage-Grouse Story [22]
Feds Document Core Areas for Decimated Sage-Grouse [25]

The map and report on known greater sage grouse high-density breeding populations is a starting point that can be refined with the input of state fish and wildlife agencies. But you can use it right away as you cover various land use and environmental issues.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [24]
Science [21]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Biodiversity [23]
Region:
Canada [26]
Northwest (OR WA) [27]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [6]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [28]
California [8]
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Public [9]
- Read more about Feds Document Core Areas for Decimated Sage-Grouse [25]
Can Environment Sustain Quest for Valuable "Rare Earth" Materials? [29]

A US Geological Survey report offers a perspective on the global situation and an assessment of known US deposits. There may be about 13 million metric tons available in 14 states — with the sites generally posing the usual environmental challenges associated with mining and refining.
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TipSheet [2]
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Waste [30]
Natural Resources [31]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Economy & Business [19]
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Public [9]
- Read more about Can Environment Sustain Quest for Valuable "Rare Earth" Materials? [29]
Feds Funding Clean Energy Employment Efforts [32]

As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal government is shoveling more than $32 billion to the states to develop what it considers less-polluting energy and to train, certify, recruit, and retain workers.
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TipSheet [2]
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Government [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Economy & Business [19]
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Public [9]
- Read more about Feds Funding Clean Energy Employment Efforts [32]
Toolbox: Pipeline Maps Offer Starting Point for Local Stories [33]

The National Pipeline Mapping System, while missing many key pipelines, does show pipeline proximity to densely populated areas, where the greatest threat to life exists.
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WatchDog TipSheet [11]
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Energy & Fuel [4]
Disasters [17]
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- Read more about Toolbox: Pipeline Maps Offer Starting Point for Local Stories [33]
Calif. Climate Ballot Fight: National Ripple Effects Either Way [34]

If Proposition 23 passes, it could disrupt plans for many green companies and their suppliers in CA and around the US — not to mention weakening political will in other states, or at the federal level, for tougher green energy policy.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
People & Population [3]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Economy & Business [19]
Climate Change [14]
Region:
California [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Calif. Climate Ballot Fight: National Ripple Effects Either Way [34]

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