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Feds Focus on 24 Solar Sites in 6 Western States [1]

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.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Government [5]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [7]
California [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Bills Seek Disclosure of "Fracking" Chemicals That May Threaten Drinking Wells [10]

Proposed legislation would repeal a provision allowing secrecy over chemicals injected underground during high-tech gas drilling — such as benzene and toluene, which are known to be toxic.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [12]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Coal-Waste Impoundment Database Offers Journalists a Tool [15]

A cooperative effort of federal and state agencies, coal companies, and environmental groups, the database lists coal-waste impoundments in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [16]
Waste [17]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Coal-Waste Impoundment Database Offers Journalists a Tool [15]
EPA Relents, Releases List of 44 High-Hazard Coal-Ash Ponds [21]

FOIA requests and Congressional pressure got the Obama administration to reverse its decision to withhold key information about dangers to communities from coal-ash ponds operated by electric utilities.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [12]
Disasters [22]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about EPA Relents, Releases List of 44 High-Hazard Coal-Ash Ponds [21]
North American Toxics Data Released [23]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [24]
Air [25]
Chemicals [12]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [16]
Region:
Canada [26]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mexico [27]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about North American Toxics Data Released [23]
Two Agencies Hide Neglect of Coal-Dam Safety with Secrecy [28]

US EPA and Army Corps of Engineers say they "cannot make the list of 'high hazard' coal ash impoundment sites public," even though risk to communities exists -- like the December 2008 pond failure at the Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [12]
Disasters [22]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Two Agencies Hide Neglect of Coal-Dam Safety with Secrecy [28]
Biodiesel: A Noble Experiment, But There's Much To Consider [29]

By NAOMI LUBICK

Willie Nelson recently graced the front of The New York Times business section in a laudatory story focusing not on the singer's gambling debts or tax evasion, but rather his latest money-maker: BioWillie Diesel.
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Biodiesel: A Noble Experiment, But There's Much To Consider [29]
Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization [30]

Climate change scientist paints a stark and vivid picture

THE WINDS OF CHANGE: CLIMATE, WEATHER AND THE DESTRUCTION OF CIVILIZATIONS By Eugene Linden
Simon & Schuster, $26
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [24]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Economy & Business [32]
Consumer [33]
Disasters [22]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Studies [34]
Food [35]
Forests [36]
Health [37]
Government [5]
Environmental Politics [38]
Journalism & Media [39]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization [30]
Black Carbon: A Key Cause Of Warming Not Well Recognized [40]

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [41]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Black Carbon: A Key Cause Of Warming Not Well Recognized [40]
Cash for Clunkers Legislation Rolls Closer [42]

Two competing bills before Congress would pay people to scrap old, inefficient vehicles. But some say the proposed legislation is not as green as it looks and other factors need to be taken into consideration.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [33]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Waste [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Cash for Clunkers Legislation Rolls Closer [42]

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