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Construction Water Pollution: New EPA Rule [1]

Stormwater runoff from construction sites is a significant source of soil and sediment runoff. The new rule addresses building construction, as well as heavy and civil engineering construction
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Government [5]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
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USDA Offers Farmers $$ To Cut Nitrogen and Phosphorus Runoff [8]

Lands targeted for NRCS pilot projects over the next four years program include 41 watersheds in 12 states within the overall
Mississippi River
watershed.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [9]
Chemicals [10]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Journal Publishes Series on Health Effects of Climate Change [11]

A consortium of US and British agencies, universities, and organizations published a series of studies in The Lancet that analyzed a number of specific situations involving climate change and health impacts, in countries rich and poor. Concurrently, a group of doctors from around the world launched the International Climate and Health Council.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [12]
Health [13]
Region:
International [14]
National (U.S.) [6]
Europe [15]
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Public [7]
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Industrial Chemical Found in Many Waters and Lands [16]

The synthetic compound dinitrotoluene, contaminating military sites, industrial settings, and other areas, is used primarily to make polyurethane products found in goods such as bedding and furniture, as well as in explosives, ammunition, dyes, and air bags.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [10]
Health [13]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
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National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Fossil Fuel Basics: Two Good, Current Primers From CRS [17]

The Federation of American Scientists has posted these reports online: "Fossil Fuel Resources: Terminology, Reporting, and Summary" and "Unconventional Gas Shales: Development, Technology, and Policy Issues."
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [18]
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
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1st National Criteria For Sustainable Landscapes Released [19]

The nation's first set of voluntary criteria for planning, design, construction, and maintenance of landscapes.was announced Nov. 6, 2009.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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EPA Develops "Green Home" Site [21]

This new tool is broken out by space type (e.g., kitchen, bathroom, garage, yard), and covers a wide range of indoor and outdoor energy, toxicity, consumption, and environmental impact issues — even topics such as finding a greener mortgage.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [20]
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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CO2 Emissions Rise in Most States, But Some Buck Trend [22]

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.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [23]
Pollution [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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4 Years, 500 Lakes, and A Lot of Polluted Fish: New EPA Study [24]

Results of sampling the tissue of fish caught in freshwater lakes throughout the US reveal widespread contamination by pollutants such as mercury and PCBs.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Chemicals [10]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about 4 Years, 500 Lakes, and A Lot of Polluted Fish: New EPA Study [24]
Toolbox: Google Scholar Opens Science to Everybody — Almost [26]

A new tool makes finding, understanding, and communicating science easier for environmental reporters.
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WatchDog TipSheet [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [28]
Technology [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
- Read more about Toolbox: Google Scholar Opens Science to Everybody — Almost [26]

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