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EPA Finalizes 15 Additional Superfund Sites, Proposes 11 More [1]

Sites in CA, GA, IL, IN, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OR, SC, TN, and TX received a final designation of Superfund status, meaning they are among the most toxic in the country, due to contamination from industrial operations, mining, military activities, landfills, and other sources.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [3]
Chemicals [4]
Region:
California [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Northwest (OR WA) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
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Urban Forest Projects Address Energy, Health, Education, More [12]

Organizations in IL, NY, and TX received substantial funding from the US Forest Service so they can work on projects related to urban forests. The products and efforts are available for use by others around the country, making them of interest to any journalist covering urban environmental or health issues.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [13]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
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Public [11]
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Projects in 6 States Selected To Help Pioneer 3 Biofuels [14]

USDA continues to expand its Biomass Crop Assistance Program that provides financial incentives for producers of various biomass products with the latest selected project areas for growing camelina in CA, OR, WA, and MT, poplar trees in OR, and switchgrass in KS and OK.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [15]
Region:
California [5]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [17]
Northwest (OR WA) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
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FWS Proposes To Expand Hunting at 10 Wildlife Refuges [18]

Hunting, under certain conditions, is already allowed at more than 300 of the 553 sites in the National Wildlife Refuge System. Contact local environmental, animal rights, and hunting groups for opinions for or against these proposals that would allow additional species to be killed at 10 refuges in 8 states.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [19]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
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Wildfire a Key to Local Environmental Stories [20]

Rarely will you learn from national fire coverage the names of people whose homes the fire has destroyed or threatened. Or what flooding and wildlife loss may follow a fire. That is covered by local media or not at all. Be prepared with these resources to help you.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [21]
Disasters [22]
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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
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Public [11]
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41 New Trails Span About 650 Miles [23]

Just in time for summer, 41 new segments of the US National Recreation Trails system in AL, AR, CT, FL, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, NJ, NM, OK, PA, TN, and WV, covering about 650 land and water miles in 17 states, are open for business. These are part of a much larger system of about 1,100 trails spanning 13,000 miles.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [21]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
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USFS Releases Court-Ordered EIS for Fire Retardants [25]

Information sessions and webinars on possible health and environmental effects of aerial-applied chemicals used to fight wildfires will be held in various locations around the country during the 45-day public comment period that ends June 27, 2011.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [26]
Chemicals [4]
Forests [13]
Health [27]
Region:
California [5]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [17]
Northwest (OR WA) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
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Public [11]
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BUREC Predicts Climate Impacts on Western Waters [28]

The Bureau of Reclamation report says major changes often are expected, with the magnitude varying substantially by location. The data and information provided allow you to dig into the details to some degree for the watersheds of interest to your audience.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [29]
Climate Change [30]
Region:
California [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [17]
Northwest (OR WA) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
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Meetings Set for Getting Public Feedback on Solar Sites [31]

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.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
People & Population [32]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [17]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
California [5]
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Public [11]
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Nonfederal Rangeland Often in Poor Shape [33]

USDA and USGS researchers found about one of every five acres of rangelands in 17 western states, as well as portions of Louisiana and Florida, has some degree of degradation of at least one factor (soil and site stability, hydrologic integrity, and biotic integrity).
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [29]
Natural Resources [21]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
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Public [11]
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