Publication Items

CA Set To Curb Energy-Guzzling TVs [1]

Flat-screen TVs can be stunningly energy-inefficient. New California standards could shift manufacturing processes significantly.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Technology [5]
Region:
California [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Dole Sues "Bananas!" Film-Maker For Defamation [8]

Showing of the film, depicting purported harm and claims of sterility by Nicaraguan plantation workers, went ahead at the Los Angeles Film Festival, even though an April 2009 Superior Court ruled that those claims were fraudulent.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Region:
California [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Feds Focus on 24 Solar Sites in 6 Western States [12]

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 [13]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Government [14]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
California [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Projects in 12 States Share Wildfire Funding [17]

$15 million of Stimulus funding for 55 projects, designed to help reduce wildfire hazards and reclaim burned lands, could be of substantial interest in the receiving communities.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [18]
Forests [19]
Government [14]
Region:
Northwest (OR WA) [20]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
California [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [22]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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New Trails Are in 13 States [23]

Twenty-two new National Recreational Trails, covering more than 525 miles, provide a good opportunity to cover outdoor recreation topics.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [13]
Natural Resources [24]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
California [6]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [28]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Cumulative Ocean Impacts Mapped Off U.S. and Mexican Shores [29]

Researchers from California and Hawaii have analyzed 25 factors and developed a map that reflects the relative cumulative magnitude of their effects on the waters extending for about 250-350 miles off the shores of Washington, Oregon, California, and the Baja Peninsula.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [30]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Pollution [32]
Water & Oceans [33]
Region:
International [34]
National (U.S.) [35]
Northwest (OR WA) [20]
California [6]
Mexico [36]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Public Comment Open for Renewable Energy Zones [37]

The Western Governors' Association and the US DOE begin Phase 1 of a 4-phase process, with initial designation of suitable zones for renewable power generation in the western US, Canada, and Mexico.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [13]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Region:
International [34]
National (U.S.) [35]
Northwest (OR WA) [20]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [16]
California [6]
Mexico [36]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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CA to Change Zero-Emission Vehicle Requirements [38]

A likely upcoming shift in California's strategy to reduce smog from cars could affect new vehicles rolling onto roads nationwide over the next few years.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [39]
Pollution [32]
Region:
California [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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CA PESTICIDE SPRAYING PITS TRADE SECRETS AGAINST RIGHT TO KNOW [40]

California is trying to eradicate the brown apple moth along the state's central coast by aerial spraying of a pheromone-based pesticide intended to interfere with the insect's natural reproductive cycle. Some residents want to know what's being sprayed on them.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [41]
Region:
California [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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