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EPA Greenhouse Data Site Offers Bounty of Local Stories [1]

The searchable database is finally being published online for the first time after Congress mandated it in a rider to the 2008 omnibus appropriations bill. EPA compromised after protests from industry, limiting it to only the largest emitters. Pick only emitters in certain states. Focus on emissions of each of the six greenhouse gases it includes — or to customize views according to size of emission or emitting industry.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [3]
Pollution [4]
Climate Change [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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It’s Time To Say Goodbye, Thank You and, Hey, We Can Get Through This Together [7]

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SEJ News [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Journalism & Media [9]
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Public [6]
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"Early Warming: Crisis and Response in the Climate-Changed North" [10]

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BookShelf [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Region:
Alaska and Hawaii [12]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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"Changing Planet, Changing Health: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Our Health and What We Can Do About It" [13]

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BookShelf [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [14]
Health [15]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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"Living in Denial: Climate Change, Emotions, and Everyday Life" [16]

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BookShelf [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Refrigerant Chemicals Can Be Good for Ozone Layer, Bad for Climate [17]

A new United Nations Environment Programme report offers recommendations to help make refrigerants less of a greenhouse gas problem, while still addressing ozone concerns. Get tips here on how your reporting on this issue can range from the local to the global scale.
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TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [19]
Climate Change [5]
Chemicals [20]
Air [21]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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EPA To Release Data on Major Greenhouse Gas Sources [22]

The agency plans to publish by the end of 2011 the first round of annual data reported, for 2010, on emissions from about 7,000 large stationary sources in 28 industry sectors. This data should provide a useful tool for media coverage on sources, impacts, and mitigation efforts, if any.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [4]
Climate Change [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Terrified CIA Urged To Shed Secrecy About Climate Threats [23]

The Central Intelligence Agency is spending untold millions to study the national security threats presented by climate change. Now the Pentagon's Defense Science Board (DSB) is urging that another, new office be created to do the same job, for more untold millions.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [24]
Climate Change [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Other Information Access News in Brief [25]

Climate scientist Michael Mann wins bid to join emails lawsuit; BP and other Gulf oil spill CEOs won't testify before House committee; Republican House freshmen disappointed by Supercommittee's secrecy; Obama admin to issue disclosure rules for fracking on federal lands; WRI/Transparency Int'l panel on climate policy corruption, Nov. 3, 2011, in DC; proposed FOIA rule would let gov't deny existence of records; and bill to improve pipeline safety and increase access to info passes Senate.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Policy [26]
Government [24]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Disasters [28]
Climate Change [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Texas Censors Climate Science; Sparks Scientists' Revolt [29]

After officials appointed by presidential candidate Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) deleted references to climate change from a report on Galveston Bay, other scientists asked that their names be disassociated from the report.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [30]
Climate Change [5]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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