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Just As Climate Change Becomes a Dirty Word In Washington, Natural Disasters Strike [1]

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La Niña Resurfaces; More Extreme Weather? [6]

NOAA said on Sept. 8, 2011, that the La Niña weather pattern has returned already, after the last La Niña cycle ran from June 2010-May 2011, causing extraordinarily frequent and damaging extreme weather. If typical patterns pan out in the new cycle, that could lead to more drought and fires in the south, and blizzards and flooding in the north.
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Proposed Rule To Target Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mileage [9]

By Sept. 28, 2011, EPA and the US Dept. of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration say they will jointly release proposed standards designed to significantly increase fuel mileage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars, light trucks, and medium-duty passenger vehicles in model years 2017-2025.
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Air [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Transportation [13]
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EPA Begins Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data [14]

The system, proposed during the first months of the Obama administration, was delayed when it faced heavy opposition from industry groups and Republicans. In response, EPA reduced the number of businesses that need to report their emissions.
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WatchDog TipSheet [15]
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Pollution [12]
Climate Change [3]
Air [10]
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West Coast Damage May Presage Future Climate Change Effects [16]

The effects of the 2009-2010 El Niño winter on western shorelines may be an indicator of what could occur more frequently as climate change continues, say researchers from the USGS, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Washington State Department of Ecology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Oregon State University, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
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Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture Acknowledged by Experts [17]

The American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America position statement addresses food and its security, feed, fuel, fiber, pollination, pest management, water availability, erosion control, greenhouse gas emissions from crop and livestock operations, research and development, and climate change adaptation and mitigation.
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Agriculture [18]
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New Environment-Related CRS Reports Available [19]

Congress still forbids the Congressional Research Service to release publicly reports that taxpayers have paid for. Thanks to groups like the Federation of American Scientists, however, taxpayers can read the reports online despite the charade.
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Transportation [13]
Technology [20]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [21]
Government [22]
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Feds Award Millions for Environmental Projects [23]

There is local news in these USDA and USFWS grants. These on-the-ground projects involve specific groups and individuals, offering prime examples of programs you can investigate to see whether federal tax dollars are being effectively and efficiently spent.
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Biodiversity [24]
Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [3]
Natural Resources [25]
Wildlife [26]
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Major Update of Local U.S. Climate Data Due by June 30 [27]

Each decade, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center updates its data for 30-year averages for a range of climate indicators. The most widely used "normals" for the period 1981-2010 (including temperature, precipitation, snowfall, snow depth, and heating and cooling degree days) are scheduled to be released at the end of June 2011, with the rest by year end.
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Univ. of Virginia Bows to Denier Group on Climate Science FOIA [28]

In a court agreement filed May 22, 2011, University of Virginia agreed to release documents of former U.Va. researcher/climate scientist Michael Mann. The plaintiff is American Tradition Institute, which raises funds with the slogan "Crush Gang Green and their anti-business allies."
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