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REPORT: Clean Water Act Violations Occur Routinely [1]

In 2005, at least 3,600 facilities violated their water discharge permits more than 24,000 times, according to a US Public Interest Research Group report released Oct. 11, 2007.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
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Local Expertise Solicited To Document Plant Material Changes [8]

"Citizen scientist" program to document when local plants flower, bud, leaf.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [9]
Environmental Studies [10]
Science [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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DOE Greenhouse Gas Data Expected in November [12]

The Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration is expected to release its annual report on greenhouse gas emissions in the last week or two of November 2007.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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States Have Major Differences in "Net Metering" Policies [13]

"Net metering" for selling excess wind or solar energy to utilities shows great variability among states.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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IPCC To Release Climate Change Synthesis Report Nov. 16 [16]

The final installment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's "Fourth Assessment Report on Climate Change" is expected to be released Nov. 16, 2007, during a Nov. 12-17 gathering in Valencia, Spain.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [9]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Region:
International [17]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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NOAA Launches New Drought Resource [18]

Drought is a major local story for many news media. Weather extremes, including drought, are an integral part of the climate change dilemma.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Senate Committee Finishes Hearings, Plans Markup Start [19]

After years of wrangling, and little significant action, federal legislative efforts addressing greenhouse gases and climate change are beginning to crystallize.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [9]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Senate Committee Finishes Hearings, Plans Markup Start [19]
The Road to Bali-Treaty Talks Dec. 3-14 [20]

The Valencia science meeting is just a prologue to a meeting of diplomats from some 180 countries in Bali, Indonesia, to hammer out a new international agreement to control climate change. The current Kyoto Protocol, which was signed in 1997 and took effect in 2005, expires in 2012.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [9]
Region:
International [17]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Report Distills Science for Legislative, Diplomatic Playoffs [21]

As Congress members and international diplomats roll up their sleeves for serious efforts at action in coming months, a final "synthesis" report from the top U.N. climate science body will brief them this week.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [9]
Region:
International [17]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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SEJ To Offer More Resources for Reporters on Climate [22]

In January of 2007, the Society of Environmental Journalists added a special section to its Web site to help reporters cover climate change - which seems to be shaping up as one of the biggest environmental stories of the next decade.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [9]
Environmental Studies [10]
Region:
International [17]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about SEJ To Offer More Resources for Reporters on Climate [22]

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