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"The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes" [1]

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"The Way of Natural History" [4]

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New Jobs, New Awards and New Ventures Await SEJ Members [5]

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Annual AAAS Meeting Offers Many Environmental Stories [7]

This year's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Feb 16-20 in Vancouver, BC, offers dozens of sessions on environmental topics — climate change, mineral resource dependency, water, critique of science journalism, disaster recovery, science integrity in government agencies, and more.
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Science [9]
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Canada [10]
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New US Strategy for Coping with Climate Change Open for Comment [11]

NOAA, the USFWS, and the NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation (representing all state and wildlife agencies) released on Jan. 19, 2012, a draft of the first national strategy for responding to climate change effects on plants, fish and wildlife. The public comment period is open until March 5, 2012, and public meetings and a webinar will occur until Feb. 22, 2012.
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Planning & Growth [12]
People & Population [13]
Climate Change [14]
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New USDA Plant Hardiness Map Reflects Changing US Climate [15]

Finally, after numerous delays amid allegations of political interference by people who don't want to see documented evidence of climate shifts, the wait is over. The new detailed interactive map is based on data from 1976-2005, and is the first official revision since the 1990 update.
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Planning & Growth [12]
Climate Change [14]
Agriculture [16]
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NGOS Fill Federal Void on Plant Hardiness Zone Changes [17]

The American Horticultural Society and the National Arbor Day Foundation offer generalized hardiness maps as a starting point, until the US Department of Agriculture gets around to unveiling its own update.
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Climate Change [14]
Agriculture [16]
Planning & Growth [12]
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Talks Delay Rules for Power Plant, Refinery GHG Limits [18]

One day, EPA may propose rules for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and petroleum refineries. But the process continues to drag out, with the consent of the state and local governments and environmental advocacy groups that have been litigating for about five years to make the agency take action.
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Pollution [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Climate Change [14]
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Some Secret CRS Reports You May Want To Read [21]

Here, courtesy of the Federation of American Scientists, are some recent Congressional Research Service backgrounders that may be useful to environment/energy reporters, on chemical facility security, nuclear power plant design and seismic safety considerations, and proposed Keystone XL pipeline legal issues.
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Nuclear Power & Radiation [23]
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Obama Vows Disclosure of Toxic Fracking Secrets on Federal Land [26]

Most current fracking operations happen on non-federal lands. But on federal lands, things are different — Obama intends to require disclosure of fluids as a condition of new leases for fracking on federal lands. If it takes place, this could push the ingredient lists further into the open.
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WatchDog TipSheet [22]
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Water & Oceans [27]
Pollution [19]
Health [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Chemicals [25]
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