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Blue Skies and Greenhouse Gases: Is Air Travel Really a Big Deal? [1]

When considering the impact of transportation on the environment, most people think of cars. However, air travel is gaining increasing scrutiny as a climate change culprit.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [5]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
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Major Banks Toughen Rules For Financing Coal Power Plants [8]

Big banks take greenhouse gas emissions into account when assessing risks of financing power plants
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TipSheet [2]
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Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [9]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [5]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
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REPORT: Clean Water Act Violations Occur Routinely [10]

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.
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TipSheet [2]
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Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
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Local Expertise Solicited To Document Plant Material Changes [14]

"Citizen scientist" program to document when local plants flower, bud, leaf.
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TipSheet [2]
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Climate Change [3]
Environmental Studies [15]
Science [16]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
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DOE Greenhouse Gas Data Expected in November [17]

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.
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TipSheet [2]
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Climate Change [3]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
- Read more about DOE Greenhouse Gas Data Expected in November [17]
States Have Major Differences in "Net Metering" Policies [18]

"Net metering" for selling excess wind or solar energy to utilities shows great variability among states.
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TipSheet [2]
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Consumer [19]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Laws & Regulations [11]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
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IPCC To Release Climate Change Synthesis Report Nov. 16 [20]

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.
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TipSheet [2]
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Climate Change [3]
Laws & Regulations [11]
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International [21]
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NOAA Launches New Drought Resource [22]

Drought is a major local story for many news media. Weather extremes, including drought, are an integral part of the climate change dilemma.
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TipSheet [2]
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Climate Change [3]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
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Senate Committee Finishes Hearings, Plans Markup Start [23]

After years of wrangling, and little significant action, federal legislative efforts addressing greenhouse gases and climate change are beginning to crystallize.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
- Read more about Senate Committee Finishes Hearings, Plans Markup Start [23]
The Road to Bali-Treaty Talks Dec. 3-14 [24]

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.
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International [21]
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