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EPA Proposes Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy Trucks, Buses [1]

The standards, now in a 60-day comment period, cover three types of heavy trucks but would not apply to vehicles built before the 2014 model year.
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TipSheet [2]
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Transportation [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Government [5]
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3/4 of Public Transportation Measures Approved in 2010 [7]

Some involved new fees, taxes, or bonds, while others didn't dip into voters' wallets. Get a thumbnail sketch of each measure, and its fate at the hands of voters
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TipSheet [2]
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Transportation [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
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Disease-Tracking Tool May Help Both People and Wildlife [8]

This growing database may help you identify emerging problems and patterns, and supplement what government and university personnel can track.
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TipSheet [2]
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Wildlife [9]
People & Population [10]
Health [11]
Environmental Health [12]
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Public [6]
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Create Custom Environmental Maps with National Atlas [13]

Dial up just one layer of data, or add layer after layer (from scores of topics) to create your own concoction of interlinked factors. The zoom function allows you to narrow or enlarge your geographic coverage as you see fit.
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Technology [14]
People & Population [10]
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Public [6]
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Pavement Sealcoat Contaminates Lakes and Streams [15]

A soon-to-be-published study has found elevated levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, probable human carcinogens toxic to fish and other aquatic life, in waterways are originating from coal tar-based pavement sealcoats.
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TipSheet [2]
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Water & Oceans [16]
Pollution [17]
Health [11]
Chemicals [18]
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Public [6]
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Peak Water: A New Way To Look at Long-Term Water Issues [19]

Viewing local, regional, national, and global water issues through the lens of "peak water," a concept explained in a Pacific Institute paper, can yield some interesting angles on water-related stories and long-term water issues.
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TipSheet [2]
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Water & Oceans [16]
People & Population [10]
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Study: Fish Are Getting Whipsawed by People, Climate Change [20]

Arizona State University researchers find a major shift in top fish predators in 36 North American waterways, resulting in reduced availability of fish caught for food or sport, and long-term changes in riparian ecology that affect both people and the rest of the environment, sometimes in unpredictable ways.
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TipSheet [2]
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Water & Oceans [16]
Food [21]
Climate Change [22]
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25,000 Abandoned Mines Are Just the Beginning [23]

The BLM is documenting where the mines are, and ramping up efforts to mitigate threats from them, such as water contamination, traps for people and animals, and deteriorating old explosives lurking in some dark corners.
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Water & Oceans [16]
Pollution [17]
Natural Resources [24]
Government [5]
Disasters [25]
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New Ozone Standards Could Have Big Impact [26]

If EPA's health-based primary standard is reduced from its current level of 75 parts per billion to 60 ppb, which is the low end of what the agency's science advisors have recommended, about 67% of the US population would live in monitored counties that would be out of compliance.
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Pollution [17]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Government [5]
Air [27]
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NOAA Tool Provides Historical Hurricane Insights [28]

More than 150 years of historical hurricane information, including accompanying population data, for coastal US locations impacted by these storms may be a helpful tool for preparing for and covering this issue locally.
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TipSheet [2]
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Water & Oceans [16]
Government [5]
Disasters [25]
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