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Public Water Wells Often Contaminated [1]

A new US Geological Survey report indicates about 105 million US residents drink water from contaminated systems, often at pollutant concentrations that potentially pose a human health risk.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Health [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Government [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [8]
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Unidentified Wetlands Owners in 22 States Get USDA Funds [9]

About 75,000 acres of wetlands in 22 states and Puerto Rico will split $175 million of Natural Resources Conservation Service's Wetlands Reserve Program funding, but recipient properties or owners will not be identified.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [10]
Water & Oceans [5]
Government [6]
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National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [8]
- Read more about Unidentified Wetlands Owners in 22 States Get USDA Funds [9]
SO2 Final Rule Scheduled For June 2 [11]

Some counties in your region may no longer be in compliance and will need to take new pollution control measures.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [12]
Air [13]
Chemicals [3]
Pollution [14]
Government [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [8]
- Read more about SO2 Final Rule Scheduled For June 2 [11]
Russian Olives and Tamarisk Get A Little Federal Love [15]

A new report by the US Geological Survey, Bureau of Reclamation, US Forest Service, other federal agencies, and university experts says the water-hogging reputation of the two species has little merit, but found that effects on wildlife are mixed.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [16]
Water & Oceans [5]
Biodiversity [17]
Government [6]
Science [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Northwest (OR WA) [19]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
California [22]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [23]
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Public [8]
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Feds Have Sent Nearly $650 Million to Private Forest Owners [24]

The USFS Forest Legacy Program has awarded a total of $72 million to 36 property owners in 33 states and territories to apply conservation easements to their land, with the goal of preventing development or other uses of the land that would reduce its forest value.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [25]
Planning & Growth [26]
Forests [16]
Government [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Air Pollution: EPA Proposes Tougher Industrial Boiler Regs [27]

The proposed air toxics standards cover emissions from three types of combustion sources and address emissions of mercury, cadmium, dioxin, furans, formaldehyde, hydrochloric acid, and other pollutants.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [13]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [14]
Waste [29]
Government [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Greenwashers, Beware: FTC Updating Its "Green Guides" [30]

The 2010 update to the Federal Trade Commission's Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims is expected to feature new guidance for marketing carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates, green packaging, textiles, building products, and building.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [25]
Consumer [31]
Government [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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EPA Makes Water Polluters A Little Easier To Track [32]

A new Web tool summarizes by state the number of smaller dischargers whose actions have been reviewed, the number that had a serious violation of their permit, and the number against whom a state took enforcement action.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [5]
Government [6]
Technology [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about EPA Makes Water Polluters A Little Easier To Track [32]
Surefire Stories Near You: Start with Superfund Data Tools [34]

US EPA's "National Priorities List" includes about 1,280 of the nation's worst sites. But there are tens of thousands of sites not on the NPL, and finding them is fairly easy.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Pollution [14]
Waste [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Surefire Stories Near You: Start with Superfund Data Tools [34]
Boaters and Fishers Pay Taxes, Get Rewards [35]

Dept. of Interior/US Fish and Wildlife Service awards $12 million for construction of docks, boat slips, and other recreational boating facilities at 13 locations in 10 states.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Economy & Business [25]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]
Northwest (OR WA) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [39]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [40]
California [22]
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Public [8]
- Read more about Boaters and Fishers Pay Taxes, Get Rewards [35]

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