Publication Items

CA to Change Zero-Emission Vehicle Requirements [1]

A likely upcoming shift in California's strategy to reduce smog from cars could affect new vehicles rolling onto roads nationwide over the next few years.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [3]
Pollution [4]
Region:
California [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Coming to a Store Near You: Certified Wood [7]

Timber-rich states and regions grapple with public calls for ending clear-cutting.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Coming to a Store Near You: Certified Wood [7]
Storm Brewing Over Big Muddy [10]

On Feb. 1, 2001, the Army Corps of Engineers is expected to release its final implementation plan for returning the flow of the Missouri River to more natural levels.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [11]
Region:
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [12]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Storm Brewing Over Big Muddy [10]
House and Senate Leadership Begins To Shape Up [13]

The heads of Obama administration Congressional committees and subcommittees will likely be in the spotlight in the coming months. This overview will help you get a feel for who these people are, or who will soon be chosen.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [14]
Government [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about House and Senate Leadership Begins To Shape Up [13]
Top 10 Endangered Southern Areas [16]

The Southern Environmental Law Center's top 10 places in America's South that face "immediate, potentially irreparable threats in 2009" represent a cross-section of the major environmental issues facing these states.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Forests [8]
Natural Resources [19]
Transportation [20]
Water & Oceans [11]
Biodiversity [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Top 10 Endangered Southern Areas [16]
Oversight Report: Agency Inspectors General Often Ignored [24]

A US House Oversight Committee report released in January 2009 found that federal agencies frequently ignore the findings and recommendations of their inspectors general.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [25]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Government [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Oversight Report: Agency Inspectors General Often Ignored [24]
Concern Resurfaces for Drinking Water and Food Contaminant [26]

In one of many last-minute actions, the Bush administration delayed a decision on a drinking water standard for the contaminant perchlorate (used in rocket fuel, explosives, fireworks, and many other industrial products, and also occurs naturally), but issued a temporary advisory recommendation. This has immediate implications for at least 31 large US utilities, and perhaps hundreds more.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [27]
Food [28]
Water & Oceans [11]
Government [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Concern Resurfaces for Drinking Water and Food Contaminant [26]
Coal Ash Stories Untold in Many Communities [29]

The December 2008 coal-ash spill at a Tennessee power plant has been making headlines for two weeks — but few journalists realize there are coal-ash stories to be unearthed in many communities. Here are some clues for finding them.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [27]
Disasters [30]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Coal Ash Stories Untold in Many Communities [29]
Comments Sought On Formaldehyde In Wood Products [31]

Concerns over emissions from formaldehyde in pressed-wood products have been building for many years. California's new rules addressing the problem went into effect Jan. 1, 2009. Now EPA is looking at following suit.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [27]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Government [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Comments Sought On Formaldehyde In Wood Products [31]
USGS Announces Free Access To Satellite Image Archive [32]

If you need information on land use changes over time, or on current land uses and character, you may want to check out decades-worth of globe-spanning satellite images that USGS has made freely available to the public.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [15]
Technology [33]
Other or All [34]
Region:
International [35]
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about USGS Announces Free Access To Satellite Image Archive [32]

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