Publication Items

Wide Range of Environmental Issues Before Supreme Court [1]

US Supreme Court to hear six cases with important environmental implications. Issues involved are: use of sonar in Naval training; logging in California; power plant operation; disposal of mining wastes; royalties paid to the Navajo Nation on coal leases; and liability under Superfund law.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Forests [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Waste [7]
Government [8]
Military [9]
Policy [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Canadian Tar Sands Pollution Moves South to US Refineries [14]

New U.S. refineries will process crude oil from Canada's Tar Sands, which means that much of the pollution associated with that refining will occur in the lower 48.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [15]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [16]
Region:
Canada [17]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Some States Win, Some Lose with Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs [18]

Compact fluorescent lighting reduces energy use, but what's the trade-off in mercury exposure via broken bulbs and disposal? Now a team of Yale scientists has estimated where there will be a net increase or decrease in mercury emissions.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [15]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Health [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Federal EIS For Wave, Wind, and Other Offshore Energy Projects Soon [20]

The future of alternative energy development in coastal US waters will likely become clearer at the end of March 2007, when a draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement is scheduled to be released.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [13]
- Read more about Federal EIS For Wave, Wind, and Other Offshore Energy Projects Soon [20]
STUDIES: Environmental Justice Backsliding, or Making Little Progress [21]

A new report on environmental justice issues is scheduled to be released in mid-March 2007.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Waste [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Reports and Studies Map Hazards Posed by Tsunamis, Hurricanes [22]

Spurred by recent tsunami and hurricane disasters in the US and around the world, NOAA, USGS, and other government agencies are taking a closer look at the hazards lurking on US shores.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Human Development and Climate Change Suspected in Waterbird Declines [24]

Although the evidence is not yet ironclad, two recent reports support fears that populations of hundreds of bird species strongly dependent on water bodies are declining in much of the world.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [25]
Region:
International [26]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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FED Report Assesses Western Water Deficits, Makes Recommendations [27]

An extensive report on the growing threats posed to the Colorado River system by climate change, drought, and increasing population is scheduled to be released Feb. 21, 2007.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [25]
Water & Oceans [28]
People & Population [29]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [30]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Scientists Evaluating U.S. Climate Change Efforts [31]

The direction of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) likely will become clearer at the end of February 2007.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Defective Levees Found in More Than Half U.S. States [32]

In the wake of the Katrina disaster in New Orleans, the US Army Corps of Engineers has increased its investigations of the safety of thousands of levees around the country.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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