Publication Items

Getting Down to the Wire on Roadless Rules [1]

On Sept. 5, 2001, expect crowds at Forest Service regional offices and some local offices around the country.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Nurses Pushing for Healthier Schools [6]

To help children heading back to school, the American Nurses Assoc. has just updated its educational package on healthier schools.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Report: Dry Cleaning Industry in Transition [8]

While a few of the country's nearly 40,000 dry cleaners are opting for alternatives to the solvent perchloroethylene, most are not.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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BLM Expected to Issue Hard Rock Mining Rule in September [10]

Sometime in mid-late September, the Bureau of Land Management is expected to issue a key decision on the controversial "hard rock mining rule".
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Newsdate: Sept. 6 Deadline for White House Response to GAO [12]

The deepening standoff between the White House and Congressional investigators over access to information about how the Bush-Cheney administration formed its energy plan may start coming to a head Sept. 6, 2001.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [11]
Government [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Newsdate: Sept. 6 Deadline for White House Response to GAO [12]
First State-by-State Asthma Data Released [15]

The first state-by-state assessment of asthma prevalence was released Aug. 17, 2001, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Correction: Schregardus and Clean Air [17]

The TipSheet of August 29, 2001, erred in implying that former Ohio EPA chief Donald Schregardus opposed the US-EPA's enforcement initiative against Ohio power plants under the Clean Air Act's New Source Review provisions.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Correction: Schregardus and Clean Air [17]
Terror Hits Tourism Industry--Eco-And Other [19]

While the tourism industry has grown exponentially in recent years, it plummeted in the wake of Sept. 11 -- evidence of tourism's vulnerability.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Food Terror: Indigestion For Security Experts [21]

Although the US food supply remains among the safest in the world, it also remains a point of vulnerability to terrorist attack.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [22]
Food [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Food Terror: Indigestion For Security Experts [21]
Air Quality Inside Airplanes Needs More Scrutiny [24]

Is the air inside airplane cabins unhealthful? Federal Aviation Administration should undertake rigorous research to better identify problems and solutions.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Air Quality Inside Airplanes Needs More Scrutiny [24]

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