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"EPA Retreats Again From Planned Regulation of Construction Runoff" [1]

"EPA has dropped plans to regulate pollution washing off construction sites for the second time in as many years. The agency slipped the proposed regulation off the table last Friday, eight months after it sent the draft rule to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review."

Source: Greenwire [2], 08/22/2011

"Hurricane Irene Slams Puerto Rico; Could Hit US" [3]

"SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Ricans awoke to flooded and debris-strewn streets Monday following the overnight passage of Hurricane Irene, which next took aim at the Dominican Republic on a path that could take the storm to the U.S. by the end of the week."

Source: AP [4], 08/22/2011

"Huntsman Pounds Perry on Climate Change and Fed" [5]

"Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is pounding away at rival Rick Perry's skepticism of manmade global warming and criticism of the nation's central banker, saying those stands hurt the GOP and make the Texas governor come off as a not-so-serious national figure."

Source: AP [6], 08/22/2011

"Dozens Arrested at White House as Pipeline Protests Begin" [7]

"Dozens were arrested at the White House Saturday as protesters began a two-week sit-in expected to draw over 2,000 opponents of a proposed pipeline from Canada to the US Gulf Coast."

Source: AFP [8], 08/22/2011

Whistleblower and Non-Retaliation Policy [9]

(Adopted by a vote of the SEJ Board of Directors April 9, 2011)

I: General
II: Reporting Responsibility
III: No Retaliation
IV: Reporting Violations
V: Acting in Good Faith
VI: Confidentiality
VII: Handling of Reported Violations

I: General

Conflict of Interest Policy and Annual Statement for Directors and Officers [10]

(Adopted by a vote of the SEJ Board of Directors April 9, 2011)

This policy is based on the IRS model Conflict of Interest policy, which is an attachment to Form 1023. It adds information needed to allow SEJ to assess director independence in order to answer questions on Form 990.

3rd Death Linked To Brain-Eating Amoeba in Tap Water: Report [11]

"A deadly brain-eating amoeba killed a man in his early 20s - the third death linked to the rare parasite this summer, health official said."

Source: NY Daily News [12], 08/19/2011

"Another Pollution Battle Looms in Erin Brockovich's Town" [13]

Groundwater pollution from hexavalent chromium from Pacific Gas & Electric led to the "a $333-million-dollar, class-action settlement in 1996 -- one of the largest of all time -- and inspired the 2000 blockbuster movie bearing [Erin] Brockovich's name." Despite the settlement, PG&E has "done little to contain the plume of hexavalent chromium, which U.S. EPA deemed a likely carcinogen in a draft assessment last year."

Source: Greenwire [14], 08/19/2011

"New York Subpoenas Energy Firms" [15]

"New York State's attorney general has sent subpoenas to three large energy companies as part of a broad investigation into whether they have accurately described to investors the prospects for their natural gas wells, according to several sources familiar with the inquiry."

Source: NY Times [16], 08/19/2011

"In The Arctic Race, The U.S. Lags Behind" [17]

"Seattle is the home of the U.S. Coast Guard's entire fleet of polar-class icebreakers.

Both of them.

Capt. George Pellissier commands both the Polar Sea and the Polar Star. He has spent much of his career on these ships, which were built in Seattle in the 1970s.

Source: NPR [18], 08/19/2011