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2007 Farm Bill Is on Front Burner [1]

It's crunch time for developing the successor to the 2002 US Farm Bill, set to expire Sept. 30, 2007. Many of the ingredients that may be blended into the 2007 Farm Bill are now becoming public.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Studies [5]
Food [6]
Forests [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility: 
Public [13]

Sawmills Drop, Production Increases [14]

Report details how fewer sawmills in the US and Canada see higher production of wood products.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Economy & Business [15]
Forests [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Region: 
Canada [16]
Visibility: 
Public [13]

Energy Company Applying for Major "Incidental Take" Permit [17]

A Fortune 500 energy company is applying for an "incidental take" permit that would allow it to kill endangered and threatened species that live on the largest swath of land ever covered by one permit.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Forests [7]
Biodiversity [18]
Policy [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Region: 
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Visibility: 
Public [13]

Wide Range of Environmental Issues Before Supreme Court [24]

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 [15]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Forests [7]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Waste [10]
Government [26]
Military [27]
Policy [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility: 
Public [13]

USFS Predicts Extensive Development Around Forests [28]

National forests throughout the US are expected to be subject to substantial development pressure around their periphery in the next quarter century, according to a US Forest Service study announced Oct. 25, 2007.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Forests [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility: 
Public [13]

9 Dead in CA Wildfire Copter Crash [29]

Nine people are presumed dead in the crash of a helicopter fighting wildfire in Northern California.

Forests [7]
Public [13]
California [30]
Source: AP [31], 08/06/2008

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