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DHS' Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report [1]

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Following the hazards of dams, refineries, chemical plants, pipelines, and other infrastructure? Find story leads in this Department of Homeland Security report.

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"Salazar Names 2 To Oversee Agency Restructuring" [13]

"Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Thursday he has named two high-level officials to oversee a restructuring of an agency that oversees offshore drilling."

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Source: AP [14], 05/14/2010

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Russian Olives and Tamarisk Get A Little Federal Love [15]

A new report by the US Geological Survey, Bureau of Reclamation, US Forest Service, other federal agencies, and university experts says the water-hogging reputation of the two species has little merit, but found that effects on wildlife are mixed.

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Feds Have Sent Nearly $650 Million to Private Forest Owners [25]

The USFS Forest Legacy Program has awarded a total of $72 million to 36 property owners in 33 states and territories to apply conservation easements to their land, with the goal of preventing development or other uses of the land that would reduce its forest value.

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Air Pollution: EPA Proposes Tougher Industrial Boiler Regs [28]

The proposed air toxics standards cover emissions from three types of combustion sources and address emissions of mercury, cadmium, dioxin, furans, formaldehyde, hydrochloric acid, and other pollutants.

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Greenwashers, Beware: FTC Updating Its "Green Guides" [33]

The 2010 update to the Federal Trade Commission's Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims is expected to feature new guidance for marketing carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates, green packaging, textiles, building products, and building.

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EPA Makes Water Polluters A Little Easier To Track [35]

A new Web tool summarizes by state the number of smaller dischargers whose actions have been reviewed, the number that had a serious violation of their permit, and the number against whom a state took enforcement action.

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May 19, 2010

Resilient Wetlands = Prosperous Economies: How Restoring and Conserving Wetlands Support Economic Productivity [37]

Preceding this year’s National Wetlands Awards Ceremony, the Environmental Law Institute will host a panel discussion that will include a look at new wetland restoration efforts, collecting data to show economic benefits, developments on greenhouse gas offsets, and how to adapt and protect wetlands from future loss.

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Water & Oceans [10]

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"U.S. To Split Up Agency Policing the Oil Industry" [45]

"The Obama administration on Tuesday proposed breaking up the agency responsible for both policing the oil industry and acting as its partner in drilling activities, seeking to end a decades-old relationship between industry and government that has proved highly profitable -- and some say too cozy -- for both."

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Source: NYTimes [46], 05/12/2010

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Taxpayer-Funded Feedlots Refuse To Disclose Polluting Emissions [47]

Beef and pork factory farms are exempt from federal requirements to report their greenhouse gas emissions but are okay with accepting federal subsidies to capture their methane emissions and turn them into energy.

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Resilient Wetlands = Prosperous Economies: How Restoring and Conserving Wetlands Support Economic Productivity [37]

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