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Feds Focus on 24 Solar Sites in 6 Western States [1]

Good solar potential, relative proximity to existing or potential energy transmission corridors, and the perception of the fewest conflicts with existing land uses and the natural environment were factors in site selection.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Government [5]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [7]
California [8]
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Public [9]
October 6, 2009 to October 7, 2009

Gearing Up for a Low Carbon Economy [10]

The Canadian Institute's conference will offer an in-depth look at how Canadian and U.S. carbon initiatives compare and contrast, and the most up-to-date carbon policy information from both sides of the border.
Other Events [11]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [12]
Agriculture [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Planning & Growth [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Forests [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Pollution [18]
Waste [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Government [5]
Policy [21]
Technology [22]
Journalism & Media [23]
Region: 
Canada [24]
National (U.S.) [25]

Feds Continue Compensation for Lost Local Tax Revenue [26]

The fiscal year 2009 allocation of Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) is up about 4% from last year, and is being distributed to about 60% of the nation's counties and other local jurisdictions.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Economy & Business [14]
Government [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [25]
Visibility: 
Public [9]

"Senate Panel Trims Interior-EPA Budget" [27]

A Senate Appropriations subcommitte slashed $200 million from the spending bill for the Interior Department and EPA.
Government [5]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [25]
Source: Greenwire [28], 06/24/2009

San Joaquin Valley Cities Divert Cleanup Funds [29]

"A handful of San Joaquin Valley cities and public agencies have used millions of dollars meant for filtering contaminated water for entirely unrelated purposes."
Government [5]
Public [9]
California [8]
Source: Fresno Bee [30], 06/22/2009

Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States [31]

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This 2009 US Global Change Research Program report summarizes current science and focuses on impacts in different regions of the U.S. and on various aspects of society and the economy such as energy, water, agriculture, and health.
Visibility: 
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [25]
Climate Change [12]
Government [5]

Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States [32]

The 2009 US Global Change Research Program report, Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, summarizes current science and focuses on impacts in different regions of the U.S. and on various aspects of society and the economy such as energy, water, agriculture, and health.
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [12]
Government [5]
Visibility: 
Public [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [25]

Two Agencies Hide Neglect of Coal-Dam Safety with Secrecy [33]

US EPA and Army Corps of Engineers say they "cannot make the list of 'high hazard' coal ash impoundment sites public," even though risk to communities exists -- like the December 2008 pond failure at the Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [34]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [35]
Disasters [36]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Government [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [25]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Visibility: 
Public [9]

Projects in 12 States Share Wildfire Funding [38]

$15 million of Stimulus funding for 55 projects, designed to help reduce wildfire hazards and reclaim burned lands, could be of substantial interest in the receiving communities.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [36]
Forests [15]
Government [5]
Region: 
Northwest (OR WA) [39]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [7]
California [8]
Alaska and Hawaii [41]
Visibility: 
Public [9]

New EPA Procedure Improves Transparency on Air Standards [42]

The Obama EPA partially reverses a Bush-era procedure for setting health-based standards under the Clean Air Act.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [34]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [43]
Health [44]
Government [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [25]
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Public [9]

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