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Nations Seek "Roadmap" to Post-Kyoto Climate Treaty at Bali [1]

Post-Kyoto climate change negotiations began in earnest in Bali, Indonesia, to prepare for the next iteration of world consensus on the topic.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Government [6]
Policy [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
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International [9]
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Public [10]

Environmental Refugees: Demographic and Other Resources [11]

Key resources of studies and statistics for human angles on environmental stories.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Planning & Growth [12]
Disasters [13]
People & Population [14]
Environmental Politics [8]
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International [9]
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Public [10]

Environmental Refugees May Be Everyone's Problem: Security Issues [15]

Displaced people from disasters, climate change pose international social, economic and security threats

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [12]
People & Population [14]
Environmental Politics [8]
Climate Change [3]
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International [9]
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Public [10]

Special Year 2008 Look-Ahead: Environmental Refugees Grow in Numbers [16]

E-refugees grow in numbers, reflect threats to safety, security.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Planning & Growth [12]
Disasters [13]
Natural Resources [17]
People & Population [14]
Environmental Politics [8]
Region: 
International [9]
Visibility: 
Public [10]

Wide Range of Environmental Issues Before Supreme Court [18]

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.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Forests [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Waste [21]
Government [6]
Military [22]
Policy [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]
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Public [10]

Presidential Campaign Proves Environment a Hot Story [24]

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Inside Story [25]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [26]
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National (U.S.) [23]
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Public [10]

Particulate Compliance Battles Loom in Next Few Months [27]

EPA slightly strengthened its fine particulate standard in 2006. Since then, the agency has been working with states and tribes to determine which counties don't meet the new standard.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]
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Public [10]

Congress May Approve Major Lands Bill in November [28]

It's possible that the US Congress will give final approval during its lame duck session to an omnibus bill that contains more than 150 individual bills targeted at protecting, improving, or revising management of various public lands all over the country
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]
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Public [10]

Supreme Court Case Could Affect Nearly 550 Power Plants [29]

On Dec. 2, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could decide whether the Clean Water Act (CWA) allows EPA to weigh costs and benefits when determining the best technology available for the cooling water intake structures at existing power plants.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [5]
Water & Oceans [30]
Environmental Politics [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]
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Public [10]

House Panel Probes Political Censorship of Science at EPA [31]

More details of White House efforts to silence science at EPA emerged at a September 18, 2008, hearing of a House Energy investigations panel.
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WatchDog TipSheet [32]
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Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [26]
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National (U.S.) [23]
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Public [10]

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