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Cell-Phone Industry Seeks To Silence Right-to-Know Demands [1]

The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has filed suit against San Francisco in response to a right-to-know ordinance it passed guaranteeing consumers information about how much electromagnetic radiation their cell phones were exposing them to.

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"U.S. Issues New Rules on Offshore Drilling" [7]

"The Interior Department tightened its rules on offshore oil  and gas operations on Thursday but left in place the moratorium on deepwater drilling that has left oil executives frustrated and Gulf Coast officials fuming."

Disasters [8]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Technology [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [11], 10/01/2010
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"FCC Changes Cellphone Safety Guidance" [12]

"The Federal Communications Commission has changed its guidance to cellphone users worried about the health effects of wireless devices, dropping a long-standing recommendation that concerned consumers purchase phones with lower levels of radiation emissions."

Consumer [5]
Environmental Health [13]
Technology [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Wash Post [14], 10/01/2010
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How Green Is Your Cell Phone? [15]

Here are a few tips for examining company "eco-friendly" marketing claims, and exploring how cell phones and their use impact the environment, all of which can serve as a hook for compelling consumer news stories in any media.

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"Documents Show Homeland Security Tracks Anti-Drill Groups in Pa." [17]

"According to recently leaked documents, the Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security has been tracking anti-gas drilling groups and their meetings — including a public screening of the film 'Gasland,' a documentary about the environmental hazards of natural gas drilling."

Activism [18]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Military [22]
Pollution [23]
Technology [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Harrisburg Patriot-News [24], 09/15/2010
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Federal Trade Commission Sues LED Bulb Maker for Wimpiness [25]

"Even as lighting companies report advances in LED technology, consumers are being warned that some LED lighting products do not live up to the hype."

Consumer [5]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Technology [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [26], 09/09/2010
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"NASA Summit Fosters Cleaner, Greener Aviation Future" [27]

"The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has a 'critical responsibility' to the flying public to develop environmentally responsible solutions to the nation's most pressing aviation problems, NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. said Wednesday."

Air [28]
Climate Change [29]
Technology [3]
Transportation [30]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: ENS [31], 09/09/2010
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"Is Genetically Altered Fish OK? U.S. To Decide" [32]

"U.S. health officials are set to rule on whether a faster-growing, genetically engineered fish is safe to eat in a decision that could deliver the first altered animal food to consumers' dinner plates."

Biodiversity [33]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Technology [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Reuters [35], 09/02/2010
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"W.Va. Studying Link Between Quakes, Disposal Wells" [36]

Eight small earthquakes in central West Virginia since April have Chesapeake Energy and the state Department of Environmental Protection discussing the possibility of seismic monitoring near a disposal well for gas-drilling fluids."

Natural Resources [37]
Technology [3]
Water & Oceans [38]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
Source: AP [40], 09/02/2010
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"Future Unclear for FutureGen 2.0 Carbon Capture and Storage Network" [41]

"The Obama administration has decided to spend $1 billion in Recovery Act funds to build FutureGen 2.0, a clean coal repowering program and carbon dioxide storage network, in Illinois."

Climate Change [29]
Air [28]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Technology [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: ENS [42], 08/19/2010
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