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Greenhouse Gases Continue Rise; EPA Proposes Mandatory Reporting [1]

Recently released studies show that the problem of ever-increasing GHG emissions in the US could be even worse than the current data indicate, as additional substances are added to the list. A proposed EPA rule may help, if finalized.
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Air [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Government [6]
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National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [8]
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Feds Revising Bush Offshore Energy Development Plan [9]

After years of effort, and despite a last-minute gambit by the outgoing President Bush, US policy for offshore energy development is going back to the drawing board. DOI is extending by six months the public comment period on the country's 5-year plan.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Government [6]
Policy [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [8]
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USGS To Release Data on Private Well Contaminants [13]

USGS is scheduled to release on March 27, 2009, a report on the agency's analysis of 219 contaminants and physical and chemical properties that it investigated in 2,100 private drinking water wells in 48 states.
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Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [11]
Government [6]
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National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [8]
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National Map: Where Is the News? (And Everything Else) [14]

A new federal interagency effort, intended to improve and deliver topographic information from across the US, may end up yielding significant benefits to journalists and the communities they serve.
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Topics on the Beat: 
Government [6]
Technology [15]
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National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [8]
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Water Footprint: New Way To Measure Green [16]

A recent CERES/Pacific Institute report identifies water-related risks specific to eight key industries, and offers good sources on calculating and using water footprints.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
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New Tool Available For Localizing Coal Ash Controversy [19]

A new map and report by the Center for Public Integrity make it easier to pinpoint exact locations of coal-ash deposits, a waste product of coal-fired power plants.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [20]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Pollution [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
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March 30 Climate Summit Previews Coming Battles [22]

At the request of Congress, the National Academy of Sciences is hosting the two-day "America's Climate Choices" in Washington, DC.
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Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [17]
Laws & Regulations [4]
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National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [8]
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Google Earth Tool Provides Local CO2 Inventory [23]

Localizing the effects of climate change remains challenging. But a new tool makes it easier to at least pin down the local sources of one of the main greenhouse gases, with the inventory led by Purdue University scientists.
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Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [17]
Air [3]
Technology [15]
Region: 
International [24]
Canada [25]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mexico [26]
Visibility: 
Public [8]
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Many Tools Available For Following the Stimulus Money [27]

The massive $787 billion economic stimulus package signed into law by President Obama Feb. 17, 2009, contains extensive funding for projects with direct and indirect environmental ties — all of which can be covered from numerous angles of interest to your audience.
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Laws & Regulations [4]
Government [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [8]
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Toolbox: NOAA Upgrades Weather and Climate Data [28]

Get detailed flood data that is almost real-time, provided by 4,260 monitors on waterways throughout the US, and the latest information on temperature, precipitation, wind, El Nino and La Nina, Pacific sea level, events in the stratosphere, and more.
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Climate Change [17]
Government [6]
Science [29]
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National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [8]
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