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Air Pollution From Ships: New Laws, New Science [1]

Ocean-going ships are a major unregulated air pollution source.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [3]
Pollution [4]
Transportation [5]
Region: 
International [6]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

Plummeting SUV Prices Hit Local Car Dealers -- and Newspapers [8]

With gasoline at $4/gallon, SUV prices have been plummeting -- hurting not only local car dealers but the newspapers that depend on their ads.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [9]
Transportation [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

NOAA Releases Annual Fisheries Report [11]

A new NOAA report has reams of data on commercial and recreational fishing in the U.S.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
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Public [7]

Report: Lead from Hunting and Fishing Still Pollutes [12]

Hunters' lead shot and anglers' lead sinkers are still a pollution source, despite rules restricting them.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Pollution [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

Voluntary Effort To Collect Nanotech Info Flounders [15]

EPA calls for companies to submit information on their nanotechnology products. The silence is deafening.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

New Science Clarifies NO2 Health Effects [17]

EPA reviews its health-based standard for NO2 as an air pollutant, and has issued a science assessment of health effects.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [3]
Health [18]
Pollution [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

States Shift Work Schedules to Save Energy [19]

Utah governor Jon Huntsman announced that state agencies will move to a four-day workweek (10 hours/day, with mandatory three-day weekends) in order to save energy, reduce vehicle miles traveled in the state, and address climate change and air pollution.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [9]
Government [20]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

EPA Proposes Water Efficiency Standard [21]

EPA is developing a voluntary water efficiency standard for new single-family homes and townhomes.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

EPA Beach Contamination Data Online [23]

EPA announced May 29, 2008, that its assembled data on beach closings in 2007 is available online. You can look up beaches in the Great Lakes, along the Pacific, Gulf, and Atlantic coasts, and for five US territories.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [22]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
EPA Head Johnson Won't Disclose White House Contacts [24]
Iron Curtain / Green Corridor [25]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

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