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"Protecting the Forests, and Hoping for Payback" [1]

The giant evergreen forests of the American West could play a signficant carbon-storage role as the nation "bridges" to sustainable energy.

Forests [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [5], 11/30/2009

"Reversal Haunts Federal Health Agency" [6]

A federal agency that is supposed to protect communities from toxic threats is being accused of using bad science to falsely reassure communities, after it reversed its findings in two recent incidents.

Environmental Health [7]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [8], 11/30/2009

Fossil Fuel Basics: Two Good, Current Primers From CRS [9]

The Federation of American Scientists has posted these reports online: "Fossil Fuel Resources: Terminology, Reporting, and Summary" and "Unconventional Gas Shales: Development, Technology, and Policy Issues."

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Energy & Fuel [11]
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1st National Criteria For Sustainable Landscapes Released [13]

The nation's first set of voluntary criteria for planning, design, construction, and maintenance of landscapes.was announced Nov. 6, 2009.

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Planning & Growth [14]
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EPA Develops "Green Home" Site [15]

This new tool is broken out by space type (e.g., kitchen, bathroom, garage, yard), and covers a wide range of indoor and outdoor energy, toxicity, consumption, and environmental impact issues — even topics such as finding a greener mortgage.

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Planning & Growth [14]
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CO2 Emissions Rise in Most States, But Some Buck Trend [16]

Carbon dioxide emission volumes, trends, and sources vary substantially by state, according to a report released Nov. 12, 2009, by the advocacy group Environment America.

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Air [17]
Pollution [18]
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4 Years, 500 Lakes, and A Lot of Polluted Fish: New EPA Study [19]

Results of sampling the tissue of fish caught in freshwater lakes throughout the US reveal widespread contamination by pollutants such as mercury and PCBs.

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Fish & Fisheries [20]
Chemicals [21]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [22]
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"Toxic Playgrounds" [23]

"No kid should ever play in arsenic. Especially at school. Yet many probably do, according to findings of a study presented today."

Chemicals [21]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Science News [24], 11/25/2009

"New Endangered Species Listings Wait as Obama Admin Charts New Course" [25]

"The Obama administration is lagging behind the pace set by its predecessor for listing endangered species, and some environmentalists are not happy."

Biodiversity [26]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [27], 11/25/2009

"Interior Chief Slams Oil and Gas Groups' 'Election-Year Politics'" [28]

"Firing back at recent industry charges that the Obama administration is not promoting domestic energy development, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today announced that his department has scheduled 38 onshore oil and gas lease sales for 2010."

Environmental Politics [29]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [30], 11/25/2009

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