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"Alaska Senator's Effort To Block EPA on Carbon Emissions Fails" [1]

"The Senate declined Thursday to take up Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s effort to limit for a year the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, factories and other stationary sources of pollution."
Climate Change [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: McClatchy [5], 09/25/2009

"Study Finds School Drinking Water Tainted" [6]

"Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins."
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: AP [8], 09/25/2009

"BP Settles Spill Containment Violations" [9]

"An oil field review starting with a state inspector questioning the size of spill containment facilities on Alaska's North Slope has resulted in a hefty civil payment for a subsidiary of BP PLC."
Pollution [10]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: AP [11], 09/24/2009

"US Should Watch for Animal Disease, Institute Says" [12]

"The United States needs to lead a global effort to protect people from new outbreaks of deadly infectious diseases that originate in animals, such as swine flu, AIDS and SARS, health experts said on Tuesday."
Health [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Reuters [14], 09/24/2009

"Regulations Might Be Needed for 104 Chemicals Found in Tap Water, EPA Says" [15]

"U.S. EPA has found 104 chemicals that might require regulations to keep them out of tap water -- the longest list of potential contaminants ever compiled by the agency."
Water & Oceans [7]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [16], 09/24/2009

Senate Dents Shield Law for Reporters [17]

A de facto filibuster by several Republicans, plus quibbling by some Democrats, caused a long-awaited markup of bill S 448 to end with no action.
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Laws & Regulations [19]
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Coal Ash Data Waiting for Local Reporters [22]

Use this roundup of sources to write a probing story about the ash, slag, and sludge from coal-burning electric utilities — which containins heavy metals that can pollute water, and even bury people's houses.
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Chemicals [23]
Disasters [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Pollution [10]
Government [20]
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Tapping the "Fishbowl" — Is EPA Doing Some Things Right on FOI? [26]

OMB Watch, a fierce FOI advocacy group, says EPA has been working hard to push hitherto restricted data out to the public, citing the earliest-ever release of TRI data, monitoring data on atrazine in water, and more.
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"EPA Sues VF's North Face Over 'Pesticide' Shoes" [27]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency filed a complaint against VF Corp, owner of the North Face brand, on Tuesday, claiming that more than 70 styles of shoes advertised as bacteria-killing by the company had not been registered with the agency."
Chemicals [23]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Reuters [28], 09/23/2009

"Genetically Engineered Sugar Beet Approval Illegal, Judge Rules" [29]

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture's deregulation of genetically engineered RoundUp Ready sugar beets in 2004 was unlawful, a federal court in California ruled Monday."
Biodiversity [30]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: ENS [31], 09/23/2009

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