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New Findings Slow CO2 Sequestration Rule [1]

EPA has been working on regulations designed to protect drinking water from impacts of underground carbon sequestration, but new data and concerns have spurred the agency to open a short new public comment period.
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"White House Clears Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule" [9]

"U.S. EPA is poised to establish a national registry for heat-trapping emissions after the White House [Sept. 16] completed its review of the agency's final greenhouse gas reporting rule."
Climate Change [3]
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National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Greenwire [10], 09/18/2009
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"Big Coal Carriers Navigate a Risky Climate Track" [11]

"Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad this summer started to walk away from its rail expansion project in the Powder River Basin, the largest source of coal in the country, citing the flagging U.S. economy and regulatory uncertainty."
Climate Change [3]
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National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [12], 09/18/2009
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"US Battles for Credibility on Climate Change" [13]

"With Congress moving slowly on a measure to curb industrial greenhouse gas emissions, the United States may find itself with little sway at the coming international conference to construct a new pact aimed at easing global warming."
Climate Change [3]
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National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [14], 09/18/2009
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"Obama Seeks National Oversight of Waters" [15]

"The Obama administration called Thursday for a comprehensive national system for regulating the use of federal waters along the nation’s marine and Great Lakes shores, now administered by a hodgepodge of federal, state or other agencies with often-conflicting goals."
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [17], 09/18/2009
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"Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells" [18]

"Runoff from all but the largest farms is essentially unregulated by many of the federal laws intended to prevent pollution and protect drinking water sources."
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [19], 09/18/2009
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"Former Interior Secretary Gale Norton Is Focus of Corruption Probe" [20]

"The Justice Department investigation centers on a 2006 decision to award oil shale leases in Colorado to a Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary. Months later, the oil giant hired Norton as a legal counsel."
Environmental Politics [21]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: LA Times [22], 09/18/2009
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Plight of the Bumblebee [23]

In recent years, the media has paid a great deal of attention to the loss of European honeybees, the so-called Colony Collapse Disorder. Less well known, but equally troublesome, is the disappearance of bumblebees. As Adam Federman reports in the Autumn edition of Earth Island Journal, bumblebees pollinate about 15 percent of our food crops (valued at $3 billion) and occupy a critical role as native pollinators. Many species are in sharp decline or appear to have gone extinct.
Biodiversity [24]
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National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Earth Island Journal [25], 09/19/2009
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Coal and Water – Do They Mix? [26]

Journalists around the US who cover water quality, as well as those who cover coal mining and/or Appalachia, will benefit from an analytical NYT series and databases, combined with a Sept. 11 EPA announcement about extended NPDES permit reviews.
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Pollution [27]
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Parks In Parking Spaces [28]

On September 18th, thousands of people around the world will spend the day sitting in parking spaces - without their cars - as part of an annual event called "Parking Day." The idea is to spark a conversation about how we're using our public spaces. The Environment Report's Nora Flaherty attended last year's Parking Day, and here's what she found.
People & Population [29]
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Source: Environment Report [30], 09/17/2009
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