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Local Expertise Solicited To Document Plant Material Changes [1]

"Citizen scientist" program to document when local plants flower, bud, leaf.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Studies [4]
Science [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
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DOE Greenhouse Gas Data Expected in November [8]

The Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration is expected to release its annual report on greenhouse gas emissions in the last week or two of November 2007.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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States Have Major Differences in "Net Metering" Policies [9]

"Net metering" for selling excess wind or solar energy to utilities shows great variability among states.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Consumer [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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NOAA Launches New Drought Resource [13]

Drought is a major local story for many news media. Weather extremes, including drought, are an integral part of the climate change dilemma.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
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Senate Committee Finishes Hearings, Plans Markup Start [14]

After years of wrangling, and little significant action, federal legislative efforts addressing greenhouse gases and climate change are beginning to crystallize.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
  • Read more about Senate Committee Finishes Hearings, Plans Markup Start [14]

High-Efficiency Toilets Save Water, Energy: Breed Puns [16]

Looking for a story with timely consumer appeal, audio/video fun, a climate change connection, and the opportunity to unleash your inner punster? Check out high-efficiency toilets (HETs), also known as "low-flow" or "dual-flush" toilets.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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USFS Predicts Extensive Development Around Forests [17]

National forests throughout the US are expected to be subject to substantial development pressure around their periphery in the next quarter century, according to a US Forest Service study announced Oct. 25, 2007.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Forests [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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Pressure Mounts To Fix Old Uranium Sites [19]

One of those problem areas is the thousands of old mines that were dug to extract uranium ore. During the era from the 1940s to the 1980s when most were excavated, many were simply abandoned when they played out or the economic incentives changed. Radioactivity now contaminates many sources of human and environmental exposure.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Pollution [20]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [21]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
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Congress Pushing Mining Law Update [22]

Another effort to revamp the US General Mining Act of 1872 is under way. The House on Nov. 1, 2007, passed by a 244-166 margin a bill that for the first time would collect for the U.S. Treasury royalties for mining "hard rock" minerals on federally owned lands.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [12]
Environmental Politics [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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Ten Key Stories for 2002 That May Be Overlooked [23]

Stories that we think will have great impact on the lives of Americans, but which we suspect will slip "under the radar" because of war-related media inattention.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
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