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"Watchdog Calls for Review of Cell Phone Radiation Rules" [1]

"WASHINGTON -- Regulators should take a fresh look at 15-year-old standards on radiofrequency energy from mobile phones, an investigative arm of the Congress said on Tuesday amid lingering concerns the devices may cause brain tumors."

Environmental Health [2]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Reuters [6], 08/08/2012

NRC Suspends Nuke Plant Licensing to Reassess Risks of Storing Waste [7]

"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission suspended final decisions on licenses for power plants until it completes a reassessment of risks related to storing spent atomic fuel ordered by a federal court in June."

Disasters [8]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Bloomberg [9], 08/08/2012
September 10, 2012 to September 13, 2012

2012 LTER All Scientists Meeting [10]

The Nation's largest ecological research network will hold its triennial meeting at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado.

Professional Meetings [11]
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Wildlife [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Technology [14]
Science [15]
Pollution [16]
Policy [17]
Planning & Growth [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Forests [20]
Food [21]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Environmental Studies [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Environmental Health [2]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Disasters [8]
Climate Change [26]
Biodiversity [27]
Air [28]
Agriculture [29]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [30]
National (U.S.) [5]

President Obama Signs Camp Lejeune Water Bill [31]

"RALEIGH, N.C. -- President Barack Obama signed a bill Monday promising health benefits for Marines and families who were exposed to contaminated water at a North Carolina Marine base for decades."

Environmental Health [2]
Military [32]
Pollution [16]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: AP [33], 08/07/2012

"Roosevelt's Badlands Ranch Faces Potential Threat" [34]

"Theodore Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch in North Dakota is often called the Walden Pond of the West. But Roosevelt's ranch is now feeling the pressure of an oil boom that is industrializing the local landscape. Critics say a proposed gravel pit and a bridge could destroy the very thing that made such a lasting impression on Roosevelt: the restorative power of wilderness."

Natural Resources [19]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NPR [35], 08/07/2012

"Feds, Gibson Guitar Settle Environmental Suit" [36]

"WASHINGTON -- Storied manufacturer Gibson Guitar Corp. will pay $350,000 and improve its import controls in exchange for the government deferring prosecution of environmental crimes, the Department of Justice announced Monday."

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Politics [24]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: McClatchy [37], 08/07/2012

KXL Pipeline May Threaten Aquifer That Irrigates Much of Central US [38]

"LINCOLN, NEB. -- Jane Kleeb is a savvy activist who, Nebraska’s Republican governor once said, “has a tendency to shoot her mouth off most days.” A Florida native who moved to Nebraska in 2007 after marrying a rancher active in Democratic politics, she did as much as anyone to bring the massive Keystone XL crude oil pipeline to a halt last year."

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Energy & Fuel [25]
Pollution [16]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Wash Post [39], 08/07/2012
October 1, 2025

DEADLINE: Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowships [40]

The Alicia Patterson Foundation awards fellowship grants of $40,000 for 12 months and $20,000 for six months (including at least one for science or environmental topics) to working journalists to pursue independent projects of significant interest and to write articles based on their investigations. Apply by Oct 1.

Workshops and Fellowships [41]
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Journalism & Media [42]
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National (U.S.) [5]

"Regulatory Czar Leaving White House To Return To Harvard Law School" [43]

"Cass Sunstein, a top adviser to President Obama who functions as a gatekeeper on federal regulations, is leaving the White House to return to Harvard Law School."

Environmental Politics [24]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: The Hill [44], 08/06/2012

"Activists Grill Producers of Modified Corn" [45]

"As the Midwest crunches into sweet corn season, a new type will be appearing on grocery store shelves — even though shoppers have no way to recognize it. It's genetically modified sweet corn from the biotech giant Monsanto, engineered to resist a common herbicide and certain pests."

Agriculture [29]
Biodiversity [27]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Chicago Tribune [46], 08/06/2012

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