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EPA Moves for Disclosure of Pesticide "Inert" Ingredients [1]

In a historic step forward, EPA's proposed rule would require disclosure of ALL pesticide ingredients — which has not been required for decades.

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Chemicals [3]
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EPA Takes Some Trade Secret Wraps off of Chemical Identity [7]

But apparently confidentiality claims will only be rejected in cases where the chemicals have already been disclosed in the Toxic Substances Control Act inventory.

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Data.gov: 100s of New Fed Datasets Released, Many Environmental [8]

This includes three new datasets from EPA, PLUS many other datasets relevant to environmental issues, released in response to a Dec. 8, 2009, White House open government order.

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"Food and Health" [9]

The Environment Report's series on food and health focuses on the seemingly addictive qualities of sugar, fat, and salt, and the way some advertisers focus on children.

Food [10]
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National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Environment Report [11], 01/27/2010

"Survey: Honeybee Colony Collapse Losses Declining" [12]

"Fewer beekeepers are reporting evidence of a mysterious ailment that had been decimating the U.S. honeybee population."

Biodiversity [13]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: AP [14], 01/27/2010

"Officials Fear Another Whooping Crane Die-Off" [15]

"Wildlife officials fear the world's only remaining natural flock of endangered whooping cranes could be at risk of another winter die-off."

Biodiversity [13]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: AP [16], 01/27/2010

"Scientists Link Flame Retardants and Reduced Human Fertility" [17]

"Scientists for the first time have found evidence that flame retardants -- ubiquitous in homes and in the environment - may be reducing human fertility. California women exposed to high levels of the compounds take substantially longer to get pregnant than women with low levels."

Chemicals [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: EHN [18], 01/27/2010

"Obama to Announce High-Speed Rail Plan Post-Speech" [19]

"A day after delivering a State of the Union address aimed at showing recession-weary Americans he understands their struggles, President Barack Obama intends to award $8 billion in stimulus funds to develop high-speed rail corridors and sell the program as a jobs creator."

Environmental Politics [20]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: AP [21], 01/27/2010

A Newbie's Advice on Getting Started with Video [22]

 

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The Beat: Top Universities Rethink How To Prepare E-Beat Journalists [25]

By BILL DAWSON

The Beat usually examines recent coverage of environmental issues. This time around, though, The Beat looks at the environmental beat itself — specifically, at a couple of recent developments related to the training of journalists to cover environmental issues.

The first event was the October announcement that Columbia University was suspending for review its two-year, dual-degree graduate program leading to one master's degree in journalism and another in environmental science.

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EJ Academy [26]
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