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"EPA's Jackson Outlines Changes To Scientific Review Process" [1]

"U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson at a Senate hearing Tuesday outlined several changes to the agency's scientific review and assessment processes that reverse protocols enforced during the Bush administration."
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Dow Jones [5], 06/10/2009

Limited Evidence Raises Red Flags About Synthetic Turf [6]

Users of athletic fields, parks, and playgrounds with artificial turf may face risks from dozens of potentially harmful synthetic chemicals in the ground-up recycled tires used to make it.
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Chemicals [8]
Technology [9]
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"What Counts as Green Collar?" [10]

Green collar jobs are at the heart of President Obama's economic program. Some laid-off blue-collar workers are starting to wonder what those green collar jobs will look like.
Economy & Business [11]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Environment Report [12], 06/09/2009

"The Vindication of a Public Scholar" [13]

"Forty Years After The Population Bomb Ignited Controversy, Paul Ehrlich Continues to Stir Debate"
Environmental Studies [14]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Earth Island Journal [15], 06/09/2009

"Menaces to Oceans: CO2, Plastic Bags, Overfishing" [16]

"The world's seas are filled with too much garbage and too few fish with flimsy plastic bags and government subsidies bearing much of the blame, activists and trade officials said Monday on the first U.N. World Oceans Day."
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Reuters [18], 06/09/2009

"Jon Wellinghoff, Obama’s Energy Futurist" [19]

Jon Wellinghoff, the new chairman of FERC, will have enormous influence in a time when the United States' energy future is at a crossroads.
Energy & Fuel [20]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Christian Science Monitor [21], 06/09/2009

"House Climate Bill Would Trim Budget Deficit, CBO Says" [22]

"The House global warming bill slated for floor debate this summer is projected to trim the federal budget deficit over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office states ...."
Climate Change [23]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: ClimateWire [24], 06/09/2009

"Rebooting Urban Watersheds" [25]

"Activists restore blighted San Francisco Bay Area creeks -- and impoverished communities."
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: High Country News [26], 06/09/2009

"Return of the Once-Rare Beaver? Not in My Yard." [27]

The town of Lexington, Mass., has a problem with beavers. A big problem.
Biodiversity [28]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [29], 06/09/2009

"USDA Undersecretary Nominee Withdraws" [30]

"President Obama's nominee to lead the Forest Service and farmland conservation programs has withdrawn his name from consideration."
Forests [31]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [32], 06/09/2009

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