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"Congress Abandoning Obama Clean Energy Goals" [1]

"Congress is all but abandoning President Barack Obama's goal of producing fully one-quarter of the nation's electricity from renewable sources -- wind, solar and the like -- by 2025, though a push for at least some increase is making headway."
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Source: AP [5], 06/12/2009

"Departments to Toughen Standards for Mining" [6]

"The Obama administration said Thursday that it would toughen standards for mountaintop-removal coal mining but would not end the practice as some environmental groups had hoped."
Natural Resources [7]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [8], 06/12/2009

Has Balance Warped The Truth? [9]

 

 

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From Coffee-Table Books To New Posts And Science Awards [11]

 

 

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The Joy Of A Personal Blog, Or Becoming A 'Blog Mama' [12]

 

 By WENDEE HOLTCAMP
And so it was, I found myself in May 2005 a Ph.D. candidate at a prestigious university with a new full-time research job, a super-cute surfer-mountain-climber boyfriend and a 10-year freelance writing career under my belt.

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Book Shelf, Book 2- The Weather Makers [13]

 

 THE WEATHER MAKERS 
By Tim Flannery 
Atlantic Monthly Press, $25

Reviewed by JIM MOTAVALLI

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Climate Change [14]
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Book Shelf, Book1-An Unreasonabe Woman: A True Story Of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters And The Fight For Seadrift, Texas [15]

 


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Mercury-And-Fish-Contamination Stories Dominate Recent Coverage [16]

 

 By MIKE DUNNE 
The Chicago Tribune's series of mercury in seafood (see page 1) was not the only fish story in the news in the past several months. Stories about the safety of seafood ran across the United States and Canada.

Jerry Hirsch of the Los Angeles Times reported on Feb. 27 that shoppers who browse the seafood counters at Holiday Quality Foods' 19 grocery stores in rural Northern California find a new Safe Harbor brand, the nation's first line of low-mercury fresh fish.

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Fish & Fisheries [17]
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From Ink To Internet: Journalists Write Into The Blogosphere [18]

By ROBERT McCLURE 
"Yer blogging?"


 The subject line on an SEJ friend's email at first caught me a little defensive. But it turned out that my friend is a big fan of weblogs, or blogs, believing they have the power to transform journalism and the social conversation. Notice, though, that she's not yet blogging herself. It's easier said than done – but also more fun than it sounds.

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"Biofuel Producers Give EPA an Earful" [19]

"Biofuel and farm groups objected to the U.S. EPA's revisions to the National Renewable Fuel Standard today at a public hearing in Washington."
Energy & Fuel [20]
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National (U.S.) [4]
Source: ENS [21], 06/11/2009

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