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Beach Nourishment: Supreme Court To Decide Who Owns the New Sand [1]

When governments or communities pay to replenish beaches along privately owned beachfront property — or create new beaches by trucking in sand — what does that mean for the landowners' waterfront rights and property value?
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TipSheet [2]
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Planning & Growth [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Military [6]
People & Population [7]
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National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
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Public [10]

Levee-Busting in Louisiana [11]

Two brothers are busting levees to return the Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge to its primeval condition.
Natural Resources [12]
Public [10]
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Source: NYTimes [13], 06/23/2009
October 20, 2009 to October 24, 2009

E.Hormone: Hormones & the Environment [14]

Exploring the science and policy implications of pollutants that have a hormonal alter ego, as well as "environmental signaling".
Professional Meetings [15]
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Public [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [16]
Health [17]
Pollution [18]
Policy [19]
Science [20]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
September 28, 2009 to September 29, 2009

9th Annual Aquifer Storage Recovery Conference [21]

Scientists, engineers, planners, water-resource managers, and concerned citizens will focus on Florida's water future.
Professional Meetings [15]
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Public [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [5]
Technology [22]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
September 23, 2009 to September 24, 2009

E-Scrap 2009 Conference [23]

Industry assessments, including analyses of stewardship systems and trends in the U.S. and Canada, e-scrap collection issues, recycling market factors, and legislative policy considerations.
Professional Meetings [15]
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Public [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [16]
Waste [24]
Policy [19]
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Canada [25]
National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]

Two Agencies Hide Neglect of Coal-Dam Safety with Secrecy [26]

US EPA and Army Corps of Engineers say they "cannot make the list of 'high hazard' coal ash impoundment sites public," even though risk to communities exists -- like the December 2008 pond failure at the Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [27]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [16]
Disasters [28]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Government [30]
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National (U.S.) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
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Public [10]

"Ghosts of Gas Stations Past Haunt Roadsides" [31]

Abandoned gas stations dot some Florida highways. Economic conditions bear part of the blame. But operators' inability to pay for replacement of old, leaky tanks ironically may be causing more old tanks to be left in the ground.
Pollution [18]
Public [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Source: Ft. Myers News-Press [32], 06/15/2009

"Report Cannot Link Lejeune Water to Diseases" [33]

A National Research Council report says it may be impossible to know whether contaminated drinking water at the Camp Lejeune Marine base caused birth defects and illness among people seeking $33.9 billion in claims.
Chemicals [16]
Public [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Source: Raleigh News & Observer [34], 06/15/2009

"Dredged Mud Can Save Louisiana Coast, State Says" [35]

If the Army Corps of Engineers and private companies used all the mud they dredge from wetlands and waterway to rebuild Louisiana coastal marshes, it would be a boon for coastal restoration.
Natural Resources [12]
Public [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [36], 06/15/2009

Troubling Predictions Come True For Reporter And Friends [37]

 

 By KATINA GAUDET 

"We have a different fear of hurricanes."

My friend Yasmin was trying to rationalize her fearlessness in the face of an imposing Hurricane Katrina, expected to make landfall near New Orleans the next day, from her first-floor Uptown apartment.

But I was having difficulty, although safe in a hotel room near Memphis. I was frantic, yelling into the phone at Yasmin, "You cannot stay there."

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