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"Deadly Water -- Black Falls: Water Sources, But None To Drink" [1]

Drought is driving some people in the Navajo Nation to drink water that is contaminated with uranium and other contaminants.
Water & Oceans [2]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]
Source: Gallup Independent [5], 06/02/2009

"Scientists Look at Flares' Impact on Smog" [6]

Scientists in the Houston area are focusing research on the flare stacks at its hundreds of petrochemical plants -- which may be a major overlooked cause of smog.
Air [7]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]
Source: Houston Chronicle [8], 05/26/2009

TX DEQ Boss Mum on Meetings With Asarco Lobbyist [9]

A Texas state senator is seeking documents on meetings between Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Chairman H.S. Buddy Garcia and a lobbyist for Asarco as he was preparing to approve its application to reopen a smelter.
Environmental Politics [10]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]
Source: Austin American-Statesman [11], 05/19/2009

NOAA To Swarm Around Tornadoes This Spring [12]

Researchers, journalists in tow, will be chasing tornadoes around the central US in May and June to learn more about how tornadoes work, and better predict them and their paths.
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TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [14]
Government [15]
Science [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [19]
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Public [3]

Public Comment Open for Renewable Energy Zones [20]

The Western Governors' Association and the US DOE begin Phase 1 of a 4-phase process, with initial designation of suitable zones for renewable power generation in the western US, Canada, and Mexico.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Region: 
International [23]
National (U.S.) [17]
Northwest (OR WA) [24]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]
California [26]
Mexico [27]
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Public [3]

New Mexico Activists Win FOIA Case Against Nuclear Agency [28]

A federal district judge ruled that agencies can't use delay to create secrecy when the Freedom of Information Act requires them to disclose records.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [29]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [30]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]
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Public [3]

Tucson, AZ 1997 [31]

SEJ's 7th Annual Conference: The border environment; four years after NAFTA; an address by Stewart Udall; Biosphere II; and remembering Edward Abbey.

Initiatives: 
SEJ Annual Conferences [32]
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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]

Draft EIS for Western Energy Corridors Released [33]

The public comment period for a long-delayed EIS draft designating energy corridors in 11 Western states is open.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [34]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Biodiversity [35]
Government [15]
Policy [36]
Environmental Politics [10]
Region: 
Northwest (OR WA) [24]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Judge Rules Sandia Landfill Pollution Can't Be Secret [37]

A new ruling by a New Mexico state district judge requires that a report on groundwater pollution from a mixed-waste landfill at Sandia National Laboratories be made public.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [29]
Topics on the Beat: 
Waste [38]
Water & Oceans [2]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

BLM Tries to Remove a Congressional Tool for Protecting Lands [39]

A Congressional move to stop uranium mining around the Grand Canyon has led the BLM to propose removing the rules that allowed the Congressional action.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Politics [10]
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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]
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