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Judge Rules Sandia Landfill Pollution Can't Be Secret [1]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Waste [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

BLM Tries to Remove a Congressional Tool for Protecting Lands [7]

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 [8]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

6-Year Study of Western Parks Contamination Due Soon [11]

The results of a 6-year study of more than 150 contaminants in representative western US national parks are expected to be released shortly.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat: 
Pollution [12]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

Austin, TX 2005 [14]

The 15th annual conference, hosted by The University of Texas at Austin, brought hundreds of SEJ'ers together September 28-October 2 for a mix of entertainment, education, soul-searching and tributes.

Initiatives: 
SEJ Annual Conferences [15]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]

EPA Ethanol Waiver Decision Today [16]

EPA said it would announce its decision Thursday on Texas' request for an ethanol waiver.
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Source: Reuters [17], 08/06/2008

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[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/judge-rules-sandia-landfill-pollution-cant-be-secret [2] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/watchdog-tipsheet [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [7] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/blm-tries-remove-a-congressional-tool-protecting-lands [8] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [11] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/6-year-study-western-parks-contamination-due-soon [12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west [14] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/austin-tx-2005 [15] https://www.sej.org/category/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences [16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-ethanol-waiver-decision-today [17] http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSWBT00951820080806 [18] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest?page=139 [19] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest?page=132 [20] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest?page=133 [21] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest?page=134 [22] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest?page=135 [23] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest?page=136 [24] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest?page=137 [25] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest?page=138