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"California Sets Goal for Limiting Drinking Water Pollutant" [1]

"It is the nation's first public health goal for hexavalent chromium, made infamous in 'Erin Brockovich.' The goal isn't an enforceable standard but will help develop one, an official says."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Public [6]
California [7]
Source: LA Times [8], 08/01/2011
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California Weekly Newspaper Scores by Unraveling Green Claims from Corporate and Enviro Groups [9]

Bill Dawson gets the inside story from the Monterey County Weekly's assistant editor Kera Abraham (pictured at left) and her award-winning stories involving clashing shades of green.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [11]
Region: 
California [7]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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'California Delays Its Carbon-Trading Program Until 2013' [12]

'The cap-and-trade program, which would force industries to cut greenhouse gases by the end of the decade, continues to be challenged in court.'

Climate Change [13]
Public [6]
California [7]
Source: LA Times [14], 07/01/2011
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"California Town Battles Overpowering Odors" [15]

"Odors are part of life in Mecca, a small farming community in the Southern California desert 140 miles east of Los Angeles."

Air [16]
Public [6]
California [7]
Source: USA TODAY [17], 06/30/2011
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"California Air Board Expands Clean-Fuel Shipping Zone" [18]

"After the Navy complained that cargo ships were traveling through its testing area to avoid pollution regulations closer to shore, the California Air Resources Board votes to extend the clean-fuel zone."

Air [16]
Public [6]
California [7]
Source: LA Times [19], 06/24/2011
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Plastics: All Kinds of News [20]

Are you looking for a story of interest to consumers, retailers, manufacturers, lawyers, politicians, health officials, and editors of the business, politics, health, energy, science, and environment beats? Here are some starting points for coverage of plastics issues. Once you delve into this topic, other angles and sources will emerge.

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TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Pollution [4]
Chemicals [2]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
California [7]
National (U.S.) [23]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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Tour Spotlights Environmental Injustice in Coachella Valley [24]

"THERMAL, Calif. — Community activists in Southern California's Coachella Valley have been toiling for years along the eastern rim of this crescent-shaped breadbasket to spread the word about the abandoned waste dumps, shoddy migrant housing and overburdened recycling facilities that are a fact of life in this poor, farmworker community."

People & Population [25]
Pollution [4]
Public [6]
California [7]
Source: AP [26], 06/17/2011
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"Judges OK Delay of Diablo Canyon's License Renewal" [27]

"A panel of three federal administrative law judges has announced it is delaying Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant’s license renewal until at least December 2015." The renewal will await further seismic studies.

Disasters [28]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [29]
Public [6]
California [7]
Source: San Luis Obispo Tribune [30], 06/10/2011
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"Wind Power Turbines in Altamont Pass Threaten Protected Birds" [31]

"Scores of golden eagles have been killed after striking the thousands of wind turbines in the Bay Area, raising questions about California's move toward alternative power."

Biodiversity [32]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Public [6]
California [7]
Source: LA Times [34], 06/07/2011
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"Greening a City ... And Pushing Other Colors Out" [35]

The rehabilitation of San Francisco's Hunters Point Naval Shipyard is bringing pressure on the minority population of the area.

People & Population [25]
Planning & Growth [36]
Public [6]
California [7]
Source: High Country News [37], 06/02/2011
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