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"Obama Picks Babbitt Aide To Run BLM" [1]

"Bob Abbey, who helped former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt complete a Utah wilderness inventory 10 years ago, is President Barack Obama's nominee to head up the U.S. Bureau of Land Management."

Environmental Politics [2]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [4]

Source: Salt Lake Tribune [5], 06/11/2009

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BPA More Toxic Than Previously Thought [6]

Scientists this week will present papers detailing new harmful effects of bisphenol A (BPA), an estrogen-mimicking chemical used in baby bottles and many food cans.

Chemicals [7]

Public [3]

International [8]

Source: Science News [9], 06/11/2009

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SEJ's 19th Annual Conference: About Madison [10]

Agenda [11]	Registration [12]	About Madison

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Other or All [13]

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Public [3]

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National (U.S.) [4]

Read more about SEJ's 19th Annual Conference: About Madison [10]

November 3, 2009 to November 6, 2009

Responsibility — Climate Change as Challenge for Intercultural Inquiry on Values [14]

An intercultural interdisciplinary research conference on the ethics of climate protection will explore the question: Can we develop a notion of joint global ecological responsibility?

Other Events [15]

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Public [3]

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Climate Change [16]

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Europe [17]

Long Range Pollution Affects Inuit [18]

Persistent organic pollutants from thousands of miles away accumulate to unusual levels in the bodies of the indigenous peoples of the Arctic.

Pollution [19]

Public [3]

International [8]

Source: SolveClimate [20], 06/10/2009

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"Fighting Over Oil And Water" [21]

"In the future, keeping your gas tank full could make disputes over water in the American West a lot worse. It's because energy companies hope to develop the oil shale industry. Getting oil from shale requires lots of water, and the richest oil shale deposits happen to be in the dry state of Colorado."

Energy & Fuel [22]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [4]

Source: Environment Report [23], 06/10/2009

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Projects in 12 States Share Wildfire Funding [24]

$15 million of Stimulus funding for 55 projects, designed to help reduce wildfire hazards and reclaim burned lands, could be of substantial interest in the receiving communities.

SEJ Publication Types:

TipSheet [25]

Topics on the Beat:

Disasters [26]

Forests [27]

Government [28]

Region:

Northwest (OR WA) [29]

Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [30]

Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [31]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]

California [33]

Alaska and Hawaii [34]

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Public [3]

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"Court Won't Hear Suit on Camp Lejeune Water" [35]

"The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a Marine's lawsuit blaming the government's dumping of toxic chemicals at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina for his son's illnesses."

Pollution [19]

Public [3]

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]

Source: AP [37], 06/10/2009

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"Lyme Disease Spreading Across Canada" [38]

"Lyme disease is moving its way into new parts of Canada but the government is not doing enough to track it or to teach doctors how to diagnose it, says a new report."

Biodiversity [39]

Public [3]

Canada [40]

Source: CTV [41], 06/10/2009