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"U.S. Envoy Sees Climate Partnership With China" [1]

"The United States wants to forge a partnership with China, bringing the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases together to address global warming, Washington's top climate diplomat said on Wednesday."

Climate Change [2]

Public [3]

International [4]

Source: Reuters [5], 06/04/2009

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"Judge Orders Halt To Mining Protests" [6]

"A Raleigh County [WV] judge has issued a preliminary injunction to block anti-mountaintop removal activists from further peaceful protests on certain Massey Energy mining sites."

Activism [7]

Public [3]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]

Source: Charleston Gazette [9], 06/04/2009

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"Black Tide" [10]

"Just days before Christmas last year, an environmental disaster one hundred times the size of the Exxon Valdez (yes, you read that right) unfolded on a riverbank in eastern Tennessee. A wave of poisonous sludge buried a town…along with the myth of clean coal."

Pollution [11]

Public [3]

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [12]

Source: GQ [13], 06/04/2009

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EPA Studies Used-Tire Playground Risks [14]

"The federal government is reconsidering whether sports fields and playgrounds made from ground-up tires could harm children's health after some Environmental Protection Agency scientists raised concerns,"

Chemicals [15]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [16]

Source: AP [17], 06/04/2009

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"Companies Not Disclosing Climate Risks: Studies" [18]

"Most global industrial companies that emit a lot of greenhouse gases are not adequately detailing their climate strategies in U.S. financial filings, two studies by environmental and investment groups showed on Wednesday."

Economy & Business [19]

Public [3]

International [4]

Source: Reuters [20], 06/04/2009

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"Recycled Radioactive Metal Contaminates Consumer Products" [21]

"Thousands of everyday products and materials containing radioactive metals are surfacing across the United States and around the world."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [22]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [16]

Source: Scripps [23], 06/04/2009

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New EPA Procedure Improves Transparency on Air Standards [24]

The Obama EPA partially reverses a Bush-era procedure for setting health-based standards under the Clean Air Act.

SEJ Publication Types:

WatchDog TipSheet [25]

Topics on the Beat:

Air [26]

Health [27]

Government [28]

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National (U.S.) [16]

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Public [3]

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"Crime Scene Cleanup" in Kelly AFB Toxics Case [29]

New evidence indicates the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry fails to protect communities from dangers such as the now-disappearing plumes of toxic groundwater carrying cancer-causing chemicals far beyond the Kelly Air Force Base near San Antonio, TX.

SEJ Publication Types:

WatchDog TipSheet [25]

Topics on the Beat:

Chemicals [15]

Pollution [11]

Water & Oceans [30]

Military [31]

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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]

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Public [3]

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List of Nuclear Sites Released in Flub [33]

The Government Printing Office web site apparently took down the publication after discovery of the mistake -- but the entire report is still available on the site of the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy.

SEJ Publication Types:

WatchDog TipSheet [25]

Topics on the Beat:

Nuclear Power & Radiation [22]

Government [28]

Region:

National (U.S.) [16]

Visibility:

Public [3]

Read more about List of Nuclear Sites Released in Flub [33]

FDA Mulls Putting Public's Health Above Companies' Trade Secrets [34]

NYT: "The goal is to open up a system in which the agency failed to inform the public that a widely prescribed heartburn drug was especially toxic to babies; that a diabetes medicine and a painkiller increased heart attack risks; and that antidepressants increased suicidal thoughts and behavior in children and teenagers."

SEJ Publication Types:

WatchDog TipSheet [25]

Topics on the Beat:

Chemicals [15]

Health [27]

Government [28]

Region:

National (U.S.) [16]

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Public [3]