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WA State Secret Deal on Coal-Plant Emissions Raises Ire

Seattle Times lets the cat out of the bag with an April 7, 2009, story describing the secret agreement between the administration of Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire and Canada-based TransAlta.
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WatchDog TipSheet
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Climate Change
Energy & Fuel
Laws & Regulations
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National (U.S.)
Northwest (OR WA)
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Covering Coal Country: Overcoming The Obstacles To Reporting In Rural America

By AL CROSS

Many if not most environmental stories have their roots in rural places. Those are the places where extractive industries do almost all their extracting, where America ultimately puts much of its solid waste, where farm fields get the fertilizers that create dead zones in the sea.
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Energy & Fuel
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National (U.S.)
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Energy Dept. Maps, Lists Efficiency Aid for U.S. Cities

The Energy Department is listing state and local grant allocations from the stimulus bill on its website. Find out what your area of coverage is slated to receive in aid.
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TipSheet
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Energy & Fuel
Laws & Regulations
Government
Technology
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National (U.S.)
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Consent Decree Forces Regs on Selected Gas and Diesel Engines

Restrictions would be placed on many types of stationary diesel and gas-fired engines under a proposed EPA rule.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Air
Chemicals
Energy & Fuel
Laws & Regulations
Pollution
Government
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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New Science Reports on Climate Change and Energy

Watch for the National Academies to release more climate change and energy reports this month, on alternative liquid transportation fuels, energy efficiency, renewables and economic impacts of greenhouse gas mitigation.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change
Economy & Business
Energy & Fuel
Region:
National (U.S.)
Visibility:
Public
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EPA Considers Raising Ethanol Content of Gasoline

On March 6 a coalition of major ethanol producers (Growth Energy) formally requested that EPA raise the cap on the amount of ethanol that can be blended into US gasoline. EPA has 270 days to respond.
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TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel
Government
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Feds Revising Bush Offshore Energy Development Plan

After years of effort, and despite a last-minute gambit by the outgoing President Bush, US policy for offshore energy development is going back to the drawing board. DOI is extending by six months the public comment period on the country's 5-year plan.
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TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel
Water & Oceans
Government
Policy
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National (U.S.)
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New Tool Available For Localizing Coal Ash Controversy

A new map and report by the Center for Public Integrity make it easier to pinpoint exact locations of coal-ash deposits, a waste product of coal-fired power plants.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters
Energy & Fuel
Pollution
Region:
National (U.S.)
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN)
Visibility:
Public
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Sierra Club/Clean Energy

Sierra Club
Sierra is perhaps the largest and most politically active of U.S. membership-based environmental groups. Their long-established climate change program is focused on grass-roots organizing and policy advocacy. Wikipedia. Press Contact.
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change
Energy & Fuel
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Public
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Public Comment Open for Renewable Energy Zones

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
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth
Energy & Fuel
Region:
International
National (U.S.)
Northwest (OR WA)
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY)
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX)
California
Mexico
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