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How Green Is Your Cell Phone?

Here are a few tips for examining company "eco-friendly" marketing claims, and exploring how cell phones and their use impact the environment, all of which can serve as a hook for compelling consumer news stories in any media.
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Drinking Water Threats May Soon Be Rapidly Detected

EPA and the Dept. of Energy have collaborated to develop an improved monitoring package that utilizes inline sensors in the water network and software called CANARY.
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ESRI Geomedicine: Online Map Resource for Environmental Health

From GIS software company ESRI, this free tool lets users enter places where they lived for more than two years at a time, and the site provides you with a personalized "place history" pdf report and shareable maps detailing local heart attack rate and nearby toxic chemicals for each location.
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Gulf Spill Mapping, Infographic Roundup

As the Gulf oil spill continues to spread and become a growing concern to more parts of the US, these key tools will help you tell and illustrate the story.
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Fish & Fisheries
Disasters
Energy & Fuel
Technology
Wildlife
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN)
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX)
Mexico
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Media Access to Oil-Impacted Areas Disputed

The WatchDog's special Gulf oil spill issue includes stories on media access problems, withholding of information by US EPA and misleading statements by BP, mystery dispersant ingredients, BP's new ex-Cheney spokesperson, prohibiting cleanup workers talking to media, and detaining rig survivors till they sign two statements.
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WatchDog TipSheet
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Fish & Fisheries
Economy & Business
Disasters
Energy & Fuel
Pollution
Water & Oceans
Technology
Journalism & Media
Wildlife
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN)
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EPA Makes Water Polluters A Little Easier To Track

A new Web tool summarizes by state the number of smaller dischargers whose actions have been reviewed, the number that had a serious violation of their permit, and the number against whom a state took enforcement action.
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Pollution
Water & Oceans
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National (U.S.)
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New Mapping Tool for Stories on Marine Protected Areas

NOAA's new tool makes it easy to identify and find basic information about the 1,637 US marine protected areas.
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Water & Oceans
Government
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National (U.S.)
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Senate Trio's Climate Bill Said To Hide Info on Fracking Poisons

A March 23, 2010, Greenwire article reports that the draft Kerry-Lieberman-Graham climate bill may include language to keep potentially toxic ingredients from gas drilling secret from the public whose health may be harmed by them.
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WatchDog TipSheet
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Climate Change
Energy & Fuel
Health
Laws & Regulations
Pollution
Water & Oceans
Technology
Environmental Health
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National (U.S.)
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Renewable Energy & Superfund Sites: Watts Up?

A new project of EPA and the National Renewable Energy Lab will analyze development potential for wind, solar, or small hydro power at contaminated sites in various stages of cleanup.
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1 in 7 Wildlife Refuges Has Genetically Engineered Crops

Three organizations file a lawsuit against the USFWS, a new study finds three strains of GE maize likely damaged organs of rats that ate the foods for just three months, pesticide use associated with GE crops may actually be greater than for traditional crops, and GE seed prices skyrocket.
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Agriculture
Natural Resources
Biodiversity
Policy
Technology
Wildlife
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