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Feds to Report on Climate Change-Transportation Connection [1]

New report examines links between climate change and U.S. transportation.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Air [4]
Planning & Growth [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [8]
Policy [9]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [11]

Wide Range of Environmental Issues Before Supreme Court [12]

US Supreme Court to hear six cases with important environmental implications. Issues involved are: use of sonar in Naval training; logging in California; power plant operation; disposal of mining wastes; royalties paid to the Navajo Nation on coal leases; and liability under Superfund law.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Forests [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Waste [16]
Government [17]
Military [18]
Policy [9]
Environmental Politics [19]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [11]

Canadian Tar Sands Pollution Moves South to US Refineries [20]

New U.S. refineries will process crude oil from Canada's Tar Sands, which means that much of the pollution associated with that refining will occur in the lower 48.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Pollution [7]
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Canada [21]
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Public [11]

Some States Win, Some Lose with Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs [22]

Compact fluorescent lighting reduces energy use, but what's the trade-off in mercury exposure via broken bulbs and disposal? Now a team of Yale scientists has estimated where there will be a net increase or decrease in mercury emissions.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Health [23]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [11]

Federal EIS For Wave, Wind, and Other Offshore Energy Projects Soon [24]

The future of alternative energy development in coastal US waters will likely become clearer at the end of March 2007, when a draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement is scheduled to be released.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [6]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [11]

FEDS Set Stage for Geothermal Development [25]

The Dept. of Interior released its final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for geothermal energy on Oct. 22, 2008
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [6]
Region: 
Northwest (OR WA) [26]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [27]
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Public [11]

Can "Smart Grids" Really Help? [28]

"Smart grids" are packages of technologies and services that allow two-way communication between homes and utilities, as well as between various parts of regional power distribution systems.

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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [6]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [11]

Supreme Court Case Could Affect Nearly 550 Power Plants [29]

On Dec. 2, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could decide whether the Clean Water Act (CWA) allows EPA to weigh costs and benefits when determining the best technology available for the cooling water intake structures at existing power plants.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [6]
Water & Oceans [30]
Environmental Politics [19]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [11]

Follow the Money: Oil and Coal Edition [31]

Deep Throat's advice was never more needed: "Follow the money." Those reporters who want to follow Deep Throat's advice now have tools undreamed of in Woodward and Bernstein's hey-day.
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WatchDog TipSheet [32]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [6]
Journalism & Media [33]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [11]

New Fuel Economy Data Released [34]

As roller-coaster gas prices continue to make the news, your audience will likely be interested in the latest fuel economy stats, released Oct. 15, 2008, by EPA and DOE.
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TipSheet [2]
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Consumer [35]
Energy & Fuel [6]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/feds-report-climate-change-transportation-connection [2] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy [10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [11] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [12] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/wide-range-environmental-issues-before-supreme-court-0 [13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste [17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/military [19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [20] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/canadian-tar-sands-pollution-moves-south-us-refineries-0 [21] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada [22] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/some-states-win-some-lose-with-compact-fluorescent-lightbulbs-0 [23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health [24] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/federal-eis-for-wave-wind-and-other-offshore-energy-projects-soon [25] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/feds-set-stage-geothermal-development [26] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest [27] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west [28] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/can-smart-grids-really-help [29] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/supreme-court-case-could-affect-nearly-550-power-plants [30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [31] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/follow-money-oil-and-coal-edition [32] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/watchdog-tipsheet [33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [34] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/new-fuel-economy-data-released [35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy?page=1043 [37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy?page=1038 [38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy?page=1039 [39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy?page=1040 [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy?page=1041 [41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy?page=1042 [42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy?page=1045 [43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy?page=1046