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Drinking Water Threats May Soon Be Rapidly Detected [1]

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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Health [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Technology [5]
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"This IS His Grandfather's Bug, But Now It's Electric" [7]

"If the Chevy Volt's $40,000 price tag sounds a bit too steep, you could always go the do-it-yourself route of Oregon teenager Ashton Stark. He just finished a yearlong conversion of his grandfather's 1972 Volkswagen Super Beetle into an electric car."

Energy & Fuel [8]
Transportation [9]
Technology [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NPR [11], 08/03/2010

"Army Corps Considering Coal Ash To Fix Levees" [12]

"The Army Corps of Engineers wants to use ash cast off from coal-fired electrical generation to shore up dozens of miles of Mississippi River levees, drawing fire from environmentalists worried that heavy metals from the filler might make their way into the river."

Chemicals [13]
Disasters [14]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [9]
Waste [16]
Water & Oceans [4]
Military [17]
Technology [5]
Environmental Health [18]
Wildlife [19]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [20], 07/14/2010

Internet Archive's Wayback Machine [21]

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Travel in the Wayback Machine to find Web pages no longer accessible to the public. Browse by date through over 150 billion pages archived since 1996.

Reporting Tools [22]
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International [23]
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VIDEO: "Solar Impulse Completes First-Ever 24-Hour Flight" [24]

"Plane powered entirely by the sun lands safely in Switzerland after completing its first 24-hour test flight, proving that aircraft can stay airborne during the night using energy gathered from the sun by day."

Energy & Fuel [8]
Technology [5]
Public [6]
International [23]
Source: Guardian [25], 07/09/2010

ESRI Geomedicine: Online Map Resource for Environmental Health [26]

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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Health [3]
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"The Incandescent Bulb Heads Offstage After Century-Long Performance" [27]

"Earlier this month, when Ikea announced this will be its last year selling incandescent light bulbs, the retailer billed it as an early, pro-sustainability move before federal law 'bans' the famously inefficient lamps."

Energy & Fuel [8]
Technology [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: ClimateWire [28], 06/29/2010

Gulf Spill Mapping, Infographic Roundup [29]

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 [30]
Disasters [14]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Technology [5]
Wildlife [19]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Mexico [33]
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Media Access to Oil-Impacted Areas Disputed [34]

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 [35]
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Fish & Fisheries [30]
Economy & Business [36]
Disasters [14]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [4]
Technology [5]
Journalism & Media [37]
Wildlife [19]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
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Public [6]

EPA Makes Water Polluters A Little Easier To Track [38]

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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