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NOAA To Swarm Around Tornadoes This Spring [1]

Researchers, journalists in tow, will be chasing tornadoes around the central US in May and June to learn more about how tornadoes work, and better predict them and their paths.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [3]
Government [4]
Science [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [8]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [9]
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Public [10]

Public Comment Open for Renewable Energy Zones [11]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Region: 
International [14]
National (U.S.) [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [8]
California [17]
Mexico [18]
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Public [10]

New Mexico Activists Win FOIA Case Against Nuclear Agency [19]

A federal district judge ruled that agencies can't use delay to create secrecy when the Freedom of Information Act requires them to disclose records.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [20]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [21]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [8]
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Public [10]

Tucson, AZ 1997 [22]

SEJ's 7th Annual Conference: The border environment; four years after NAFTA; an address by Stewart Udall; Biosphere II; and remembering Edward Abbey.

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SEJ Annual Conferences [23]
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Public [10]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [8]

Draft EIS for Western Energy Corridors Released [24]

The public comment period for a long-delayed EIS draft designating energy corridors in 11 Western states is open.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Biodiversity [26]
Government [4]
Policy [27]
Environmental Politics [28]
Region: 
Northwest (OR WA) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [10]

Judge Rules Sandia Landfill Pollution Can't Be Secret [29]

A new ruling by a New Mexico state district judge requires that a report on groundwater pollution from a mixed-waste landfill at Sandia National Laboratories be made public.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [20]
Topics on the Beat: 
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [31]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [10]

BLM Tries to Remove a Congressional Tool for Protecting Lands [32]

A Congressional move to stop uranium mining around the Grand Canyon has led the BLM to propose removing the rules that allowed the Congressional action.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [28]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [10]

6-Year Study of Western Parks Contamination Due Soon [33]

The results of a 6-year study of more than 150 contaminants in representative western US national parks are expected to be released shortly.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Pollution [34]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [10]

Austin, TX 2005 [35]

The 15th annual conference, hosted by The University of Texas at Austin, brought hundreds of SEJ'ers together September 28-October 2 for a mix of entertainment, education, soul-searching and tributes.

Initiatives: 
SEJ Annual Conferences [23]
Visibility: 
Public [10]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [8]

EPA Ethanol Waiver Decision Today [36]

EPA said it would announce its decision Thursday on Texas' request for an ethanol waiver.
Public [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [8]
Source: Reuters [37], 08/06/2008

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