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January 17, 2007

"Wonder" Helps Speed Pattern Recognition

When assessing an environmental issue, it may be useful and appropriate to evaluate its links with human deaths and illnesses.

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Climate Change Info Emerges in Advance of IPCC Release

With climate change continuing to grow in news prominence, it'll be helpful to have access to the latest developments.

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Water Security Measures Open to Public Review

Steps necessary to improve security at tens of thousands of US drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater facilities have become a little more definitive with the release Dec. 14, 2006, of a draft set of voluntary guidelines. (

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January 3, 2007

Special Issue: Year 2007 Environmental News Look-Ahead Calendar

A split-party government is likely to bring more controversy, more conflict, and more news.

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December 6, 2006

Feds Ready To Designate Bald Eagles As "Recovered"

After intense recovery efforts resulting in an increase from ~400 nesting pairs in 1963 to the current count of >7,000, the bald eagle may soon be removed from the USFWS list of endangered and threatened species, with monitoring ongoing for at least five more years.

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May 10, 2006

NGOS Fill Federal Void on Plant Hardiness Zone Changes

The American Horticultural Society and the National Arbor Day Foundation offer generalized hardiness maps as a starting point, until the US Department of Agriculture gets around to unveiling its own update.

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October 13, 2004

Election and Oil and Gas Drilling May Shape Sage-Grouse Story

The timing of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to propose listing of the greater sage-grouse as a threatened or endangered species is coinciding with the presidential election and the rapid expansion of the influential oil and gas industry.

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August 7, 2002

Grasshopper Infestations on the Rise Again

As drought blankets much of the western U.S. and Canada, so do grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, and other associated bugs. The cyclical insect infestations, which are occurring in pockets in every state west of the Mississippi and in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, range from light to very severe.

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December 12, 2001

Human Guinea Pigs Still Under the Microscope

The Bush administration seems poised to accept the testing of potentially toxic pesticides on human subjects -- a practice that has raised ethical concerns.

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Air Quality Inside Airplanes Needs More Scrutiny

Is the air inside airplane cabins unhealthful? Federal Aviation Administration should undertake rigorous research to better identify problems and solutions.

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Latest TipSheet Items

January 17, 2007

"Wonder" Helps Speed Pattern Recognition

Climate Change Info Emerges in Advance of IPCC Release

Water Security Measures Open to Public Review

January 3, 2007

Special Issue: Year 2007 Environmental News Look-Ahead Calendar

December 6, 2006

Feds Ready To Designate Bald Eagles As "Recovered"

May 10, 2006

NGOS Fill Federal Void on Plant Hardiness Zone Changes

October 13, 2004

Election and Oil and Gas Drilling May Shape Sage-Grouse Story

August 7, 2002

Grasshopper Infestations on the Rise Again

December 12, 2001

Human Guinea Pigs Still Under the Microscope

Air Quality Inside Airplanes Needs More Scrutiny

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