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No Easy Solutions for Great Salt Lake Mercury

A USGS expert says the solution to problems with mercury plaguing Great Salt Lake will require more than just eliminating local sources. Also key are how it turns into harmful methylmercury and spreads through the food web.

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Source: AP, 05/13/2009

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Tennessee Spill: The Dredge Report

EPA's takover of the cleanup of TVA's coal-ash spill in Tennessee came after revelations that TVA's effort to do the job by dredging threatened to become a "major toxic event."

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Source: Nation, 05/13/2009

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SRF Allotments based on Final Economic Recovery Appropriations (3/12/09)

May 13/09 TipSheet redirect from SEJ.org

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"A Mountain of Trouble"

An "eco-friendly" developer in Sweet Home, Oregon, has brought "a nightmare of garbage-dumping fines from state environmental regulators, an asbestos investigation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, an investigation by Oregon charities regulators, and numerous civil lawsuits from angry creditors."

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Source: Eugene Register-Guard, 05/11/2009

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Black Carbon: A Key Cause Of Warming Not Well Recognized

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Web Publication Uses Data to Tell Complex Air-Toxics Story

A visit to a boot camp before the last Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Vermont opened the door for a special report on air pollution in San Diego by a webonly publication, voiceofsandiego.org

Reporter Rob Davis, who covers environmental issues for the Internet-based nonprofit news outlet, gives lots of credit to the special training and insights of the boot camp followed up by the annual conference. And, he also got help from fellow SEJ members.

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"Most Endangered Rivers" List To Be Released April 7

The conservation group American Rivers publishes an annual list of rivers endangered by dams, pollution, mining projects, and other threats they believe require urgent action.

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Consent Decree Forces Regs on Selected Gas and Diesel Engines

Restrictions would be placed on many types of stationary diesel and gas-fired engines under a proposed EPA rule.

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Greenhouse Gases Continue Rise; EPA Proposes Mandatory Reporting

Recently released studies show that the problem of ever-increasing GHG emissions in the US could be even worse than the current data indicate, as additional substances are added to the list. A proposed EPA rule may help, if finalized.

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Federal Polluters Get New Chance To Sway EPA In Secret

By CHERYL HOGUE

It seems improbable — a regulatory agency officially inviting polluters to secretly influence the scientific judgments it uses in crafting cleanup plans. But it happened earlier this year.

And it's likely to have impacts in the communities you cover, especially if they're facing pollution threats from a nearby military base or a Department of Energy or NASA facility.

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