"Scientists Look at Flares' Impact on Smog"
Scientists in the Houston area are focusing research on the flare stacks at its hundreds of petrochemical plants -- which may be a major overlooked cause of smog.
Source: Houston Chronicle, 05/26/2009
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX)
TX DEQ Boss Mum on Meetings With Asarco Lobbyist
A Texas state senator is seeking documents on meetings between Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Chairman H.S. Buddy Garcia and a lobbyist for Asarco as he was preparing to approve its application to reopen a smelter.
Source: Austin American-Statesman, 05/19/2009
NOAA To Swarm Around Tornadoes This Spring
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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Public Comment Open for Renewable Energy Zones
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.
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New Mexico Activists Win FOIA Case Against Nuclear Agency
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.
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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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Draft EIS for Western Energy Corridors Released
The public comment period for a long-delayed EIS draft designating energy corridors in 11 Western states is open.
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Judge Rules Sandia Landfill Pollution Can't Be Secret
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.
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BLM Tries to Remove a Congressional Tool for Protecting Lands
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.
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6-Year Study of Western Parks Contamination Due Soon
The results of a 6-year study of more than 150 contaminants in representative western US national parks are expected to be released shortly.
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