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November 10, 2010

Create Custom Environmental Maps with National Atlas

Dial up just one layer of data, or add layer after layer (from scores of topics) to create your own concoction of interlinked factors. The zoom function allows you to narrow or enlarge your geographic coverage as you see fit.

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Disease-Tracking Tool May Help Both People and Wildlife

This growing database may help you identify emerging problems and patterns, and supplement what government and university personnel can track.

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EPA Proposes Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy Trucks, Buses

The standards, now in a 60-day comment period, cover three types of heavy trucks but would not apply to vehicles built before the 2014 model year.

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3/4 of Public Transportation Measures Approved in 2010

Some involved new fees, taxes, or bonds, while others didn't dip into voters' wallets. Get a thumbnail sketch of each measure, and its fate at the hands of voters

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October 27, 2010

Study: Fish Are Getting Whipsawed by People, Climate Change

Arizona State University researchers find a major shift in top fish predators in 36 North American waterways, resulting in reduced availability of fish caught for food or sport, and long-term changes in riparian ecology that affect both people and the rest of the environment, sometimes in unpredictable ways.

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New Ozone Standards Could Have Big Impact

If EPA's health-based primary standard is reduced from its current level of 75 parts per billion to 60 ppb, which is the low end of what the agency's science advisors have recommended, about 67% of the US population would live in monitored counties that would be out of compliance.

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25,000 Abandoned Mines Are Just the Beginning

The BLM is documenting where the mines are, and ramping up efforts to mitigate threats from them, such as water contamination, traps for people and animals, and deteriorating old explosives lurking in some dark corners.

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Peak Water: A New Way To Look at Long-Term Water Issues

Viewing local, regional, national, and global water issues through the lens of "peak water," a concept explained in a Pacific Institute paper, can yield some interesting angles on water-related stories and long-term water issues.

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October 13, 2010

Many Environmental Issues Are on 2010 Ballots

Specific or broad environmental issues could play a role as voters decide which candidate to choose in many races. At the same time, the environment continues to score way down the list, according to pollsters, when voters are asked about all their priorities.

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'Follow the Money' at State Level During Campaigns

The National Institute on Money in State Politics collects data about spending related to state-level races in all 50 states, codes and collates it, and presents it all in a searchable online database.

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Latest TipSheet Items

November 10, 2010

Create Custom Environmental Maps with National Atlas

Disease-Tracking Tool May Help Both People and Wildlife

EPA Proposes Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy Trucks, Buses

3/4 of Public Transportation Measures Approved in 2010

October 27, 2010

Study: Fish Are Getting Whipsawed by People, Climate Change

New Ozone Standards Could Have Big Impact

25,000 Abandoned Mines Are Just the Beginning

Peak Water: A New Way To Look at Long-Term Water Issues

October 13, 2010

Many Environmental Issues Are on 2010 Ballots

'Follow the Money' at State Level During Campaigns

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