Russian Olives and Tamarisk Get A Little Federal Love

May 12, 2010–A new report by the US Geological Survey, Bureau of Reclamation, US Forest Service, other federal agencies, and university experts says the water-hogging reputation of the two species has little merit, but found that effects on wildlife are mixed.

EPA Staffers Forced To Ignore Science: Panel

May 5, 2010–Award-winning investigative journalist Sheila Kaplan, an SEJ member, published a story in Politics Daily bringing to light some 73 interviews with 450 EPA employees depicting political interference in EPA science as an ongoing problem.

Survey Finds Little Early Improvement in Science-Meddling Under Obama

March 10, 2010–George Washington University's Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy (SKAPP) followed up with 37 scientists at 13 federal agencies to see if conditions had improved at their agencies post-Bush. Survey says: Not really, or not yet.

Study Shows Managed Turf Is Net Greenhouse Gas Loser

February 3, 2010–A study by Univ. of California-Irvine researchers has found that while grass itself acted as a carbon sink, when other factors are taken into account — fuel burned to maintain the lawn, emissions from fertilizer spread to help it grow, etc. — four times as much carbon was emitted than was absorbed.

AAAS Meeting Offers Chance To Catch Enviro Scientists

January 20, 2010–Dozens of sessions on environmental topics are on the agenda at the 2010 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, to be held Feb. 18-22 in San Diego.

Science Survey: Notes on Nature Can Be a Telling Scientific Record of Home

January 15, 2010–

White House Moves To Reinstate Bush-Suppressed Climate Reports

January 13, 2010–Katharine Jacobs, chair of the forthcoming National Academy of Sciences report on Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change and a professor at the University of Arizona, will head up the effort to reinstate the National Assessment — with new emphasis on adaptation.

Toolbox: Google Scholar Opens Science to Everybody — Almost

November 18, 2009–A new tool makes finding, understanding, and communicating science easier for environmental reporters.

Is Your Community Ready for Hurricane Season?

August 19, 2009–SEJ has prepared a list of resources which may be helpful to reporters doing before, during and after-hurricane stories.

Toolbox: Website Offers Profusion of Government Science Links

July 29, 2009–In one handy spot, you'll find hundreds of rarely visited Web pages published by a vast variety of federal offices and programs doing science on environmental and other topics.