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Encyclopedia of Life [1]

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Based at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, the second edition of the free, online collaborative Encyclopedia of Life, [2] published Sept. 5, 2011, is redesigned and expanded with information on more than one-third of all known species on Earth. Search >700,000 species pages and 600,000 still images and videos.
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Hydraulic Fracturing: Resources for Journalists [6]

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Contact Columbia University's Earth Institute scientists for expertise on basics of energy exploration and extraction; rock mechanics; contaminants in underground water; manmade earthquakes; and economic/political questions surrounding the practice.

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Energy & Fuel [7]
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No Water No Life [8]

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Founded in 2006 by SEJ member Alison M. Jones, No Water No Life photography teams document historic, current and potential management issues of six case-study watersheds: North America’s Columbia, Mississippi and Raritan River Basins and northeastern Africa’s Nile, Omo and Mara River Basins.
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [14]
Water & Oceans [15]
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Biodiversity Research Institute [16]

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Since 1998, BRI assesses emerging threats to wildlife and ecosystems through collaborative research and shares scientific findings to inform discussions on issues ranging from environmental mercury contamination and contaminants in birds to wind power development, loon preservation and management, and more.
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Environmental Law from LexisNexis [18]

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Get the latest environmental-law research, legal news, articles, reactions, comments, and authoritative reference materials from leading sources. Join scheduled live chats hosted by peer reviewed lawyers and directly interact with legal professionals.
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Environmental Health Perspectives [23]

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EHP is a world-renowned, peer-reviewed research journal with a news section. It's published monthly by the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, with select translations for subscribers in China, Brazil, Mexico and Chile.
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South America [24]
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New Media Toolkit [31]

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Created by the Renaissance Journalism Center, a project of San Francisco State University’s Journalism Department, these online tools, tutorials and resources are "designed to help nonprofits and ethnic and community news organizations navigate the often intimidating and ever-evolving new media landscape." Includes Video, Social Media, Monitoring & Metrics, Blogging, Audio and SEO.
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12th Report on Carcinogens [33]

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' 12th Report on Carcinogens, released June 2011, includes 8 new substances: industrial chemical formaldehyde and a botanical known as aristolochic acids, as well as captafol, cobalt-tungsten carbide, certain inhalable glass wool fibers, o-nitrotoluene, riddelliine, and styrene.
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Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership (MoJo) [35]

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Mozilla and the Knight Foundation have partnered to bring web technologists and journalists together worldwide to invent the future of news. Submit your ideas for the opportunity to take part in the Knight-Mozilla Learning Lab in July 2011 and earn a paid, one-year Knight-Mozilla Fellowship at a leading news organization.
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National Academies Press Offers Free Book PDFs [36]

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PDF versions of books published by the National Academies Press are now downloadable to anyone free of charge. This includes a current catalog of more than 4,000 titles plus future reports produced by the Press.
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