Publication Items

Projects in 12 States Share Wildfire Funding [1]

$15 million of Stimulus funding for 55 projects, designed to help reduce wildfire hazards and reclaim burned lands, could be of substantial interest in the receiving communities.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Forests [4]
Government [5]
Region:
Northwest (OR WA) [6]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
California [10]
Alaska and Hawaii [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization [13]

Climate change scientist paints a stark and vivid picture

THE WINDS OF CHANGE: CLIMATE, WEATHER AND THE DESTRUCTION OF CIVILIZATIONS By Eugene Linden
Simon & Schuster, $26
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [14]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Consumer [17]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Studies [19]
Food [20]
Forests [4]
Health [21]
Government [5]
Environmental Politics [22]
Journalism & Media [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [24]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization [13]
Media Hype's Impacts On Disaster Victims And Endangered Species [25]

By JAN KNIGHT

After a disaster, news coverage can amplify risk, create new health syndromes, study shows.

Disasters and their aftermaths can have repercussions that reach beyond the days or weeks that follow, and news reports can strongly impact public reaction to related risks, even contributing to increased reports of health-related problems that may not be linked to the disaster, a recent study shows.
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Journalism & Media [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [24]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Toolbox: RMP*Comp Projects Chemical Disaster Scenarios [26]

Use this free software tool, downloadable from EPA, to calculate how much injury a chemical spill could cause.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [28]
Disasters [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [24]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Toolbox: RMP*Comp Projects Chemical Disaster Scenarios [26]
Public Risks from Chemical Facilities Aren't Just Theoretical [30]

Accidents and criminal actions at private and government facilities continue to threaten millions of people. Find the accident history in counties you cover.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [28]
Disasters [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [24]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Public Risks from Chemical Facilities Aren't Just Theoretical [30]
RTK NET Relaunches Chemical Risk Data Site [31]

RTK NET's powerful tools make it easy to see which cities face the worst chemical risks, and what chemicals are involved.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [28]
Disasters [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [24]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about RTK NET Relaunches Chemical Risk Data Site [31]
Congress Chiefs Want Probe into Secret Bayer Poison Gas [32]

House Energy Chair Waxman and Senate Commerce Chair Rockefeller call for investigation of whether Bayer could use safer chemicals at its Institute WV plant.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [28]
Disasters [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [24]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Congress Chiefs Want Probe into Secret Bayer Poison Gas [32]
Citizens Journalist and Citizens Scientific Redefine Disaster Story [33]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Journalism & Media [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [24]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Citizens Journalist and Citizens Scientific Redefine Disaster Story [33]
NOAA To Swarm Around Tornadoes This Spring [35]

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.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Government [5]
Science [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [37]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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After Secrecy Claims, Bayer's Own Lapses Revealed as Biggest Threat [38]

A U.S. Chemical Safety Board public hearing, delayed for a month due to Bayer's pleas for secrecy, finds lack of safety to be contributing factors to the 'accident' that killed two at an Institute, WV, plant in August 2008.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [28]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [24]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about After Secrecy Claims, Bayer's Own Lapses Revealed as Biggest Threat [38]

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