Publication Items

Network News Going Green: America's TV Networks Racing To Cover Environmental Issues [1]

By JEFF BURNSIDE

America's television network news operations are increasing their coverage of environmental issues, reflecting a pendulum swing of interest among Americans in general.
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Regulating Trade Could Curtail Invasive Species [6]

By RHITU CHATTERJEE

In 2003, more than 50 people in the Midwest became ill with the monkey pox virus. The source for the African pathogen – pet prairie dogs that were kept next to infected Gambian pouch rats in a pet store.

In the early 1970s, Arkansas aquaculturists imported the Asian Black carp to control fish parasites in aquaculture ponds. Now these mussel-eating fish are happily lurking deep in the waters of the Mississippi River Basin. Scientists fear that they may be driving precious endangered snails and mussels to extinction.
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [2]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Regulating Trade Could Curtail Invasive Species [7]

By RHITU CHATTERJEE
In 2003, more than 50 people in the Midwest became ill with the monkey pox virus. The source for the African pathogen – pet prairie dogs that were kept next to infected Gambian pouch rats in a pet store.

In the early 1970s, Arkansas aquaculturists imported the Asian Black carp to control fish parasites in aquaculture ponds. Now these mussel-eating fish are happily lurking deep in the waters of the Mississippi River Basin. Scientists fear that they may be driving precious endangered snails and mussels to extinction.
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [2]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Regulating Trade Could Curtail Invasive Species [7]
Publishing Paradox: Environment, A Hot Topic, Addressed In Fewer Books [8]

By BILL KOVARIK

The new SEJ book award, along with plans for an increased emphasis on environmental books at this year's SEJ annual conference in Roanoke, VA, are reflections of an increasing interest in environmental book publishing among SEJ members. Yet trends in the national marketplace of ideas seem paradoxical.

Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Troubles In Paradise:SEJ Members Study Tropical Ecosystems In Hawai'i [9]

By JENNIFER OLADIPO
SEJ members Joy Horowitz, Erin K.D. Judd, Charlotte Kidd and Jennifer Oladipo were four of seven environmental reporting fellows at the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawai'i in May.
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [2]
Region:
Alaska and Hawaii [10]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Whitman Confirms for SEJ Annual Conference, Oct.17-21 [11]

EPA Administrator Christie Whitman will address the Friday, Oct. 19 luncheon plenary of the 11th Annual Conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists in Portland, Oregon.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [2]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Ontario Schools Launch Environmental Curriculum [13]

On June 22, Ontario Education Minister Kathleen Wynne announced that as of January 2008, all elementary and secondary schools in the Canadian province will provide environmental education.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [2]
Region:
Canada [14]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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2007 Farm Bill Is on Front Burner [15]

It's crunch time for developing the successor to the 2002 US Farm Bill, set to expire Sept. 30, 2007. Many of the ingredients that may be blended into the 2007 Farm Bill are now becoming public.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Studies [2]
Food [18]
Forests [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Pollution [21]
Waste [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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New Eagle Survey Data Released [24]

Eagle numbers vary nationally in first year of delisting.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Studies [2]
Biodiversity [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Public Role in Decision Making Supported by Expert Committee [27]

A committee commissioned by the National Academies has found that the public's role in government decision-making processes on environmental matters is invaluable, when properly handled.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [2]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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