Publication Items

Are We Ready for the Next Superstorm? [1]

Francesca Lyman asks "What does Hurricane Sandy tell us about coping with human health and consequences of climate change?"

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Health [7]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [9]
Pollution [10]
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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"The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today" [13]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [15]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [16]
People & Population [8]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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"In the Lap of the Gods" [17]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Journalism & Media [16]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [9]
Region:
Asia [21]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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"Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis" [22]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [16]
People & Population [8]
Pollution [10]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about "Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis" [22]
Boots on the Ground at Annual SEJ Gathering [23]

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Politics [25]
Food [26]
Journalism & Media [16]
Natural Resources [27]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [28]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [9]
Water & Oceans [29]
Wildlife [30]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Boots on the Ground at Annual SEJ Gathering [23]
State Fracking Disclosure Rules Don't Protect Public: Report [32]

A new OMB Watch report calls full advance disclosure of fracking fluid ingredients "the necessary first step" to protecting people's drinking water and concluded "no state has yet established all of the elements of a chemical disclosure policy strong enough to ensure the quality of the water and the health of communities near gas wells."

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [29]
Policy [34]
People & Population [8]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Chemicals [3]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Directory of Open Access Journals a Boon for Environmental Reporters [36]

The rebellion against commercial and subscription-only publishers over public access to articles based on taxpayer-funded research is gaining ground. The Directory — free, searchable and online — already includes some 819742, full-text, scientific or scholarly articles in 7885 journals.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [37]
People & Population [8]
Journalism & Media [16]
Government [38]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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How Muzzling Scientists Helps the Chemical Industry [39]

A Chicago Tribune investigative series on flame retardant chemicals helps illustrate how federal agency control of what scientists say to reporters can help the chemical and tobacco industries. By reporter Michael Hawthorne.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [30]
Science [37]
Pollution [10]
People & Population [8]
Health [7]
Environmental Politics [25]
Environmental Health [6]
Chemicals [3]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Cool Data Tools: EPA Releases NEPAssist Mapper [40]

For reporters wanting to pry open the worm-cans of local environmental stories, EPA's new GIS tool lets you map Environmental Impact Statements project information against a rich backdrop: layer after layer of geographic, demographic, environmental, and economic context. And, it can be used in conjunction with EJView, EPA's environmental justice online mapping tool.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [41]
Policy [34]
People & Population [8]
Government [38]
Economy & Business [19]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Documerica, Lost and Found [42]

Read about EPA's long dormant photojournalism project containing thousands of color photographs depicting a nation and its environmental problems in the early 1970s — and the new State of the Environment Photo Project this rediscovery has spawned, inviting participants worldwide to submit their work. By SEJournal photo editor Roger Archibald.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [44]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [16]
Natural Resources [27]
People & Population [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [45]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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