Publication Items

Supreme Court Property Rights Case Has Environmental Implications [1]

The Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Dec. 2, 2009. The case, which started with legal action in 2004, involves a dispute over restoration of a stretch of Florida panhandle beaches damaged by storms.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
People & Population [6]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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EPA Expands Energy Conservation Push with Churches [9]

The estimated 370,000 houses of worship in the US could reduce energy consumption as much as 30%, so EPA is offering incentives, resources, and tools as encouragement.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [10]
Government [11]
People & Population [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Could Smart Meters Allow Privacy Invasion? [13]

The Philadelphia Inquirer explores the implications of an electric meter that knows when you are sleeping, when you are awake, and a lot more besides.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [10]
Government [11]
People & Population [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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EPA: Most US Residents Exposed to Excessive Air Pollution Risk [15]

While it does have limitations, the updated National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment offers risk estimates for each of 180 substances, and three separate combined assessments.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [16]
Pollution [17]
People & Population [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Beach Nourishment: Supreme Court To Decide Who Owns the New Sand [18]

When governments or communities pay to replenish beaches along privately owned beachfront property — or create new beaches by trucking in sand — what does that mean for the landowners' waterfront rights and property value?
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Military [19]
People & Population [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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US Vulnerability To Heat Waves Varies Substantially by Location [20]

A new analysis of about 40,000 census tracts in the larger US metropolitan areas can help you cover how well your community is preparing for heat-related risk.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [21]
Health [22]
People & Population [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Green Social Networks: It's Not Easy Being Green Alone [23]

Do green social networks actually increase coherence in the environmentalist community, or are they a distraction? Are they sincere or opportunistic? Can they be used for greenwashing? All of the above?
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [24]
People & Population [6]
Journalism & Media [25]
Region:
International [26]
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Report: Hints of Substantial Urban Residential Infill [27]

Researchers with EPA's Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation has found that residential development in some metro areas has moved from suburbs and exurbs to infill development within urban areas.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [3]
Consumer [28]
People & Population [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Food Deserts: Where The Food Isn't [29]

Areas lacking easy access to affordable staple foods can signal larger long-term problems, including environmental ones. Simple interactive maps can play a key role in engaging your community.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [28]
Food [30]
People & Population [6]
Technology [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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"No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations" [32]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [34]
People & Population [6]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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