Publication Items

Environmental Refugees: U.S. and World Examples [1]

Disasters create hundreds of thousands of environmental refugees in U.S and the World.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Planning & Growth [4]
Disasters [5]
People & Population [6]
Region:
International [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Environmental Refugees May Be Everyone's Problem: Security Issues [9]

Displaced people from disasters, climate change pose international social, economic and security threats
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [4]
People & Population [6]
Environmental Politics [10]
Climate Change [3]
Region:
International [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Special Year 2008 Look-Ahead: Environmental Refugees Grow in Numbers [11]

E-refugees grow in numbers, reflect threats to safety, security.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Planning & Growth [4]
Disasters [5]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [6]
Environmental Politics [10]
Region:
International [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Canadian Tar Sands Pollution Moves South to US Refineries [13]

New U.S. refineries will process crude oil from Canada's Tar Sands, which means that much of the pollution associated with that refining will occur in the lower 48.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Pollution [16]
Region:
Canada [17]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Human Development and Climate Change Suspected in Waterbird Declines [18]

Although the evidence is not yet ironclad, two recent reports support fears that populations of hundreds of bird species strongly dependent on water bodies are declining in much of the world.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Region:
International [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Climate Change Info Emerges in Advance of IPCC Release [19]

With climate change continuing to grow in news prominence, it'll be helpful to have access to the latest developments.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Region:
International [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Climate Change Info Emerges in Advance of IPCC Release [19]
20 U.S. States, Canada and Mexico Have Dead Zones [20]

The Gulf waters off of Louisiana aren't the only US area burdened by a "dead zone." There are similar, smaller areas with short- or long-term oxygen depletion off the shores of 20 states, as well as Canada and Mexico.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
Canada [17]
National (U.S.) [22]
Mexico [23]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Eco-Packaging for Wine: Bottles and Beyond [24]

Eco-friendly wine isn't just about what's in the bottle. It also IS the bottle — or, increasingly the box — plus the cork (or, increasingly screwtop), and more.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [25]
Region:
International [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Where's Canada's Energy Policy? [26]

Energy issues and policy north of the US border are heating up in intriguing ways, with potentially significant effects throughout North America.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Region:
Canada [17]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Greenwashing Claims are Pervasive [27]

In the past year or so, all things "green" have become a hot fad. Sorting through green claims remains a difficult task.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [28]
Region:
International [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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