Publication Items

"The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food" [1]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [3]
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Public [4]
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"The Science Beneath the Surface: A Very Short Guide to the Marcellus Shale" [5]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Health [9]
Pollution [10]
Science [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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"Places: Habitats of a Human Lifetime" [13]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
People & Population [14]
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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"Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation" [15]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [16]
Health [9]
Pollution [10]
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Toolbox: Database Helps Track Broken Promises on Parkland Conservation [17]

Seattle-based InvestigateWest published a feature package last summer documenting illegal parkland conversions in Michigan, New York City, and Oklahoma. They could not cover all the other states — that was left for you to do, with the assistance of their database of some 40,000 federal grants under the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Government [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [24]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Are We Ready for the Next Superstorm? [26]

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

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [16]
Climate Change [6]
Disasters [28]
Environmental Health [8]
Health [9]
People & Population [14]
Planning & Growth [19]
Pollution [10]
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Obama Administration Trying To Speed up Transmission Line Approvals [29]

As part of its push to improve the nation's power system, the Obama administration is trying to expedite construction of 7 transmission lines, in various stages of planning and design, spanning 3,100 miles in 12 states.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [21]
Environmental Politics [31]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [24]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [34]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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EPA Finalizes 15 Additional Superfund Sites, Proposes 11 More [35]

Sites in CA, GA, IL, IN, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OR, SC, TN, and TX received a final designation of Superfund status, meaning they are among the most toxic in the country, due to contamination from industrial operations, mining, military activities, landfills, and other sources.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [10]
Chemicals [16]
Region:
California [36]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [24]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [34]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Urban Forest Projects Address Energy, Health, Education, More [38]

Organizations in IL, NY, and TX received substantial funding from the US Forest Service so they can work on projects related to urban forests. The products and efforts are available for use by others around the country, making them of interest to any journalist covering urban environmental or health issues.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [39]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [24]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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41 New Trails Span About 650 Miles [40]

Just in time for summer, 41 new segments of the US National Recreation Trails system in AL, AR, CT, FL, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, NJ, NM, OK, PA, TN, and WV, covering about 650 land and water miles in 17 states, are open for business. These are part of a much larger system of about 1,100 trails spanning 13,000 miles.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [20]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [24]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [41]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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