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Book Shelf, Book 3- America's Wetland: Louisiana' s Vanishing Coast [1]

AMERICA'S WETLAND: LOUISIANA'S VANISHING COAST
Photographs by Bevil Knapp, text by Mike Dunne Louisiana State
University Press, $39.95
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Journalism & Media [2]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [3]
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New Trails Are in 13 States [5]

Twenty-two new National Recreational Trails, covering more than 525 miles, provide a good opportunity to cover outdoor recreation topics.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [12]
California [13]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [14]
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Public [4]
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New Tool Available For Localizing Coal Ash Controversy [15]

A new map and report by the Center for Public Integrity make it easier to pinpoint exact locations of coal-ash deposits, a waste product of coal-fired power plants.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Pollution [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [3]
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Public [4]
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It's Hurricane Prime-Time in Gulf and Atlantic States [20]

The next 6 weeks or so will see the peak of the hurricane season along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [3]
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Public [4]
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Top 10 Endangered Southern Areas [22]

The Southern Environmental Law Center's top 10 places in America's South that face "immediate, potentially irreparable threats in 2009" represent a cross-section of the major environmental issues facing these states.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [7]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Forests [23]
Natural Resources [8]
Transportation [24]
Water & Oceans [21]
Biodiversity [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [3]
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Public [4]
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SEJ Urges Prompt, Full EPA Release of Ash Spill Testing Data [26]

SEJ urged EPA Region 4 to release promptly and fully any environmental monitoring data it collects related to the December 2008 spill of coal ash from an east Tennessee impoundment.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [28]
Journalism & Media [2]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [3]
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Public [4]
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DOT Stifles Report on How Climate Change Will Affect Gulf Coast Infrastructure [29]

It wasn't exactly a secret that climate change will have drastic and often harmful impacts on the roads and causeways, chemical plants and oil/gas pipelines, and shipping facilities along the Gulf Coast. Two reports released in March had already said so.
But another report on the same subject from the Department of Transportation was buried deep in the bureaucracy - as has been the case with many reports on climate change impacts during the past eight years.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [30]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [3]
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Public [4]
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Coal Ash Stories Untold in Many Communities [31]

The December 2008 coal-ash spill at a Tennessee power plant has been making headlines for two weeks — but few journalists realize there are coal-ash stories to be unearthed in many communities. Here are some clues for finding them.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [32]
Disasters [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Energy Company Applying for Major "Incidental Take" Permit [33]

A Fortune 500 energy company is applying for an "incidental take" permit that would allow it to kill endangered and threatened species that live on the largest swath of land ever covered by one permit.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Forests [23]
Biodiversity [25]
Policy [35]
Environmental Politics [36]
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [3]
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Public [4]
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Studies Zoom in on Mississippi River Basin and Gulf Polluters [37]

Two new studies have shed light on some of the primary culprits in the degradation of the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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