Publication Items

USFS Offers Climate Change Bird Atlas [1]

The atlas — a database actually — is based partly on climate-related changes in tree cover. It maps out current distribution of 147 species and modeled distribution resulting from climate change.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [3]
Forests [4]
Climate Change [5]
Biodiversity [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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New US Strategy for Coping with Climate Change Open for Comment [8]

NOAA, the USFWS, and the NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation (representing all state and wildlife agencies) released on Jan. 19, 2012, a draft of the first national strategy for responding to climate change effects on plants, fish and wildlife. The public comment period is open until March 5, 2012, and public meetings and a webinar will occur until Feb. 22, 2012.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [9]
People & Population [10]
Climate Change [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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New USDA Plant Hardiness Map Reflects Changing US Climate [11]

Finally, after numerous delays amid allegations of political interference by people who don't want to see documented evidence of climate shifts, the wait is over. The new detailed interactive map is based on data from 1976-2005, and is the first official revision since the 1990 update.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [9]
Climate Change [5]
Agriculture [12]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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NGOS Fill Federal Void on Plant Hardiness Zone Changes [13]

The American Horticultural Society and the National Arbor Day Foundation offer generalized hardiness maps as a starting point, until the US Department of Agriculture gets around to unveiling its own update.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Agriculture [12]
Planning & Growth [9]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about NGOS Fill Federal Void on Plant Hardiness Zone Changes [13]
Talks Delay Rules for Power Plant, Refinery GHG Limits [14]

One day, EPA may propose rules for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and petroleum refineries. But the process continues to drag out, with the consent of the state and local governments and environmental advocacy groups that have been litigating for about five years to make the agency take action.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Climate Change [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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A Look at Award Winners and the Media's Vetting of Candidates on Climate Change [17]

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Features [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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2012 Snow Cover Starting Out Very Low [19]

Snow cover has many implications, from ski resorts short on snow and farmers who rely on snowmelt for irrigation to firefighters and residents battling major fires in unusual locations in the middle of winter and smothering blizzards in areas at the other end of the extreme snow spectrum this year.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [20]
Disasters [21]
Climate Change [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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EPA Greenhouse Data Site Offers Bounty of Local Stories [22]

The searchable database is finally being published online for the first time after Congress mandated it in a rider to the 2008 omnibus appropriations bill. EPA compromised after protests from industry, limiting it to only the largest emitters. Pick only emitters in certain states. Focus on emissions of each of the six greenhouse gases it includes — or to customize views according to size of emission or emitting industry.
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WatchDog TipSheet [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [24]
Pollution [15]
Climate Change [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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It’s Time To Say Goodbye, Thank You and, Hey, We Can Get Through This Together [25]

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SEJ News [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Journalism & Media [27]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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"Early Warming: Crisis and Response in the Climate-Changed North" [28]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Region:
Alaska and Hawaii [30]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about "Early Warming: Crisis and Response in the Climate-Changed North" [28]

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