Publication Items

US Vulnerability To Heat Waves Varies Substantially by Location [1]

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 [3]
Health [4]
People & Population [5]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
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North American Toxics Data Released [8]

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation, which is a joint effort of Canada, the US, and Mexico, released on June 10, 2009, its annual report tracking and comparing toxic emissions.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Air [9]
Chemicals [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Pollution [12]
Region:
Canada [13]
National (U.S.) [6]
Mexico [14]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Acid Oceans: A New Twist To Report When Covering Climate Change [15]

By CHERYL HOGUE
The increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to human activities, such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation, is well known. Scientists – with the exception of some skeptics – predict changes in the Earth's climate from rising levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Book Shelf, Book 2- The Weather Makers [16]

THE WEATHER MAKERS
By Tim Flannery
Atlantic Monthly Press, $25

Reviewed by JIM MOTAVALLI
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
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User-Friendly Climate Change Prediction Tool Available [17]

ClimateWizard, by researchers from the Univ. of Washington, the Univ. of Southern Mississippi, and the Nature Conservancy, may be a useful takeoff point for covering estimated temperature and precipitation changes in your area.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about User-Friendly Climate Change Prediction Tool Available [17]
Covering Climate Change: A Story That Doesn't Fit Journalism's Norms [18]

By PAUL D. THACKER
The last 10 months have been important for Andrew Revkin, who covers climate for The New York Times, and those who cover environmental science. During that time, Revkin exposed a White House official who was doctoring government reports on climate change and uncovered an extensive program to silence NASA scientists from speaking to the public and media about the possible harm we might be causing our planet.
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Journalism & Media [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Climate-Change Skeptics In Europe? Mostly Missing In Action [20]

By PAUL D. THACKER
Where are the global warming skeptics in Europe?

If you canvas a wide variety of news (what journalist doesn't?) and read some newspapers in Europe, you'll notice something about their coverage of global warming: no skeptics. That's right. The media coverage of high-profile global warming skeptics is pretty much an American phenomenon, according to some noted journalists who cover the issue outside the United States.
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Region:
International [21]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization [22]

Climate change scientist paints a stark and vivid picture

THE WINDS OF CHANGE: CLIMATE, WEATHER AND THE DESTRUCTION OF CIVILIZATIONS By Eugene Linden
Simon & Schuster, $26
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Economy & Business [24]
Consumer [25]
Disasters [26]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Studies [27]
Food [28]
Forests [29]
Health [4]
Government [30]
Environmental Politics [31]
Journalism & Media [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Cumulative Ocean Impacts Mapped Off U.S. and Mexican Shores [32]

Researchers from California and Hawaii have analyzed 25 factors and developed a map that reflects the relative cumulative magnitude of their effects on the waters extending for about 250-350 miles off the shores of Washington, Oregon, California, and the Baja Peninsula.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [33]
Region:
International [21]
National (U.S.) [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [34]
California [35]
Mexico [14]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Billions at Stake with Climate Change Legislation [36]

The climate bill in Congress will impact hundreds of companies – some big in your area. Many are spending big bucks on lobbying. Here's how to follow the money.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [24]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]
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