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Climate Data Center Redefines What's "Normal" [1]

Is normal weather still what it used to be in your region?
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TipSheet [2]
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Climate Change [3]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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McClellan Misled on Climate Science Censorship: Watchdog [6]

Need another reason not to go through the "press office?" Try reading the transcript from the White House briefing of June 8, 2005.
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WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Government [8]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
- Read more about McClellan Misled on Climate Science Censorship: Watchdog [6]
After Denials, White House Caves on Censored Gerberding Climate-Health Testimony [9]

It was news when the White House censored testimony prepared in October 2007 by Centers for Disease Control Director Julie Gerberding - testimony detailing the health hazards likely to result from climate change.
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WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
- Read more about After Denials, White House Caves on Censored Gerberding Climate-Health Testimony [9]
The Biz: Change Most Definitely Has Come. Now What? [10]

Journalists by their very nature love change. Change is news. Change is good. And now change is everywhere. Bud Ward reports.

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Backgrounders [11]
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Climate Change [3]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [12]
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Public [5]
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The Beat: SEEEJ? News Convergence — the Three Es of Environment, Energy and Economy [13]

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SEJ News [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Journalism & Media [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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Bush OMB Claims Public Health Endangerment As Secret [17]

The White House Office of Management and Budget has denied a FOIA request by the online newsletter Greenwire to release EPA's public health "endangerment finding" on climate change.
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WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Health [18]
Government [8]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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DOT Stifles Report on How Climate Change Will Affect Gulf Coast Infrastructure [19]

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.
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WatchDog TipSheet [7]
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Climate Change [3]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
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Public [5]
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Soybean Groups Pull Funding for Biofuel Research Over Climate Findings [21]

Two soybean industry groups temporarily suspended about $1.5 million in grants to the University of Minnesota for biofuel research after it found using food crops for fuel could worsen global warming and cause other environmental harm.
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WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
- Read more about Soybean Groups Pull Funding for Biofuel Research Over Climate Findings [21]
CNN, Weather Channel Axe Environmental Units [22]

At a time when public understanding of complex science and environmental issues grows critical, CNN laid off its entire science/enviro team and NBC's The Weather Channel fired the staff of the "Forecast Earth" environmental program.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Journalism & Media [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about CNN, Weather Channel Axe Environmental Units [22]
Research Roundup: E-beat Questions: Favoring Sources? What about TV Envirocasts? [23]

Studies show environmental news crosses beats, with the beat influencing the coverage, and weathercasters play a key but overlooked role in explaining science.
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Science [24]
Journalism & Media [12]
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Public [5]
- Read more about Research Roundup: E-beat Questions: Favoring Sources? What about TV Envirocasts? [23]

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