Publication Items

Acid Oceans: A New Twist To Report When Covering Climate Change [1]

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.
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Climate Change [2]
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National (U.S.) [3]
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Public [4]
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Journalism's Struggle Offers Big Challenges For SEJ [5]

By PERRY BEEMAN
SEJ's truly marvelous family of committed journalists, educators and other friends came out of the Austin conference with the usual amazement about all the talent, helpfulness and great work that our members exude.
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Journalism & Media [6]
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National (U.S.) [3]
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Public [4]
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Two Agencies Hide Neglect of Coal-Dam Safety with Secrecy [7]

US EPA and Army Corps of Engineers say they "cannot make the list of 'high hazard' coal ash impoundment sites public," even though risk to communities exists -- like the December 2008 pond failure at the Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [8]
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Chemicals [9]
Disasters [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Government [12]
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National (U.S.) [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
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Public [4]
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Covering Penguins and the Politics of Denial [14]

Read excerpts from Bill Moyers' keynote address to the annual conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists, Austin, Texas, October 1, 2005.

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Journalism & Media [6]
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National (U.S.) [3]
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Public [4]
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Book Shelf, Book 3- A Spiritual Field Guide: Meditations for the Outdoors [15]

A SPIRITUAL FIELD GUIDE: MEDITATIONS FOR THE OUTDOORS
By Bernard Brady and Mark Neuzil
Brazos Press, $12.99

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Journalism & Media [6]
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National (U.S.) [3]
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Public [4]
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Book Shelf, Book 1-The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker [16]

THE GRAIL BIRD: HOT ON THE TRAIL OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER
By Tim Gallagher
Houghton Mifflin Company, $25

Reviewed by CHRISTINE HEINRICHS
The announcement of a confirmed sighting of the ivorybilled woodpecker in April 2005 was greeted like a confirmed extraterrestrial alien sighting. It was astonishing, contrary to accepted general wisdom, breathtaking.
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Journalism & Media [6]
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National (U.S.) [3]
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Public [4]
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Book Shelf, Book 4- The Republican War on Science [17]

THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON SCIENCE
By Chris Mooney
Basic Books, $24.95

Reviewed by STUART LEAVENWORTH
Here's a news flash: President George Bush and some of his minions have targeted scientists who don't share their agenda. They have intimidated certain government researchers, reassigned those who cause trouble for key constituencies and discouraged an entire generation of biologists, climatologists and other professionals from ever working on the federal payroll.
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [18]
Journalism & Media [6]
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National (U.S.) [3]
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Public [4]
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Troubling Predictions Come True For Reporter And Friends [19]

By KATINA GAUDET
"We have a different fear of hurricanes."

My friend Yasmin was trying to rationalize her fearlessness in the face of an imposing Hurricane Katrina, expected to make landfall near New Orleans the next day, from her first-floor Uptown apartment.

But I was having difficulty, although safe in a hotel room near Memphis. I was frantic, yelling into the phone at Yasmin, "You cannot stay there."
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Disasters [10]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
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Public [4]
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Has Balance Warped The Truth? [20]

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Journalism & Media [6]
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National (U.S.) [3]
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Public [4]
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From Coffee-Table Books To New Posts And Science Awards [21]

Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
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National (U.S.) [3]
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Public [4]
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