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Book Shelf, Book 1 - Deep Water: The Epic Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People And The Environment [1]

Exploring the legacy of dams and human delusions of grandeur

DEEP WATER: THE EPIC STRUGGLE OVER DAMS, DISPLACED PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT Jacques Leslie
Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, $15.75

Reviewed by NANCY BAZILCHUK
A dam may not be forever, even if constructions like the Hoover Dam are expected to survive for a thousand years. A dam's environmental and social impacts, though, are enormous, extensive and essentially irreversible.
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Water & Oceans [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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From Environmental Fiction to Top Investigative Awards [6]

By JACKLEEN de La HARPE

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Journalism & Media [3]
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UVM to Host Vermont-Favored Hearty Party [7]

By CHERYL DORSCHNER

Every year that moveable feast, known as the SEJ Conference Saturday night reception, rolls out its local talent and regional cuisine. Veteran conference-goers still speak in hushed tones of the 2003 party at New Orleans' Mardi Gras World and gyrate at the thought of 2004 in Pittsburgh with "No Bad Ju-Ju."

This year, the Vermont conference team promises to take the concept of "local" to a new level, thanks to this event's sponsorship by co-host the University of Vermont.
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Journalism & Media [3]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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The Case Against Fluoride Mounts [8]

By BETTE HILEMAN

Until very recently, the mere mention that fluoridated water might cause adverse health effects was likely to be met with deep skepticism, even derision. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention still calls water fluoridation the greatest health triumph of the past 50 years.

But those attitudes are beginning to change.
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Water & Oceans [2]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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Bird Flu: The Coming Pandemic Or Much Less? [9]

Highly Pathogenic A (H5N1) Avian Influenza (AI) is killing birds and occasionally infecting and killing humans. This story continues to develop as both breaking news and a continuing story involving commercial poultry industry, ethnic differences, rural life, Third World poverty, and global and domestic preparedness for a disease pandemic.

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Food [10]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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Cumulative Ocean Impacts Mapped Off U.S. and Mexican Shores [11]

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 [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [13]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [2]
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International [16]
National (U.S.) [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [17]
California [18]
Mexico [19]
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Public [5]
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Feds Boost Lead-Reduction Effort in Houses [20]

About $100 million in funding is earmarked for 53 projects in 20 states and the District of Columbia by the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
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Chemicals [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Government [23]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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Billions at Stake with Climate Change Legislation [24]

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.
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TipSheet [12]
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Climate Change [13]
Economy & Business [25]
Laws & Regulations [22]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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Media Hype's Impacts On Disaster Victims And Endangered Species [26]

By JAN KNIGHT

After a disaster, news coverage can amplify risk, create new health syndromes, study shows.

Disasters and their aftermaths can have repercussions that reach beyond the days or weeks that follow, and news reports can strongly impact public reaction to related risks, even contributing to increased reports of health-related problems that may not be linked to the disaster, a recent study shows.
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Disasters [27]
Journalism & Media [3]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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16th Annual Conference: Pre-Conference Workshops For New And Seasoned Journalists [28]

SEJ's 16th Annual Conference, to be held in Burlington, Vt., Oct. 25-29, promises the same sort of story-producing tours, great speakers and informative panels that SEJ conference goers have come to expect.
But this year some pre-conference workshops – one a boot camp for journalists and the other at Vermont Law School – will offer new opportunities to journalists.
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Journalism & Media [3]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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