Utah governor Jon Huntsman announced that state agencies will move to a four-day workweek (10 hours/day, with mandatory three-day weekends) in order to save energy, reduce vehicle miles traveled in the state, and address climate change and air pollution.
EPA is developing a voluntary water efficiency standard for new single-family homes and townhomes.
EPA announced May 29, 2008, that its assembled data on beach closings in 2007 is available online. You can look up beaches in the Great Lakes, along the Pacific, Gulf, and Atlantic coasts, and for five US territories.
Instructors in environmental journalism often find it useful to share ideas and resources, reading suggestions and examples of student projects.
Here you'll find contact information for federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Interior (HQ, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, Office of Surface Mining, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and many more.
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Following are SEJ members' sites, our current "good blogs and news sources" list, and an archive of those previously recommended by members as useful to any journalist covering environmental issues. The latter includes blogs, forums, news sites, or feeds. They focus on environmental journalism, environment or journalism... or any combination thereof. Some are commercial, some non-profit, some political.
SEJ's 17th annual conference took place earlier in the year than usual, September 5-9, with attendance hitting an all-new high. Our host was Stanford University, the theme "Innovation and Solutions."
A Living On Earth investigation has found neighbors of a New Orleans plant that once produced some of the most dangerous herbicides and insecticides known to man may be being left unprotected.
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[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/states-shift-work-schedules-save-energy
[2] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/epa-proposes-water-efficiency-standard
[3] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/epa-beach-contamination-data-online
[4] https://www.sej.org/library/blogs/list
[5] http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/
[6] http://www.grist.org/
[7] http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/
[8] https://www.sej.org/library/teaching-tools/overview
[9] https://www.sej.org/library/source-lists/overview
[10] https://www.sej.org/library/research/overview
[11] https://www.sej.org/library/blogs/overview
[12] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/stanford-ca-2007
[13] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/environmental-journalism-gallery/witnesses-to-an-era-wait
[14] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[15] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5045
[16] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5041
[17] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5042
[18] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5043
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5044
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5047
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5048
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=5049