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Federal Environment & Energy Line-Up for 2009 (Part 2) [1]

The Obama administration is taking shape with many key environmental appointments to the cabinet and elsewhere. This is the second half of our guide to the new players, their backgrounds and agendas.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [3]
Government [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Science [6]
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National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [8]

Research Roundup: E-beat Questions: Favoring Sources? What about TV Envirocasts? [9]

Studies show environmental news crosses beats, with the beat influencing the coverage, and weathercasters play a key but overlooked role in explaining science.
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Climate Change [10]
Science [6]
Journalism & Media [11]
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Public [8]

Environment Is at the Heart of Annual AAAS Meeting [12]

Climate change, ecology and other environmental topics focus of AAAS sessions.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Science [6]
Journalism & Media [11]
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National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [8]

Local Expertise Solicited To Document Plant Material Changes [13]

"Citizen scientist" program to document when local plants flower, bud, leaf.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Studies [14]
Science [6]
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National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [8]

USGS to Release Water Contamination Reports [15]

USGS report documents occurrence of nearly 270 contaminants in U.S. surface water and treated drinking water supplies for nine water systems.

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TipSheet [2]
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Science [6]
Water & Oceans [16]
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National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [8]

National Academies Hooks Up With Entertainment Biz [17]

In a bold move to crack the reality show and celebrity-oriented entertainment worlds, the National Academy of Sciences is offering inside information to writers, producers, and entertainment industry moguls about its own views of reality.
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Science [6]
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National (U.S.) [7]
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Public [8]

National Academies Study Calls for Restoration of Climate Sensors [18]

How can you tell whether global warming is happening if the White House shuts down the satellites needed to sense it by cutting their budgets?

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WatchDog TipSheet [19]
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Climate Change [10]
Science [6]
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[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/federal-environment-energy-line-up-2009-part-2 [2] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [8] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [9] https://www.sej.org/publications/sejournal/research-roundup-e-beat-questions-favoring-sources-what-about-tv-envirocasts [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [12] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/environment-heart-annual-aaas-meeting [13] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/local-expertise-solicited-to-document-plant-material-changes [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists [15] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/usgs-release-water-contamination-reports [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [17] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/national-academies-hooks-up-with-entertainment-biz [18] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/national-academies-study-calls-restoration-climate-sensors [19] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/watchdog-tipsheet [20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science?page=315 [21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science?page=308 [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science?page=309 [23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science?page=310 [24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science?page=311 [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science?page=312 [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science?page=313 [27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science?page=314