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"Officials Fear Another Whooping Crane Die-Off" [1]

"Wildlife officials fear the world's only remaining natural flock of endangered whooping cranes could be at risk of another winter die-off."

Biodiversity [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: AP [5], 01/27/2010

"Scientists Link Flame Retardants and Reduced Human Fertility" [6]

"Scientists for the first time have found evidence that flame retardants -- ubiquitous in homes and in the environment - may be reducing human fertility. California women exposed to high levels of the compounds take substantially longer to get pregnant than women with low levels."

Chemicals [7]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: EHN [8], 01/27/2010

"Obama to Announce High-Speed Rail Plan Post-Speech" [9]

"A day after delivering a State of the Union address aimed at showing recession-weary Americans he understands their struggles, President Barack Obama intends to award $8 billion in stimulus funds to develop high-speed rail corridors and sell the program as a jobs creator."

Environmental Politics [10]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: AP [11], 01/27/2010

A Newbie's Advice on Getting Started with Video [12]

 

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The Beat: Top Universities Rethink How To Prepare E-Beat Journalists [15]

By BILL DAWSON

The Beat usually examines recent coverage of environmental issues. This time around, though, The Beat looks at the environmental beat itself — specifically, at a couple of recent developments related to the training of journalists to cover environmental issues.

The first event was the October announcement that Columbia University was suspending for review its two-year, dual-degree graduate program leading to one master's degree in journalism and another in environmental science.

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Science Survey: Notes on Nature Can Be a Telling Scientific Record of Home [17]

 

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Science [20]
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E-Reporting Biz: It Can Be Dangerous Being An E-Journalist in the Digital Age [21]

The digital age of environmental journalism has brought with it an ugly underbelly characterized by increasingly bitter personal exchanges and accusations and a sucking-up of countless hours of productive reporting time and effort. How reporters handle these distractions may shape how well the American public understands, or doesn't understand, the climate challenge they and future generations will face.

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Scientists Say Actual Data Contradicts Climate Skeptic [23]

A new peer-reviewed analysis by scientists at the National Climatic Data Center concludes that skeptic Anthony Watts' 2009 critique of the U.S. temperature record is itself contrary to the actual data.

Climate Change [24]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Scholars & Rogues [25], 01/26/2010

"Interior Chief Salazar's First Year a Gusher of Controversy" [26]

"Somewhere just after 12:30 p.m. on a cold Wednesday this month, the image of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar as a Western pragmatist and wily political deal-maker evaporated in a cloud of heated rhetoric."

Government [27]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Denver Post [28], 01/26/2010

"Railroads, Utilities Clash Over Dust From Coal Trains" [29]

"An effort by railroad companies to control dust blowing from coal trains has drawn the wrath of electric-power generators and the attention of federal regulators."

Air [30]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [31], 01/26/2010

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