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Study: Many Forests Vulnerable to Climate Change [1]

An international team has pulled together what it says is the first global assessment of tree deaths linked with drought and heat stress. They cite 88 cases since 1970 on six continents.


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Report: 100s of Millions of Pounds of Toxics Dumped into US Waters [7]

Advocacy group Environment America based its conclusions on 2007 US EPA Toxics Release Inventory data, while overcoming some of the errors and limitations embedded in TRI.

 

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Natural Gas Case Sparks Change in Air Pollution Assessments [10]

Dogging the resulting developments of a new EPA policy could lead to many stories that focus on both the specific cases and the underlying principle of cumulative assessments of pollutants.

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"EPA: Toxic Chemicals in Freshwater Fish Widespread" [16]

"Nearly half of lakes and reservoirs nationwide contain fish with potentially harmful levels of the toxic metal mercury, according to a federal study released Tuesday."

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Source: AP [18], 11/11/2009

"New Models for Environmental Communication" [19]

An interesting new experiment in journalism "surfaced today in a Science Times article by  Lindsey Hoshaw, known on Twitter as  @thegarbagegirl. The feature is an up-close examination of the  Pacific Ocean's vast patch of plastic flotsam, reported with travel funds provided by readers of Spot.us."

Journalism & Media [20]
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Source: Dot Earth [21], 11/11/2009

EPA Warns 2 Staff Lawyers on Videos Criticizing Climate Policy [22]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has directed two of its lawyers to makes changes to a YouTube video they posted that is critical of the Obama administration's climate change policy."

Activism [23]
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National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NYTimes [24], 11/11/2009

"High BPA Levels Linked To Male Sexual Problems" [25]

"Exposure to high levels of a controversial chemical found in thousands of everyday plastic products appears to cause erectile dysfunction and other sexual problems in men, according to a new study published Wednesday."

Chemicals [8]
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Source: Wash Post [26], 11/11/2009

"Animal Investigators: How the World's First Wildlife Forensics Lab is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species" [27]

 

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Media on the Move: In the Journalism Storms, These Awards and Achievements Stand Out [29]

 

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New Journalism-Science Initiatives Alter How News Is Shaped [31]

 

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