Public

Guns And Butter: SEJ Annual Conference Planned For October In Vermont [1]

By NANCY BAZILCHUK

Dairy cows that generate electricity, forests that are certified "green," and hunters and journalists armed with loaded guns (but not pointed at each other!) are just a few of the highlights planned for SEJ's 16th Annual Conference on Oct. 25-29, in Burlington, Vermont.

Topics on the Beat:

Journalism & Media [2]

Region:

National (U.S.) [3]

Visibility:

Public [4]

Read more about Guns And Butter: SEJ Annual Conference Planned For October In Vermont [1]

Guns And Butter: SEJ Annual Conference Planned For October In Vermont [5]

By NANCY BAZILCHUK

Topics on the Beat:

Journalism & Media [2]

Region:

National (U.S.) [3]

Visibility:

Public [4]

Read more about Guns And Butter: SEJ Annual Conference Planned For October In Vermont [5]

Biodiesel: A Noble Experiment, But There's Much To Consider [6]

By NAOMI LUBICK

Willie Nelson recently graced the front of The New York Times business section in a laudatory story focusing not on the singer's gambling debts or tax evasion, but rather his latest money-maker: BioWillie Diesel.

Topics on the Beat:

Energy & Fuel [7]

Region:

National (U.S.) [3]

Visibility:

Public [4]

Read more about Biodiesel: A Noble Experiment, But There's Much To Consider [6]

"Learning To Live With Less Water" [8]

"Droughts are nothing new for the Western US. But lately, even some parts of the country surrounded by water have gotten a taste of droughts. Rebecca Williams reports as our population grows, some experts say we're going to have to learn to live with less water."

Water & Oceans [9]

Public [4]

National (U.S.) [3]

Source: Environment Report [10], 06/05/2009

Read more about "Learning To Live With Less Water" [8]

Herds Get New Diet [11]

Adjustments to cattle feed may help reduce global warming.

Climate Change [12]

Public [4]

National (U.S.) [3]

Source: NYTimes [13], 06/05/2009

Read more about Herds Get New Diet [11]

This Is Our Time: Opportunity Amid Media Turmoil [14]

By PERRY BEEMAN

I write this as the Winter Olympics end. Some athletes landed hard on the ice or snow and went home without the oversized jewelry they sought. Others turned an ice version of shuffleboard and a snow version of skateboarding into gold medals.

Many were inspired, and inspiring. It brought back memories of the speech '80 U.S. Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks gave in the movie "Miracle." He wanted the young Americans to discard their fear of the Soviets, and said bluntly, "This is YOUR time!"

Topics on the Beat:

Journalism & Media [2]

Region:

National (U.S.) [3]

Visibility:

Public [4]

Read more about This Is Our Time: Opportunity Amid Media Turmoil [14]

Texas Sues BP for Pollution [15]

"BP Products North America Inc. is being sued by Texas authorities who accuse the petrochemical giant of 46 pollution violations at its Texas City refinery -- including one tied to an explosion that killed 15 workers and injured 170 others four years ago."

Air [16]

Public [4]

National (U.S.) [3]

Source: AP [17], 06/05/2009

Read more about Texas Sues BP for Pollution [15]

U.S., Canadian Groups Hit Oil Sands Development [18]

"The Sierra Club, Greenpeace and 28 other North American environmental groups are calling on the United States and Canada to boost investments in clean energy, halt industrial fishing in the Arctic and freeze expansion of the Alberta's oil sands...."

Activism [19]

Public [4]

Canada [20]

Source: NYTimes [21], 06/05/2009