The Southern Environmental Law Center's top 10 places in America's South that face "immediate, potentially irreparable threats in 2009" represent a cross-section of the major environmental issues facing these states.

A US House Oversight Committee report released in January 2009 found that federal agencies frequently ignore the findings and recommendations of their inspectors general.

In one of many last-minute actions, the Bush administration delayed a decision on a drinking water standard for the contaminant perchlorate (used in rocket fuel, explosives, fireworks, and many other industrial products, and also occurs naturally), but issued a temporary advisory recommendation. This has immediate implications for at least 31 large US utilities, and perhaps hundreds more.

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In this issue: Fading mags: Environmental publications fall on hard times, reassess market; Mainstream reporters miss environmental justice story...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

In this issue: Dirty business?: Examining if your paper is a polluter; E exposes secrets of newsstand biz; 'Old' nuke story earns Pulitzer for Albuquerque Trib reporter...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

In this issue: Covering Cairo: The issue diverges at the U.S. border; Some basics of the population debate; Q&A: Roberts tells journalists to stand up for their principles; and more.

 

In this issue: Green retreat: Environmental bill battered in Congress while election sets stage for radical reform; SEJ presidency changes hands: Emilia Askari succeeds Jim Detjen; and more.

 

In this issue: Up the planet: Time to trade in despondency for environmental optimism?; Staking out the state house much more.