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- Following a December 2008 USA Today investigation into toxic air enveloping US schools, EPA will begin monitoring air quality around 62 schools in 22 states.SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:
Book Shelf: Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial
Death, be not proud: A green sequel on funerals
GRAVEMATTERS: A JOURNEY THROUGH THEMODERN FUNERAL INDUSTRY TO A NATURALWAY OF BURIAL
By Mark Harris Scribner, $24
Reviewed by JIM MOTAVALLILooking for some bedside reading with a high "eeewwww" factor?
You can't beat Mark Harris' "Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial."
Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:Help Keep SEJ and the Environment in the Spotlight
BY TIM WHEELER
The environment has enjoyed a terrific run in "the media" lately. Climate change has pushed onto the front page of newspapers repeatedly in the past year. It's garnered extended airtime on CNN, Fox and other broadcast outlets, and graced the covers of all kinds of magazines, from TIME to Vanity Fair, Vogue and, most recently, Sports Illustrated.
Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:Global Warming At Freezing Sundance '07
By JOANN M. VALENTI
Without a doubt, Everything's Cool, a documentary on climate change, most aptly defined the 25th Annual Sundance Film Festival goers' experience in Utah's below freezing January weather. Record-setting temperatures dropped into negative double digits, an especially challenging experience for the usual hoards of film industry representatives and celebrities from Los Angeles.
Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:Investigating Water: So What Happens When Water Turns Black?
By RON SEELY
Water, of all the natural resources upon which we rely, is perhaps the one that we take most for granted. We turn on our faucets and out it comes, clear and cool and always there.
Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:The Moving Images Of Video Inspire People to Read
By KEN WEISS
Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:Science Content Up; Readers Expect Local Media To Be Watchdogs
tBy JAN KNIGHT
New York Times' science section grows smaller while content increases, trend study shows
Although The New York Times' Science Times section grew smaller in 2000, editorial content increased while advertising decreased, according to a random sample analysis spanning 20 years.
Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:How Many Times Did He Say "Global Climate Change"?
DAVID POULSON
When Darren Samuelsohn heard "global climate change" during January's State of the Union address, he suspected it was the first time the president had uttered the phrase in his annual assessment of the country.
The Greenwire senior reporter verified his hunch by combing through the six others. And his story was the first to lead with that fact.
Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:SEJ Challenge Grant Update: $64,000 Needed By May 31
SEJ's board, members and staff have raised nearly $40,000 since June toward our $103,000 Endowment Challenge. That's good progress, but there's an even bigger mountain to climb in order to meet the challenge by May 31.
Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:September in Palo Alto. How Sweet!
By CHRIS BOWMAN
Daffodils in January. Wildfires in February. Bermuda shorts in March.
Like seemingly everything in the environment these days, this year's SEJ annual conference has been scheduled remarkably earlier than usual: Sept. 5-9 at Stanford University.
The coals fueling your Labor Day barbeque will still be glowing as you pack for the pleasant climes of Stanford, heart of California's Silicon Valley.
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