"Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought"
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"The Environment and the Press: From Adventure Writing to Advocacy "
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When Mute Swans Become a Menace, What Should Be Done?
By CHRISTINE HEINRICHS
Mute Swans retain a mythic grip on people, touching the hearts of those who glimpse these graceful white birds gliding across a misty lake. Yet many now regard Mute Swans as unwanted invaders that trash fragile wetland and aquatic habitat and chase out other birds.
This dichotomy confounds wetlands managers, who want at least to control growing populations of Mute Swans, if not eliminate them entirely.
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Scientist's Efforts To "Persuade the Public" Have Professional Costs
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Long-Time NYT Reporter Andy Revkin Charts New Future as "Communicator"
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Multimedia Training Smorgasbord Awaits You — Online
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SEJ Works To Hold Obama Administration to Its Pledge of Transparency
SEJ President Christy George relays her experience of federal agency access shutdown and how SEJ works to reverse the trend.
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"EPA Tightens Rules on Pesticide Linked To Deaths"
"Federal officials have moved quickly to clamp down on the use of potent rodent-killing pesticides after one was linked to the deaths of two Utah girls earlier this year. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said aluminum and magnesium fumigants can no longer be used near homes."
Source: AP, 04/09/2010
"Rule on Lead Safety Set to Take Effect"
"After almost two decades of delays, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it was on track to implement a regulation requiring the construction industry to help prevent cases of lead poisoning among children."
Source: NYTimes, 04/09/2010
"Is Texas Writing the Book on Wind Power?"
"Feb. 28, 2010, was a banner day for Texas wind to set the clouds -- and electrons -- flying. In the Panhandle, gusts reached 47 miles per hour and wind generators delivered a record 6,242 megawatts of power to Dallas, Austin and other population centers. At 1 p.m., 22 percent of all the electricity consumed in the Texas grid was coming from wind."
Source: ClimateWire, 04/09/2010
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