"Stimulus Money Put To Work at Superfund Sites"
As part of the economic stimulus package, EPA plans to spend $600 million -- double what it usually spends -- on cleaning up contaminated industrial waste sites.
Source: NPR, 05/27/2009
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Working Out Details of Guns in Parks
Now that Congress has passed a law allowing loaded, concealed guns in National Parks, the National Park Service must figure out how to carry it out.
Source: NYTimes, 05/27/2009
GAO Faults Endangered Species Oversight
"The Fish and Wildlife Service has no established way to track cumulative threats or injuries to most of the imperiled species the agency is attempting to protect, according to a new report from federal investigators."
Source: Greenwire, 05/27/2009
LCV Targets Reps Voting 'No' on Climate Bill
"The League of Conservation Voters and its allies this week launched a television campaign attacking two Democrats and one Republican who voted against the climate change bill in committee last week."
Source: Greenwire, 05/27/2009
Enviros Seek Repeal of Fracking Loophole
People in many parts of the U.S. blame gas drilling for causing the water in their wells to go bad. In 2005, the Bush administration got Congress to exempt from the Safe Drinking Water Act a drilling practice called "fracking." Now environmentalists hope to repeal the exemption and the gas industry is mounting a defense.
Source: ProPublica, 05/27/2009
Pelosi to China: Climate a 'Game Changer'
U.S. Congressional leaders visiting China think an understanding between the U.S. and China is key to reaching a climate pact in Copenhagen.
Source: AFP, 05/27/2009
"The End of Local News? If Communities Lose Newspapers, Who Will Fill the Void?"
SEJers in Maryland or the DC area might be interested in this free University of Maryland J-school symposium.
Media Hype's Impacts On Disaster Victims And Endangered Species
By JAN KNIGHT
After a disaster, news coverage can amplify risk, create new health syndromes, study shows.
Disasters and their aftermaths can have repercussions that reach beyond the days or weeks that follow, and news reports can strongly impact public reaction to related risks, even contributing to increased reports of health-related problems that may not be linked to the disaster, a recent study shows.
16th Annual Conference: Pre-Conference Workshops For New And Seasoned Journalists
SEJ's 16th Annual Conference, to be held in Burlington, Vt., Oct. 25-29, promises the same sort of story-producing tours, great speakers and informative panels that SEJ conference goers have come to expect.
But this year some pre-conference workshops – one a boot camp for journalists and the other at Vermont Law School – will offer new opportunities to journalists.
Hopeful Signs For SEJ's FOI Efforts
By JOSEPH A. DAVIS
That old feeling of helplessness is gone. The news media and public no longer see erosion of the First Amendment, the Freedom of Information Act and disclosure requirements in many environmental laws as inevitable ... and worse, unimportant.
Or so a recent vote in Congress signaled.
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