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From Ink To Internet: Journalists Write Into The Blogosphere

By ROBERT McCLURE
"Yer blogging?"

The subject line on an SEJ friend's email at first caught me a little defensive. But it turned out that my friend is a big fan of weblogs, or blogs, believing they have the power to transform journalism and the social conversation. Notice, though, that she's not yet blogging herself. It's easier said than done – but also more fun than it sounds.

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"Biofuel Producers Give EPA an Earful"

"Biofuel and farm groups objected to the U.S. EPA's revisions to the National Renewable Fuel Standard today at a public hearing in Washington."

Energy & Fuel

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Source: ENS, 06/11/2009

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"Senate Panel Blocks Directional Drilling in ANWR"

"A Senate committee on Tuesday rejected a proposal by Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the panel's top Republican, to allow access to oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by drilling for it from outside the refuge."

Biodiversity

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Source: AP, 06/11/2009

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Green Jobs Sector 'Poised for Explosive Growth,'

A study by the Pew Charitable Trusts says that "green-collar workers" and the "clean-energy economy" have been growing faster than the rest of the U.S. economy and are poised for explosive growth.

Economy & Business

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Source: NYTimes, 06/11/2009

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Texan Named to Top Fish & Wildlife Post

"Sam D. Hamilton, who served as the head of the Texas office of the Fish and Wildlife Service during the early and mid 1990s, has been nominated by President Obama to be the national head of the agency."

Environmental Politics

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Source: Austin American-Statesman, 06/11/2009

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"Obama Picks Babbitt Aide To Run BLM"

"Bob Abbey, who helped former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt complete a Utah wilderness inventory 10 years ago, is President Barack Obama's nominee to head up the U.S. Bureau of Land Management."

Environmental Politics

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Source: Salt Lake Tribune, 06/11/2009

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SEJ's 19th Annual Conference: About Madison

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"Fighting Over Oil And Water"

"In the future, keeping your gas tank full could make disputes over water in the American West a lot worse. It's because energy companies hope to develop the oil shale industry. Getting oil from shale requires lots of water, and the richest oil shale deposits happen to be in the dry state of Colorado."

Energy & Fuel

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Source: Environment Report, 06/10/2009

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Family, Finances Prompted Withdrawal

"President Obama's nominee to lead the Forest Service and farmland conservation programs says he withdrew his name from consideration for family and financial reasons."

Environmental Politics

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Source: Greenwire, 06/10/2009

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"Google Closing in on Cheap Renewable Energy"

"Google Inc is closing in on its goal of producing renewable energy at a price cheaper than coal, the company's so-called green energy czar, the engineer in charge of the project, said on Tuesday."

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Source: Reuters, 06/10/2009

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