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SEJ offers links to environmental websites useful to journalists. If you'd like to suggest a great resource for this page, please send it to SEJ's web content manager Cindy MacDonald.

Environmental Protection Network (EPN)

EPN's bipartisan volunteers have backgrounds in environmental programs at the federal state and local levels, including scientists, engineers, economists, lawyers and others. Reporters who seek deep understanding of EPA programs, their origins and how they work in practice will find on their website budget analyses, comments on rulemakings and on U.S. EPA policies and priorities, and more.

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Environmental Podcasts

Here you'll find informative and interesting podcasts by SEJ members and other journalists.

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Science News for Students

Long-time SEJ member Janet Raloff is the editor and driving force behind Science News for Students (SNS), an award-winning online publication dedicated to providing age-appropriate, topical science news to learners, parents and educators.

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Harlem Heat Project

SEJ members Adam Glenn and Julia Kumari Drapkin partner with New York public radio flagship WNYC on a new participatory sensor reporting project exploring urban heat islands and health impacts in Harlem.

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Reporter's Guide to the Energiewende

Clean Energy Wire's guide provides international correspondents with an overview of the key stories, experts/decision-makers and facts of Germany’s landmark energy transition.

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Freelance Investigative Reporters and Editors (FIRE)

FIRE helps independent journalists by providing two services: a complimentary Editorial Consultancy and a Virtual Newsroom. Services and grants of up to $10,000 are available to assist freelance reporters working on investigative stories.

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Reporter’s Guide to Climate Adaptation

This new, mobile-friendly, digital guide from the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, produced by longtime SEJ member Adam Glenn, features an extensive resource database and a series of backgrounders to help improve coverage of society’s preparation for the impacts of climate change.

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Media Reporting on Methane Impact on Climate Change Is Wrong

SEJ member Francis Koster offers a slide show illustrating how most reporters are not using up-to-date information on leaking methane and its impact on climate change. Image: Phillips, N.G., et al., Mapping urban pipeline leaks: Methane leaks across Boston, Environmental Pollution Journal (2012).

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LEED Construction: Building a Brighter Future

This Construction Management Project article offers information on green construction practices, including Green Building Benefits, LEED and Green Construction, Green Construction Resources, LEED Certification in America and Worldwide, and several links for further reading.

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National Weather Service

For weather warnings, check the interactive, near-real-time national weather map put out by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service. It's updated every few minutes with color-coded warnings by type. You can also search for a forecast by state, city/state or zip code.

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