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Media Play Key, Sometimes Misleading, Role in Public's View of Climate Research

The media may play a role in misleading the public, especially when journalists attempt a "false balance" in stories, giving equal treatment to climate science skeptics who question the validity of climate science studies.

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SEJ Launches New Grant Program for Reporting Projects

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Eruption of 'Shy' Volcano Suddenly Surprises the Experts and the World

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Features
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Disasters
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Here's the Pitch: Help Guide SEJ and Its Mission To Serve the Search for Facts

SEJ President Christy George explains all the exellent reasons why you should run for the SEJ board of directors in the upcoming election.

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SEJ Presidents Report
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On-line Journalism Begins To Fill the Void After Newspaper World’s Decay

SEJournal's Bill Dawson interviews Environmental Health News editor-in-chief Marla Cone, who left the Los Angeles Times in 2008, after almost two decades. Since then, Cone has overseen a number of major changes at the not-for-profit online publication.

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SEJournal Summer 2010, Vol. 20 No. 2

In this issue: Iceland's shy volcano surprises the world; growing on-line journalism; tips for roving reporters; journalists fight for access to cover BP oil spill; birthing a book; top 40 nature images of all time; SEJ's new grant program for reporting projects; free online tools; geoengineering Earth's climate; and more.

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ESRI Geomedicine: Online Map Resource for Environmental Health

From GIS software company ESRI, this free tool lets users enter places where they lived for more than two years at a time, and the site provides you with a personalized "place history" pdf report and shareable maps detailing local heart attack rate and nearby toxic chemicals for each location.
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TipSheet
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Health
Technology
Environmental Health
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New Federal Web Site Pulls Together Coastal Info

NOAA's "State of the Coast" contains both quick facts and detailed information regarding this 95,000-mile-long zone and all the players involved. It generally addresses longer-term issues, such as environmental degradation, climate, hazards, economics, and demographics.
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TipSheet
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Climate Change
Economy & Business
Planning & Growth
Water & Oceans
Government
People & Population
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National (U.S.)
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Extreme Heat Events Worse in Sprawling Cities

A study was published in Environmental Health Perspectives found that the most sprawling US cities have 2.6 times the risk of deadly extreme heat events than those with the least sprawl — regardless of the population, location, or rate of growth of an urban area.
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Climate Change
Planning & Growth
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National (U.S.)
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Pollution Is Significant in National Parks

Both polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (primarily from combustion sources) and pesticides are pervasive in 8 diverse US national parks, according to two Environmental Science & Technology studies by international teams of university and government agency researchers.
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Air
Chemicals
Natural Resources
Pollution
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