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- Users of athletic fields, parks, and playgrounds with artificial turf may face risks from dozens of potentially harmful synthetic chemicals in the ground-up recycled tires used to make it.SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:
Environment And Science on Screen At Sundance
By JOANN VALENTI
Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:Covering Climate Change: A Story That Doesn't Fit Journalism's Norms
By PAUL D. THACKER
The last 10 months have been important for Andrew Revkin, who covers climate for The New York Times, and those who cover environmental science. During that time, Revkin exposed a White House official who was doctoring government reports on climate change and uncovered an extensive program to silence NASA scientists from speaking to the public and media about the possible harm we might be causing our planet.
Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:Scientists Still Tracking Source Of 'Teflon Chemical'
By CHERYL HOGUE
The so-called Teflon chemical continues to make headlines. This synthetic compound, known as PFOA (short for perfluorooctanoic acid) or C8, is found in the blood of most people around the world, including you and your audience. But just where this chemical is coming from remains an open question.
Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:Studies Consider Coverage Of Biotech And Environmental Justice In The United States
By JAN KNIGHT
U.S. biotech coverage presents less risk than Canadian coverage, few popular views, preliminary study suggests
A recent study compares U.S. and Canadian public opinion of genetic technology and combines it with a preliminary study of the countries' biotech news coverage, finding that U.S. coverage focuses less on risks of genetic manipulation than Canadian coverage and fails to represent the wide range of public opinion on the topic.
Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:Guns And Butter: SEJ Annual Conference Planned For October In Vermont
By NANCY BAZILCHUK
Dairy cows that generate electricity, forests that are certified "green," and hunters and journalists armed with loaded guns (but not pointed at each other!) are just a few of the highlights planned for SEJ's 16th Annual Conference on Oct. 25-29, in Burlington, Vermont.
Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:Guns And Butter: SEJ Annual Conference Planned For October In Vermont
By NANCY BAZILCHUK
Dairy cows that generate electricity, forests that are certified "green," and hunters and journalists armed with loaded guns (but not pointed at each other!) are just a few of the highlights planned for SEJ's 16th Annual Conference on Oct. 25-29, in Burlington, Vermont.
Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:Biodiesel: A Noble Experiment, But There's Much To Consider
By NAOMI LUBICK
Willie Nelson recently graced the front of The New York Times business section in a laudatory story focusing not on the singer's gambling debts or tax evasion, but rather his latest money-maker: BioWillie Diesel.
Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:This Is Our Time: Opportunity Amid Media Turmoil
By PERRY BEEMAN
I write this as the Winter Olympics end. Some athletes landed hard on the ice or snow and went home without the oversized jewelry they sought. Others turned an ice version of shuffleboard and a snow version of skateboarding into gold medals.
Many were inspired, and inspiring. It brought back memories of the speech '80 U.S. Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks gave in the movie "Miracle." He wanted the young Americans to discard their fear of the Soviets, and said bluntly, "This is YOUR time!"
Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:New EPA Procedure Improves Transparency on Air Standards
The Obama EPA partially reverses a Bush-era procedure for setting health-based standards under the Clean Air Act.SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility: