Journalism & Media

June 6, 2013

Canadian Science in Crisis: Research, Responsibility and the Right to Speak

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression presents renowned Canadian climatologist Dr. Gordon McBean in conversation with journalist Anna Maria Tremonti, host of CBC’s “The Current”, about the importance of free expression to the scientific field and what happens to scientific endeavours when the right to free expression is restricted. The event will be filmed and posted to their website the following day.

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Pa. Gas Industry Builds Database Of Water Tests, Won’t Make It Public

"More than two years ago the Marcellus Shale Coalition, a gas industry trade group, began building an electronic database to house information about the water quality in thousands of private wells across Pennsylvania."

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Source: NPR, 05/29/2013

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"Cairns: Messengers in Stone"

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"Gold Rush in the Jungle: The Race to Discover and Defend the Rarest Animals of Vietnam’s 'Lost World'"

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"Continental Divide: Wildlife, People, and the Border Wall"

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"The Golden Shore: California’s Love Affair with the Sea"

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Global Environmental Issues, Journalism Star at Sundance

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Elephant Wrangling on the Energy Beat

More than one observer has compared covering energy to the folk tale about the blind men who try to describe an elephant, and end up shouting at each other because they’ve each grasped a different part of the beast and believe their portion represents the whole thing. Freelancer Jennifer Weeks reports.

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