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Portland, OR 2001

SEJ's 11th Annual Conference: Top Bush administration officials Christine Todd Whitman and Gale Norton outlined new environment and natural resources policies. Two conference sessions considered the impact of terrorist attacks on technology, the environment and environmental reporting.

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SEJ Annual Conferences

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Northwest (OR WA)

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Baltimore, MD 2002

The 12th annual conference, October 9-13, included a searching examination of the environment beat's "blind spots", and a spirited exchange between two key members of Congress and President George W. Bush's top environmental advisor about politics and policy in the post-9/11 era. Among the more than 30 session topics: Rachel Carson's legacy, ten years after Rio, cancer clusters, "Frankenfish" and an insider's look at the "big ten" environmental groups.

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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV)

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Bookshelf: Covering the Environment: How Journalists Work the Green Beat

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Journalism & Media

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National (U.S.)

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Best Environmental Journalism of 2007-2008 Honored

Thirty-three entries in 11 categories — including the new Rachel Carson Environment Book Award — had been designated as finalists in the SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment, the world's largest and most comprehensive awards for journalism on environmental topics.

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Research Roundup: E-beat Questions: Favoring Sources? What about TV Envirocasts?

Studies show environmental news crosses beats, with the beat influencing the coverage, and weathercasters play a key but overlooked role in explaining science.

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Reporter's Toolbox: Might the Suburbs in your Area Become the Next Slums?

Are Peak Oil, the subprime mortgage mess and generational shifts ending Americans' love affair with the suburbs? That's what some high-profile urban planning types are postulating.

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Freelance Life: Making the Move from a Newspaper to “Writing for Hire”

Freelance reporter Abby Luby recounts her journey and lessons learned so far.

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Journalism & Media

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EPA Teases Congress on Air Waiver Information: Interrogation Next

EPA still has not complied with requests from two Congressional investigating committees for documents on its decision to deny California and some 16 other states waivers allowing them to regulate tailpipe greenhouse emissions.

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The Pollution in Your Drinking Well May Be Syngenta's "Trade Secret"

EPA says it can tell you how much of the herbicide atrazine may be in your drinking water - but you will have to swear not to tell anyone.

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NYC May Outlaw Environmental Monitoring By Citizens

The New York City Council is considering a bill that would make it illegal for a citizen to test - without police permission - the environment for toxic or pathogenic conditions.

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WatchDog TipSheet

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Waste

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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT)

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