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The World Changes and Twirls Us Back Toward Place

SEJ President Christy George explains why she's convinced that an awareness of "sense of place" adds a deeper dimension to our reporting. What is nature writing if not an exploration of very particular places? And I mean nature writing in the broadest sense, including writing about PCBs, CFCs, or CAFOs.

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SEJ Presidents Report
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SEJournal Spring 2009, Vol. 19 No. 1

In this issue: New media add to coal-ash coverage; Getting started with podcasts; Newsroom cuts impact E-beat veterans; more...

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Cash for Clunkers Legislation Rolls Closer

Two competing bills before Congress would pay people to scrap old, inefficient vehicles. But some say the proposed legislation is not as green as it looks and other factors need to be taken into consideration.
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TipSheet
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Consumer
Energy & Fuel
Laws & Regulations
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Fungus Potentially Threatens Millions of Bats

White-nose syndrome, an increasing cause of bat mortality, is spreading. Bats play an important role in controlling insect populations and pollinating plants.
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TipSheet
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Biodiversity
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NOAA To Swarm Around Tornadoes This Spring

Researchers, journalists in tow, will be chasing tornadoes around the central US in May and June to learn more about how tornadoes work, and better predict them and their paths.
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TipSheet
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Disasters
Government
Science
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National (U.S.)
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI)
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX)
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Toolbox: EPA's Pesticide Emergency Exemptions Database

There could be a story breeding behind the emergency pesticide exemptions — which could number in the hundreds — in your state.
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WatchDog TipSheet
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Chemicals
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After Secrecy Claims, Bayer's Own Lapses Revealed as Biggest Threat

A U.S. Chemical Safety Board public hearing, delayed for a month due to Bayer's pleas for secrecy, finds lack of safety to be contributing factors to the 'accident' that killed two at an Institute, WV, plant in August 2008.
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WatchDog TipSheet
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Chemicals
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV)
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"Trade Secrets" — Largely Untested Grounds for Toxic Secrecy

Witnesses at a House Energy Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection hearing in February said excessive and unjustified claims of "confidential business information" dampen EPA's efforts to regulate commonly used chemicals.
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Economy & Business
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Justice Department Issues New Guidelines on Handling FOIA Requests

The guidance was the latest in a series of orders seeking to turn around Bush administration secrecy, although "altering the mind set" might make change more difficult than originally thought.
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EPA Reverses Bush-Era Toxics Release Inventory Blackout

A new rule signed by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson restores cuts in how much data communities can get about nearby industrial releases of toxic substances.
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WatchDog TipSheet
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Chemicals
Laws & Regulations
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Policy
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