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Environmental reporters who want to keep track of accidents on their beats may want to know about these useful tools and resources.

The heads of Obama administration Congressional committees and subcommittees will likely be in the spotlight in the coming months. This overview will help you get a feel for who these people are, or who will soon be chosen.

The Southern Environmental Law Center's top 10 places in America's South that face "immediate, potentially irreparable threats in 2009" represent a cross-section of the major environmental issues facing these states.

A US House Oversight Committee report released in January 2009 found that federal agencies frequently ignore the findings and recommendations of their inspectors general.

In one of many last-minute actions, the Bush administration delayed a decision on a drinking water standard for the contaminant perchlorate (used in rocket fuel, explosives, fireworks, and many other industrial products, and also occurs naturally), but issued a temporary advisory recommendation. This has immediate implications for at least 31 large US utilities, and perhaps hundreds more.

Joining the world of Twitter, the social networking system that allows short messages, can plug you into a new world of sources.

In this issue: Fading mags: Environmental publications fall on hard times, reassess market; Mainstream reporters miss environmental justice story...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.