2004 Elections Set the Tone for Environment Full text
AAAS, EurekAlert! Survey Shows Medicine, Health of Most Interest Full text
A Conservative is a Conservative ... But a Liberal is a 'Progressive'? 'Forward Looking'? Full text
A Farewell to Otis Chandler Full text
AJR Investigates Dallas Newspaper's Air Quality Editorials Full text
Al Gore's movie and book: Spur to more climate coverage? Full text
A Low-Cost Way to Help the Environment Full text
American West's Daily Coverage: Vast Majority Fail to Make the Grade Full text

A Science Grad Student's Perspective On Scientists' Roles Beyond the Laboratory Full text
A Student Perspective on the Shape of Science News to Come Full text
Big Differences in N.Y. Times, Washington Post Climate Change Lead Stories on January 29 Full text
Bill Moyers, Molly Ivins Among Headliners Scheduled for SEJ Conference in Austin Full text
Biodiversity May Be Threatened by Trend Towards Smaller Households Full text
Bitter Power Struggle Dominates Sierra Club Election Coverage Full text

Borenstein from Knight Ridder To A.P. National Science Beat Full text
Bush EPA's New Source Ruling: The Story is Certain to Continue Full text
California Environment Report Full text
CBS Explains Lack of 'Balance' In "60 Minutes" Piece on Climate Full text
Changing Times and Faces at High Country News Full text
Checking Blogs Can be Useful for Traditional Reporters Full text

Children's Health and the Environment Full text
Climate Scientists, Reporters Swap Insights At Wilson Center Public Meeting Full text
CNN's Environment Unit: End of the Road for What Remained Full text
Coastal Issues Highlighted at SEJ Conference Full text
Columnist Flattau Writes New Book Blasting Bush Policies Full text
Competing Denver Dailies Set Pace Full text
Coverage Continues on Mercury Issue Read more

Coverage of Growth Sprawls across Several Beats Full text
Coverage of WTC Pollution Aftermath Debated Full text
Covering Environment in Houston and Austin Full text
Covering the Coasts and Population Pressures Full text
'Defender of Earth Award' Offered by Activist California Group Full text
Defining the Media Field of Play Full text

Diverse Issues Demand Attention of Native American Press Full text
The Dripping Ice Cream 'Bomb Pop' Of Coverage of Climate Change Science Full text
Earth Day Weekend Pieces Illustrate Times, Wall Street Journal DifferencesFull text
Easterbrook, No Stranger to Controversy, Ignites One with L.A. Times Column Full text
ENS Launches Subscriber Wire Service News Full text
Environmental Health News Summary Adds Useful Archive Search Capability Full text
Environmental Media Services -- A Smaller, More Focused Organization Full text

Environmental News Network – A Decade Old and Moving Forward Full text
Environmental Journalism Education Full text
EPA Administrator, Hollywood 'Celebs,' Activist Lawyer Kennedy on SEJ Program Full text
EPA Decides Against TV News Grants Full text
EPA's "Substantial Involvement" in Television News Elicits Negative Reactions Full text
EPA Surveys Editors on Views About Agency Research Efforts Full text

EPA Targets TV Meteorologists, Station Anchors To Impart Water Quality Information Full text
Faultline: Covering California on the Web Full text
FERC Bids for Secrecy on Power Plan Licensing, Regulation Full text
Florida: Rx for Thriving E Beat? Full text
First Amendment Survey Results: America's Press Is 'Too Free' Full text
First Risser E Journalism Prize Awarded; Rocky Mountain News Wins for 'The Last Drop' Full text

Five Journalists Named as Judges of New Environmental Prize Full text
Gallup: Americans Less Worried on Environment Full text
Gelbspan's 'Boiling Point' Turns Up Heat On Climate Skeptics, Media Coverage Full text
Geography and Ideology Behind Environmentalists' Senate Apprehensions? Full text
Grantham Prize to Honor Journalism Excellence in Reporting on the Environment Full text
Headwaters News: Building Identity 'One Day, One Headline at a Time' Full text

Homeland Security Bill's FOIA Exemption: What's Next? Full text
Honesty, Ethics in Journalism Rank Low; But Other Studies Provide a Counterpoint Full text
Immigration Reform Group Shines Light on Activists' Silence Full text
Improved Multi-Media Skills Urged for Media and Scientists Full text
Increased Coverage in Spanish, Keyed to Hispanic Population Surge Full text
Industry Test-Fires New Secrecy Weapon Full text

Izaak Walton League Promoting Outdoor Writers' Coverage of Population Full text
Izaak Walton Seeks to Involve Outdoor Writers in Population Campaign Full text
Journalists, Scientists at URI Workshop Lay Groundwork for Improving Communications Full text
Keith Schneider's Environmental Journalism Evolution: From 'Friend to Foe' with Property Rights Activists Full text
Knight-Ridder, Times, National Journal Measure Bush Policies at Mid-Point of Term Full text
Kyoto Treaty Sets Stage for Local Climate Reporting Full text

LA Times Shuts Down Innovative 'Outdoors' Section Full text
Local Reporter Challenges Brockovich Veracity Full text
Media at Nieman Session Weigh Climate Change, Water Resource Issues Full text
Media Coverage of U.N. Population Report Runs Gamut Full text
Media, Environment and History Full text
Metcalf Institute Awarded Major NSF Grant for Diversity Journalism Fellowships Full text

Metcalf Institute Awarded NSF Grant for National Workshops Full text
Metcalf to Convene Climate Science Coverage Meeting July 25 at Woodrow Wilson Center Full text
Mizzou Rekindles Science Journalism Project Full text
Muckraking! The Up Side of Journalism Full text
Network TV News E-Coverage Plummeted in 2005, Survey Finds Full text
Networks Gave Environment 4 Percent of 15,000 Prime News Hole Minutes in 2002 Full text
New EW Series to Explore Environmental Journalism Full text
New NASA Media Policy Supports Freer Science Communications Full text

New NSF, EPA Grants Secure Science Journalism Workshops Project Full text
New Orleans Offers Ideal Settings For 13th Annual SEJ Conference Full text
News Coverage of Science and Environment: What's the Problem? Full text
Newshole Counterattack: Wartime Strategies for Environmental Reporters Full text
NewsLab's 'Reporter's Checklist for Accuracy' Full text
New/Useful RSS Feeds for Environmental Journalists Full text

Newspaper Dailies Squabble about Pollution Coverage, Ethics, Disclosure Full text
Nieman Reports Focuses on Environmental Coverage Full text
Northwest Web Publication Joins Seattle Research Center Full text
Ocean Acidification ... Below the Media Radar Screen? Full text
OneAtlantic: New Example Of 'Do-It-Yourself' Journalism Full text
Outlook for 2004 Full text

Pete Myers' 'Above the Fold' Off to Impressive Start for Reporters Full text
Pew Center Survey of Reporters Finds Increasing Anxieties, Concerns Full text
Politics and Climate Science Data Inquiry (A Tale of Two (Make that Three) Stories) Full text
Population Pressures on Coasts Continue (NOAA Population Report) Read more
Population & Wildlife Full text
Post-Campaign Teresa Heinz Lambastes 'Corporatized Media' on Environmental Coverage Full text

Poynter's CBS/Rather-Inspired Ethics Advice for Reporters Full text
Prominent Scientists, Journalists to Gather at Lamont Workshop Full text
Puns, Humor, An Edge Characterize Grist Coverage Full text
Recycling: Yesterday's Fad ... Tomorrow's bygone Era Full text
Reform or Revolution in the Mother of Environmental Databases Full text
Reporter Certification, Professionalism Seen As Antidotes for Ailing Mainstream News Full text

Responsible Journalism in a War-time Environment Full text
Rhode Island Workshop Ideas to be Pursued at Scripps Science Journalism Meeting Full text
Rigorous AMS Procedures Set For Broadcast Meteorologist 'Seal of Approval' Full text
RSS News Feeds: The Next Cool Thing? Full text
Science Communications and the News Media Workshop Full text
Science Writer Laurie Garrett's Impassioned Farewell to Newsday Read more

Science Journals Go to War-Time Self-Censorship (Full text
Science Training for TV Weathercasters Leaves them "Human" on Climate Change Full text
Scientists and Journalists: Getting the Point Across Full text
Scientists, Journalists Square Off in Frank Discussion about News Coverage of Climate Change Full text
Sea Change for the Beat or Just the Doldrums? Full text
Sea Change for the E-Beat ... or the Doldrums? Full text

SEJ 16th Annual Conference October 25-29 in Burlington, Vt. Full text
SEJ Austin Conference Strong Start, Strong Finish ... and Strong In Between Full text
SEJ Conference 2005 Full text
SEJ Environmental Journalism Awards Announced at Baltimore Conference Full text
SEJ Exploring Ways to Boost Support for Freelancers Full text
SEJ Meeting to Focus on Texas, While Recalling Past Conferences Full text
SEJ Plans Well Under Way for September 10-14 New Orleans ConferenceFull text

SEJ Pittsburgh Meeting Attracts More than 325 Journalists, Students Full text
SEJ's 13th Annual conference Runs September 10-14 in New Orleans Full text
SEJ's Listserv: Hats Off! Full text
SEJ Weighs Five-Year Goal: $3 Million Endowment Campaign Full text
Senate Environment Chair Inhofe and Aide Take on AP/Borenstein, Brokaw, Revkin (Analysis) Full text
Sierra Club Election Raises Immigration, Population Issues Full text
Skirting the Population Issue: Why Journalists Need to Tackle Growth Full text

Small Northwest Newspapers Team up for Climate Project Full text
'State of Media' Report Offers Valuable Insights for Working Press Full text
'State of Beat' Report Paints Grim Picture of Broadcast, Cable TV Coverage Full text
State of the News Media 2005 Full text
State of News Media 2006 Provides Sobering View of Journalism ... Again Full text
Strings Attached (Adventures in Grant-funded Journalism) Full text
Syndicated Columnist Ed Flattau
Recaps 40-year 'Intellectual Journey Full text

Three National Magazines Present Special Environment Coverage Full text
Tidepool: News for a Salmon Nation Full text
Times' Revkin Points to Challenges, Opportunities In Boosting Media Coverage of Science Issues Full text
Tips for Covering A Possibly Resurgent Nuclear Industry Full text
Tom Rosenstiel, George Lakoff to Headline Berkeley Science Journalism Workshop Full text
Cool to Be Green: Why No One Wants to Read About the Environment Full text

Top National Environmental Coverage Often Originates 'Outside the Beltway' Full text
Toxic? Or Toxin? Time to Decide? Full text
U.S. Population Growth Keeps Pace With World's Fastest Growing Countries Full text
War, Terrorism Likely to Back-Page 'E' Coverage Full text
Website Publications Continue to Evolve Full text
The Well Being of the Oceans: Building a New Momentum Full text

Western Conservation PR Effort to Work Under Name Resource Media Full text
White House Readies New Info Blackout: 'Sensitive But Unclassified' Data Full text
Wide-Ranging Advice Offered at SEJ Conference Full text
Will Overnight Ratings Replace Broadcast Consultants In Driving TV Coverage of Environment? Full text
Workshop Series Aims to Strengthen Science Communication Through Media Full text

Backgrounders
Assessing Regional Impacts of Climate Change, El Niño, La Niña, and More Multiple backgrounders
Covering Coastal Population Resources Full text
Covering the Coasts and Population Pressures Full text
Covering Drought Full text
Covering Harmful Algal Blooms Full text

Covering the Ozone Hole Full text
Covering West Nile Virus (Again) Full text
Drought Backgrounder: On A Hot Issue ... That Needn't Be Dry Full text
Ecological Consequences of Overfishing Full text
Flooding Full text

Food and Population - the Environmental Nexus Full text
Hurricanes and Coastal Storms Full text
Marine Biodiversity Full text
Marine Biodiversity and Seamounts Full text
Molds Full text

Population and Climate Full text
Population and Deforestation Full text
Population and Environment (pdf - 1 mB) Download
Population and the Global Environment Full text
Population and Water Full text
Population and Wildlife Full text

Post-Fire Effects Full text
Reporting on Electromagnetic Fields and Possible Health Effects Full text
Reporting on Marine Biodiversity Multiple backgrounders
Road from Marakesh Full text
Time to Report on Genetically Engineered Food? Full text

Toxic Molds Full text
Ultraviolet Radiation and Sun Protection Full text
Water and Population II Second in a series
West Nile Virus Full text
West Nile Virus Full text

Wetlands Full text
Why Cover Wetlands? Full text
Wildfires Full text

Book Reviews
'Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future Review' Review
'Field Notes from a Catastrophe' & 'The Winds of Change' Reviews
Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash, by Elizabeth Royte Review
Tuned Out: Why Americans Under 40 Don't Follow the News Review
Columnist Flattau Writes New Book Blasting Bush Policies Review
Dead Heat: Global Justice and Global Warming, by Tom Athanasiou and Paul Baer [ Review ].

Gelbspan's 'Boiling Point' Turns Up Heat On Climate Skeptics, Media Coverage [ Review ].
Greenspeak: 50 Years of Environmental Muckraking and Advocacy, by Michael Frome [ Review ].
The Language of Sprawl Review
Michael Crichton's State of Fear: A Science Journalist Takes on a Popular Novelist Article
Risk, A Practical Guide for Deciding What's Really Safe and What's Really Dangerous in the World Around You, by David Ropeik and George Gray [ Review ]

EW-Q&A
Bergen Record Project Leader Full text
Marla Cone Full text
Osha Gray Davidson Full text
Jim Detjen Full text
Douglas Fischer Full text
Amanda Griscom Little Full text
Craig Pittman & Matthew Waite Full text
Pete Myers Full text
Lisa Stiffler & Robert McClure (Dateline Earth) Full text
Ken Ward, Jr. Full text

Field Notes
It's time to finally state the obvious Full text
What is news? Full text
The year just ended was a wild one Full text
It was like living that recurring nightmare Full text
Television wins again. Full text
"With a name like Smuckers, it has to be good!" Full text

Just Thinking
The journalistic bandwagon can be a good thing after all Full text
One need turn only to the American Dialect Society to take the pulse Full text
Learned today by radio they're updating Strunk & White's Elements of Style Full text
Leaving the environmental journalism world of Washington, D.C. Full text
I knew Kevin Carmody Full text
While you were sleeping, daily journalism, as we have known it, passed on Full text
Standing ovations at a journalists' annual meeting Full text
A modest proposal Full text
On PEJ's State of the Media 2004 report Full text
Covering science-related news Full text
Concerned with the credibility of journalism Full text
It's time to come out of the closet Full text
Looking at the overall institution of journalism Full text
What is it that made you go into environmental journalism? Full text
Covering Washington From Afar Full text
Society of Environmental Journalists' 2002 Annual Conference in Baltimore Full text

Nose for News
Asbestos, Lead Litigation to Mirror Cigarette Cases? Full text

Point Source
Underused resources for environmental journalists Full text
SOS Journalism Full text
Informing the public of hazards without risking terrorist acts Full text
Learning from the past Full text
Disaster-Driven Journalism is Doomed to Repeat Itself Full text

Reading Racks (Chronological, as published in EW)

All Article Summaries (July/August 2006)
Japan to Replace Gas Cars with Ethanol Ones by 2030
Buyout Means More Fish, Fewer Boats in the Sea
DDT Study Finds New Hazard to Young Children
Plan May Erase Air Pollution at Ports
State Toughens Rules on a Household Pesticide
NASA's Goals Delete Mention of Home Planet
Earth's Climate Warming Abruptly, Scientists Says: Tropical-Zone Glaciers May be at Risk of Melting
Why You Can't Ignore the Changing Climate
Climate Experts Warn of More Coastal Building

All Article Summaries (June 2006)
EPA Scientists Allege Pressure in Pesticide Tests
Profusion of Oysters on Shoreline Rocks Offers Scientists Hope
Scientists Explain How They Attribute Climate-Change Data
In Navajo Country, a Battle Brews Over Proposed Power Plant
What Cost Climate Change?
GM Sees Ethanol Rising to 10% of U.S. Auto Fuel

All Article Summaries (May 2006):
For Science's Gatekeepers, a Credibility Gap
Biologists Worry as Pupfish Disappear from Death Valley
Failures in Pollution Controls for Salmon Are Illegal, Groups Say
Tapping Into a Changing Climate
Backers Hope Oil Plan Floats

All Article Summaries (Apr. 2006):
Overfarming African Land Is Worsening Hunger Crisis
War Over Cleaning the Air
Did a Group Financed by Exxon Prompt IRS to Audit Greenpeace?
Tiny Switch a Big Mercury Polluter
Inuit See Signs in Arctic Thaw: String of Warm Winters Alarms 'Sentries for the Rest of the World,'
Insurance Industry Feeling the Heat of Global Warming
Blue Crab Population Slowly Rebounding

All Article Summaries (Feb. 2006):
Governor Seeks 90% Mercury Reduction
United States Ranks 28th on Environment, A New Study Says
Arctic Out of Balance
Lab Researches Ways to Inject Energy Plant Emissions in Basalt
Hawaii Serves as World's Biotech Lab

All Article Summaries (Jan. 2006):
More Blacks Live With Pollution
EU Governments Agree on Chemical Rules
Trade Ministers at W.T.O. Talks Agree to Limit Fishing Subsidies
DuPont Settles Charges That It Hid Toxic Risk Data
The Race Against Climate Change: How top companies are reducing emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases
Study Concludes Beethoven Died From Lead Poisoning
Climate of Skepticism: U.S. newspaper coverage of the science of climate change

The Truth about Global Warming, Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine, Oct. 9, 2005.
Nearly Half of Americans Cite 'Too Little' Environment Regulation, The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 13, 2005.
The Deadliness Below, Daily Press, Oct. 30-31, 2005
Plan for Coastal Drilling Emerges, Los Angeles Times, Oct. 3, 2005.

Population Equation: Balancing What We Need With What We Have, Environmental Health Perspectives, Sept. 2005.
Study Find British Soil Losing Carbon, Associated Press, Sept. 8, 2005.
The New Prize: Alternative Fuels, The New York Times, Sept. 10, 2005.

Pest Rule will Have a Few Bugs, Critics Say, Los Angeles Times, August 14, 2005.
How the Wall Street Journal and Rep. Barton celebrated a global-warming skeptic, Business & Education News, August 31, 2005.
Political Science, The New York Times Magazine, September 4, 2005.

EPA Paid Weather Channel for Videos, The Washington Post, July 18, 2005.
With a Push from the U.N., Water Reveals Its Secrets, The New York Times, July 26, 2005.
U.S. Proposes Allowing Fish Farming Up to 200 Miles Off Coast, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 7, 2005.
Common Industrial Chemicals in Tiny Doses Raise Health Issue, Wall Street Journal, July 25, 2005.

Bush Aide Softened Greenhouse Gas Links to Global Warming, The New York Times, June 8, 2005.
Annals of Science: The Climate of Man, The New Yorker, April & May, 2005.
Here's What Ocean Germs Cost You, Los Angeles Times, May 3, 2005.
Eco-laws Helping Penguins Prosper, Miami Herald, May 2, 2005.
Bush Ends Ban on Roads in National Forests, Los Angeles Times, May 6, 2005.
Where the Waters are Rising, Time Magazine, April 25, 2005.

Do Blue Chips Belong in a Social Purist's Portfolio?, The New York Times, May 1, 2005.
Cruise Industry Pushed to Curb Pollution, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 3, 2005.
The Collapse of Big Media: Starting Over, The Wilson Quarterly, Spring 2005.
Gas-conscious Care Buyers in for MPG Sticker Shock, Seattle Post Intelligencer, April 16, 2005.
Pursuit of a Grande Latte May Be Stirring Up Gridlock, Washington Post, April 18, 2005.
The Unregulated Offensive, The New York Times, April 17, 2005.

Earthy Evangelist, The New York Times, Apr. 3, 2005.
Global Warming, Political Chill, Mar. 13, 2005.
The Hapless Toad, The Atlantic Monthly, May 2005.
Environment is Uniting Left and Right, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Mar. 22, 2005.
Hospitals Want Cash to Close Incinerators, Chicago Tribune, Mar. 14, 2005.
Governor Declares Drought Emergency, Mar. 11, 2005.

State Bypasses Kyoto, Fight Global Warming: California Tries to Cut Emissions on its Own, Feb. 17, 2005.
Dozens of Words for Snow, None for Pollution, January/February 2005.

In Harm's Way, Jan. 16-20, 2005.
Melting ice in glaciers, 3 articles, 2005.
Environmental catastrophe, 2 articles, 2005.
As Green as a Neocon, Jan. 25, 2005.
Toxic Breast Milk?, Jan. 9, 2005.
Talk Is Green, But Money's Still on Gas Guzzlers, Jan. 9, 2005.

A Hidden Cost of China's Growth: Mercury Migration, Dec. 17, 2004.
New Coal Plants Bury 'Kyoto', Dec. 23, 2004.
Scarce Water, Decreasing Costs Push Desalination To Fore, Dec. 19, 2004.
Bird Extinction May Impact Environment, Dec. 13, 2004.

Too Young to Die, Oct. 3-7, 2004.
Worldwide Report Says Amphibians Are in Peril: Ecological Stresses May be Taking Toll, Oct. 15, 2004.
Study Finds Warming Trend in Arctic Linked to Emissions, Oct. 29, 2004.
Recasting Wilderness as Open for Business, Oct. 25, 2004.
Ban on Elephant Ivory Could Endanger Fossils, Oct. 15, 2004.
Bringing Together Nations to Check Earth's Pulse, Oct. 18, 2004.
Bush vs. The Laureates: How Science Became a Partisan Issue, Oct. 19, 2004.

Oil and Gas Hold the Reins in the Wild West, September 25, 2004.
Lead Levels in Water Misrepresented Across U.S., October 5, 2004.
The Environment and the Presidency, September 26-30, 2004.

Global Warming, Localized Reporting: Journalists Focus on Microcosms of Planet's Changing Climate System, August 2004.
Global Warming: Why Business Is Taking It So Seriously, August 16, 2004.
Friends in the White House Come to Coal's Aid, August 9, 2004.
Once Targeted by Protesters, Home Depot Plays Green Role, August 6, 2004.

The EPA and Oil Refineries, July 17-19, 2004.
Wine Town With a Water Problem Is in Deep, July 19, 2004.
Seeds of Doubt, June 6-10, 2004.
An Unlikely Cause of Pollution in Bay: Dentists, June 30, 2004.
Endangered Species Act’s Protections Are Trimmed, July 4, 2004.
Goodwin Mine Ruling 'Whole New Ballgame', July 18, 2004.
In a Lather Over Antibacterial Products, July 20, 2004.

EPA Relied on Industry for Plywood Plant Pollution Rule, May 21, 2004.
Army Rescinds Order to Tighten Environmental Spending, May 28, 2004.
Cicadas Special Report, April/May, 2004.
Super Organics, May 2004.
Eco-Activists Sharpen Plans to Unseat Bush, May 22, 2004.
In Search of Solidarity: Will hard times renew historic alliances between environmentalists and labor unions?, May 24, 2004.

The Asthma Riddle: Scientists Are Still Struggling to Understand the Epidemic, Apr. 13, 2004.
At the Center of the Storm over Bush and Science, Mar. 30, 2004.
Thirsty California Starts To Drink the Pacific, Apr. 13, 2004.
Feed Regulations Not Yet Enforced, Apr. 14, 2004.
White House Undermined Chemical Tests, Report Says, Apr. 2, 2004.
Changing all the Rules, Apr. 4, 2004.
Despite Cleanup at Mine, Dust and Fear Linger, Apr. 12, 2004.

Perry Wants Part of Ellis Off Ozone List, Mar. 29, 2004.
GloFish Makes Waves in Gene Pool, Raising Questions About Ethics, Safety, Mar. 14, 2004.
Lawyer Who Challenged EPA Case Had Social Contracts With Judges, Mar. 23, 2004.
GOP Split by Environment Strategy: Talking Points Rile Moderates as Party Looks to Fight With Democrats, Mar. 23, 2004.
Welcome to Armageddon, Mar. 23, 2004.
Mercury As Folk Potion Sickens Users, Pollutes, Mar. 16, 2004.
Party Favors: Bush Drilling Plan Ticks Off Many New Mexicans and Tickles GOP Donors Pink, Mar. 10, 2004.

How Industry Won the Battle of Pollution Control at EPA, Mar. 6, 2004.
Bush's Potential Policy Shift on CO2 Credits is Drawing Fire, Mar. 5, 2004.
Intel Backs a More-Efficient PC Power Supply, Feb. 26, 2004.
Lack of Safety Is Charged in Nuclear Site Cleanup, Feb. 20, 2004.

Our Warming World: Effects of Climate Change Bode Ill for Northwest, November 13, 2003.
Fewer Polluters Punished Under Bush Administration, Records Show, December 8, 2003.
In Soil, Water, Food, Air, December 8, 2003.
New View of Data Supports Human Link to Global Warming, November 18, 2003.
States Feel Heat on Global-Warming Steps: Political, Industry Pressures Undermine Efforts to Trump Washington on Emissions Curbs, November 12, 2003.
Lawyers at E.P.A. Say It Will Drop Pollution Cases, November 6, 2003.
Munching Along -- Warning: Aggressive Alien Termites Could Be Headed Your Way, November 29, 2003.

U.S. May Expand Access to Endangered Species, October 11, 2003.
Satellites and Airborne Searches Spot Harmful Ocean Debris, October 14, 2003.
How Green is the White House?, November 3, 2003.
Pact in West Will Send Farms' Water to Cities, October 17, 2003.
WHO Warns of Deteriorating Health in Asia's Booming Cities, October 15, 2003.
Deep Trouble: The Gulf in Peril, September 28-October 30, 2003.
Toxic Air: Lingering Health Menace, October 27, 2003.
The Lay of the Landslide: A Look Behind the Senate's Thumbs-up on Leavitt, October 29, 2003.

Spawning Salmon Haul Toxins to Alaska Lakes, Experts Find, The New York Times, September 23, 2003.
Study Finds Net Gain from Pollution Rules, The Washington Post, September 27, 2003.

Has the Sea Given Up Its Bounty?, The New York Times, July 29, 2003.
Bad Air Breeds Ailments in Homes, Schools, Offices, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 20-21, 2003.
The Ungreening of America: Dirty Secrets, Mother Jones, September/October, 2003, and The War at Home: Sale of the Wild, Vanity Fair, September 2003.
EPA To Trim Fines for Buried Streams, Charleston (WV) Gazette, August 27, 2003.

EPA: Few Fined for Polluting Water; Agency Says It Must Do Better Job of Monitoring, Washington Post, June 6, 2003.
World Panel Will Now Act to Conserve the Whale Population, The New York Times, June 17, 2003.
Few Habitats, Many Species and a Debate on Preservation, The New York Times, July 1, 2003.
A $140-Million Mess; That's the Bill Florida Is Stuck with because the State Didn't Follow Its Own Rules in Dealing with Wastewater Cleanup Problems at the Fertilizer Plant, St. Petersburg Times, July 6, 2003.
A Wildlife Corridor, Green but Imperiled, The New York Times, July 8, 2003.
Five-part Series on Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests, The Daily Astorian, July 11-17 2003.

Big Green: Inside The Nature Conservancy, The Washington Post, May 4,5,6, 2003.
Environment Key to Gauging Wealth, Canada Told, Globe and Mail, Toronto, May 12.
Rapid Worldwide Depletion of Predatory Fish Communities, Nature, May 15, 2003.
States, Paint Industry Agree on Lead Warnings, The Washington Post, May 13, 2003.
Big-Time Timber Thieves Cocky, Hard to Catch, Associated Press (Salt Lake Tribune), May 18, 2003.
Color-Coded Choices for New EPA Nominee, The New York Times, May 26, 2003.
Air Tests Show Cancer Risks; Unsafe Level of Pollutants Found in Louisville, Louisville Courier-Journal, May 22, 2003.
Water Bottles Are Creating a Flood of Waste, Los Angeles Times, May 28, 2003.

Cascade Declares an End to Cod Fishing, Boston Globe, April 25, 2003.
Climate Sensitivity Uncertainty and the Need for energy without CO2 Emission, Science, March 28, 2003.
Global Warming Threatens Health of Corporations, The Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2003.
Cultivating Weeds: Is Your Yard a Menace to Parks and Wild Lands?, Science News, April 12, 2003
Levels of Common Fire Retardants in Humans are Rising Rapidly, Especially in the U.S., Los Angeles Times, April 20, 2003.
EPA Formalizes Decision to Remove Milltown Dam, The Missoulian, April 16, 2003.

Two Theories Eyed in Illness; Scientists Look at 3 Viruses, Newsday, March 26, 2003
U.S. Suffered Dramatic Increase in Smog Last Year, EPA Figures Show, Knight Ridder Newspapers, March 18, 2003
Republicans Resigned to Defeat on Alaska Wildlife Refuge Drilling Plan, The New York Times, March 18, 2003
Debating Whether Oil Wells and Wilderness Mix, The New York Times, March 11, 2003
Tough Cell: What Can We Learn from Bush's FreedomCAR Plan?, Grist, February 26, 2003

Internal warnings: Industry memos show Du Pont knew that a chemical used to make Teflon is polluting workers, Columbia Dispatch, February 16, 2003.
What the nose knows: Think twice before buying a loved one perfume, cologne, Your Environment (MSNBC News), February 12, 2003.
Lead's Toxic Toll: Report prompts action on smelter; U.S. agency to test Detroit site, neighborhood, Detroit Free Press, January 27, 2003.
Toxic chemicals taint Barton waters, American Statesman [Austin, Tx.], January 19, 2003.
Defense Firm to Help Inquiry into Industry Water Pollution, Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2003.

Detroit Worries Some Consumers Are Souring on Big SUVs, Wall Street Journal, January 8, 2003.
U.S. Demands Sweeping Changes to Forest Policy, Vancouver Sun, January 8, 2003.
Sea Searchers, Smithsonian, January 2003.
ANWR Stars Align -- Drill: GOP Congress Offers 'Best Opportunity', Anchorage Daily News, January 7, 2003.
The Sky Is Slowly Rising, Scientists Say -- Upward Movement of Atmospheric Layer Points to Global Warming, San Francisco Chronicle, January 7, 2003.

The Complexities of Issuing Fish Advisories, Great Lakes Radio Consortium, January 6-7, 2003.
Government Openness at Issue as Bush Holds Onto Records, The New York Times, January 3, 2003.
Temperatures Are Likely to Go From Warm to Warmer, The New York Times, December 31, 2002.
Percholate Runoff Flows to Water Supply of Millions: Fuel of Cold War Defenses Now Ignites Health Controversy, Wall Street Journal, December 16, 2002.
Oil, Air, Energy Laws in Play: Environmentalists Fear New Senate, Washington Post, November 18, 2002.

Election Day Brings Rise in Donations for Greens, The New York Times, November 18, 2002.
Flooded with Comments, Officials Plug Their Ears, The New York Times, November 17, 2002.
Out of Control, Deer Send Ecosystem Into Chaos, The New York Times, November 12, 2002.
Arkansas Rice Farmers Run Dry, and U.S. Remedy Sets Off Debate, The New York Times, November 11, 2002.
Warming Waters and Dying Lobsters, The New York Times, November 9, 2002.
How to Get Clothes Clean?, Los Angeles Times, October 21, 2002

Possibility of Using Trucks for Terror Remains of Concern, The New York Times, October 20, 2002
Region's New Source of Pollution; Weld County Gas, Oil Sites Contributing to Metro-Area Smog, Rocky Mountain News, October 17, 2002
New Statistics Show Increase in Cancer Rates, The Wall Street Journal, October 16, 2002
Under the Influence -- Is Industry an Inside Player at the Leading Carcinogen Research Center?, OnEarth, Fall 2002
As Blackouts Hit California, Traders Manipulated Markets, The Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2002.

PG&E's Regulatory Jailbreak, Alternet, September 12, 2002.
Environmentalists Hail the Ranchers: Howdy Pardners!, The New York Times, September 10, 2002.
Lead Paint Trial Will Command National Attention, Providence Journal [RI], September 03, 2002.
Chesapeake Summer (series), The Washington Post, Summer 2002 Series.
Bigger Not Better When It Comes to SUVs -- Study, Reuters/Planet Ark, August 30, 2002.

S M A T T E R I N G S
July/August 2006: Full text
June 2006: Full text

Sticky Note
On the uncertain state of American newspapers Full text
On preserving public-service journalism Full text
On the SEJ 2005 meeting Full text
The guy they used to call Deep Throat Full text
Even if there weren't so many other bad omens about journalism's future Full text
Ah, sweet bird of youth Full text
An Environmentalist-Owned Daily -- Blessing or Burden for the E-Beat? Full text
A modest proposal: SEJ should consider changing its name Full text
Environmental journalism, a self-sustaining enterprise Full text
SEJ's Watchdog Tipsheet Full text

Webs of Interest
Center for Responsive Politics Full text
Dartmouth University's Center for Environmental Health Sciences Full text
Energy Information Administration, a statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Energy Full text
Enforcement & Compliance History Online (ECHO) Full text
Environmental Integrity Project Full text
Environmental Protection Agency's ECOTOX Full text
EPA's National Emission Inventory Database for Criteria and Hazardous Air Pollutants Full text
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Full text
Librarians' Index to the Internet Full text
Medline Plus: Poisoning, Toxicology, Environmental Health Topics Full text
MedlinePlus Full text
National Center for Environmental Health Full text
National Center for Health Statistics Full text
Nieman Watchdog: Questions the press should ask Full text
NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration Full text
Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce Full text
United Nations Environment Programme's Global Environment Monitoring System Full text
U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Full text
Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia Full text
World Health Organization Research Tools Full text
World Health Organization's Inheriting the World: The Atlas of Children's Health and the Environment Full text