Media Critic: Who Will Do Regional or Local Investigations in Science?
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Interview: NOAA's Jane Lubchenco
Marine biologist Jane Lubchenco now heads one of the U.S. government’s key agencies researching climate change -- the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Lubchenco discusses the central role her agency is playing in understanding the twin threats of global warming and ocean acidification.
Source: YaleE360, 07/13/2009
Science Media Centre of Canada
The Centre's goal is "increased public engagement with science issues through media coverage of science that is more informed, more accurate and more incisive."
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"Twister Trackers Try To Decode Tornadoes"
"The largest, most sophisticated tornado chase ever assembled has been roaming the Great Plains for the past five weeks looking to crack some of the basic mysteries about the wildest storms on Earth."
Source: NPR, 06/12/2009
New Jersey DEP Proposes Gag Order on Science Info
The Newark Star-Ledger reports a move by a top New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection official to prevent public disclosure of scientific information that should be public until political appointees without science credentials and press officers have approved it.
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EPA To Rely More on Scientists for Air Rules
"The U.S. government will reverse a Bush administration policy and increase the role of scientists in setting air standards for criteria pollutants harmful to human health, Lisa Jackson, the administrator of the EPA, said."
Source: Reuters, 05/22/2009
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