1. Topic 7:Environmental reporting

2. Summary of lecture

The big environmental stories.

Land and wildlife.

Water:Quality, scarcity, and ecosystems.

Toxic pollution

Climate

Sources of information and traps to avoid.

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Land and biodiversity http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=22585

4. Stories

Extinction of species

Invasive species

Agriculture

Logging

Draining of wetlands

5. Sources of information

International advocacy organizations

• Worldwide Fund for Nature

• Friends of the Earth

• World Resources Institute

• Greenpeace

Logging companies, farmers, developers

Government agencies, international organizations

Independent scientists

6. 2. Water 7.

Drinking water quality. Treatment technologies, standards (lead, arsenic, microbes), rivers and wells.

Water scarcity.Draining rivers.Dams.Big issue in Ukraine?

Health of streams, wetlands, and oceans.Sewage treatment, agriculture.Black Sea success story:http://www.oceanactions.com/?page_id=129

Fisheries.National and international efforts.

Water stories 8. 3. Toxic pollution

Risk and uncertainty.How dangerous is this?

• Example:Fine particulates risk assesssment:http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=216546

Sources of information.

• US Environmental Protection Agency ( www.epa.gov/risk/ ).

• European Chemicals Agency (http://echa.europa.eu/).

• Advocacy groups (on all sides)

Psychology of risk:Control, choice, uncertainty.

9. 4. Climate 10. Things to remember

The science is very complicated, but there s consensus on the main ideas.

• Models, sources and sinks, feedbacks

Solutions are hard

11. The wedge game http://cmi.princeton.edu/wedges/game.php 12. Discussion? 13. Topic 8:Energy

Is this really science reporting?

• Impacts of energy use

• Technologies and choices

14. The long view 15. The big picture 16. Stories by energy source

Coal

• Deadly and dirty.

Gas

• Cleaner, but full of problems.

Oil

• The global addiction.

Nuclear

• Safe? Waste?

17. Technical solutions?

Biofuels - wood and crops

• Fuel versus food and nature

Solar and wind

• Affordable? Reliable?

Geothermal

• Unproven

18. Conservation and efficiency

The cheapest and cleanest energy source.

• Power stations (average 30 percent conversion; 45 percent possible.

• Transmission losses (extremely high in Ukraine)

• Buildings -- standards, incentives.

• Transportation?

19. Prices and institutions

Do you pay for heat?

Hot water?

Gas (how much?)

Why not?

20. Traps to avoid

Technology that promises too much

• Solar

• Biofuels

• Nuclear

• Hydrogen

Dont forget politics

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