Resources and Links
- Environmental Communications
- Excellent Guides to Environmental Reporting
- Other Environmental Communications
- Dr. Bob Thomas' Other Ventures
- Coastal Wetlands Issue
- Loyola University Environmental
- Tulane University Environmental
- Environmental News Resources
- Interesting Local Environmental Journalism Series based in New Orleans
- News Analysis Helps
- Viruses, Urban Myths and Legends
- Astronomy
- General Environmental Information
- Chemicals
- Pollution and Cancer Information
- Politics and the Environment
- National Environmental Groups
- Regional Environmental/Biological Groups and Resources
- Other Important Environmental Contacts
- Science-based Resources
- Human Genome Project
- Government Resources
- Environmental Education and Planners
- Free Market Environmental Think Tanks
- Satellite Images
- Other Important Perspectives
- LUCEC Videos & DVDs
- Aldo Leopold Leadership Program
- Caribbean Environmental Reporters Network (CERN)
- Center for Environmental Communications Studies, University of Cincinnati
- Center for Environmental Journalism, University of Colorado, Boulder
- The Earth Beat, Internews Report
- Environmental Communication Network
- Environmental History Timeline
- Environmental Journalism Academy
- Environmental Journalism Center, Radio and Television News Director’s Foundation (RTNDF)
- Environmental Media Services
- Foundation for American Communications (FACS)
- International Center for Journalists
- International Federation of Environmental Journalists (IFEJ)
- Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, Michigan State University
- National Safety Council/Environmental Health Center (publish Environment Writer)
- Rutger University Center for Environmental Communication, Rutgers University
- Society for Environmental Journalism
- Society of Writers on Environment and Development (Egypt)
- USAID’s Environmental Education & Communication Project
- The Why Files
- Many workshops and training programs are offered by various national and regional environmental journalism organizations. We suggest you join IFEJ or contact its affiliate organizations through the IFEJ web page.
- Biodiversity Reporting Award Website
2. Excellent Guides to Environmental Reporting all are available in the LUCEC office
- The Reporter's Hazardous Assigment Handbook: Wildfires. Hazardous Media, 2003. 0-9741266-0-8
- Reporting on Climate Change: Understanding the Science. Environmental Law Institute, 2003. 1-58576-064-1
- Cohn, Victor. 1990. Reporting on Risk, Getting it Right in an Age of Risk. The Media Institute, Washington D.C.. 0-937790-42-7
- Environmental Journalism Center. 1999. Covering Key Environmental Issues. Enviro. Journ. Ctr., Radio and Telev. News Directors Found. Washington, DC.
- Environmental Media Services. 2000. Reporters’Guide: Genetic Engineering in Agriculture.
- Environmental Health Center. 1997. A Reporter’s Guide to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Washington D.C.
- 1996. Reporting on Tourism and Environment: A Backgrounder. Asia-Pacific Forum of Environ. Journ. and United Nations Environment Programme. Bangkok, Thailand.
- 1988. Reporting on the Environment: a Handbook for Journalists. The Asia-Pacific Forum of Environ. Journ. and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Bangkok, Thailand.
- 1995. Reporting on the Environment: a Handbook for Journalists. The Asia-Pacific Forum of Environ. Journ. and Dona Anunciacion Barcenilla Anzar Foundation, Inc. and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Bangkok, Thailand.
- Environmental Journalism Center. 1994. World Population and the Environment. Enviro. Journ. Ctr., Radio and Telev. News Directors Found. Washington, DC.
- Environmental Health Center. A Reporter's Guide to Yucca Mountain.
- Environmental Health Center. A Resource Guide for Journalists on Children’s Environmental Health and Air Quality. Environmental Journalism Center. RTNDF
- Environmental Health Center. 2000. Chemicals, the Press, and the Public. National Safety Council. Washington D.C.
- Environmental Health Center. Childhood Lead Poisoning: Good News, Bad News. Environmental Journalism Center. RTNDF
- Environmental Health Center. Climate and Weather Backgrounder Series. National Safety Council. Washington D.C.
- Environmental Health Center. 1998. Coastal Challenges: a Guide to Coastal and Marine Issues. National Safety Council. Washington D.C.
- Environmental Health Center. Natural Disaster…Backgrounders. National Safety Council. Washington D.C.
- Environmental Health Center. 1994. Reporting on Climate Change: Understanding the Science. National Safety Council. Washington D.C. 0-87912-177-7
- Environmental Health Center. Understanding Radiation: A Resource Kit.
- Goldberg, David. 1999. Covering Urban Sprawl: Rethinking the American Dream. Environmental Journalism Center. RTNDF
- Haupt, Arthur and Kane, Thomas T. 1997. A Population Reference Bureau’s Population Handbook, Fourth Edition. Population Reference Bureau, Inc. Washington D.C. 0-917136-09-8
- Kamrin, Michael A. et al. 1995. Reporting on Risk: a Journalist’s Handbook on Environmental Risk Assessment. Foundation for American Communications and National Sea Grant College Program. Michigan. 1-885756-08-9
- Moore, Curtis A. Beyond the Spotted Owl: Covering the Economy and the Environment in the ‘90s. A Reporter’s Guide to Business Competitiveness, Jobs and Environmental Protection. Environmental Journalism Center. RTNDF
- National Safety Council's Environmental Health Center. Understanding Radiation in our World.
- O’Donnell, Frank. 1994. Autos in America: Moving Toward Zero Emissions. Environmental Journalism Center. RTNDF
- Raloff, Janet. 1996. Environmental Hormones: Chemical Threats to Reproductive Health. Environmental Journalism Center. RTNDF
- Raloff, Janet. 1999. Environmental Hormones: Threats to Health and Reproduction?. Environmental Journalism Center. RTNDF
- Rebillot, Kris. A Resource Guide for Journalists on Childhood Cancer. Environmental Journalism Center. RTNDF
- Wartenberg, Dr. Daniel. 1994. Epidemiology for Journalists. Foundation for American Communications. Los Angeles. 0-910755-01-9.
- West, Bernadette et al. 1994. The Reporter’s Environmental Handbook. Rutgers University Press. New Jersey. 0-8135-2149-1
- West, Bernadette et al. 2003. The Reporter's Environmental Handbook. Rutgers University Press. New Jersey. 0-8135-3587-6
- Raloff, Janet. 1995. Environmental Hormones: Chemical Threats To Reproductive Health. Environmental Journalism Center, RTNDF
- Environmental Health Center.Covering The Coasts: A Reporter's Guide
to Coastal and Marine Resources. National Safety Council.
Washington, DC - Environmental Health Center. 1993. Reporting on Municipal Solid Waste: A Local Issue. A Journalist's Guide. National Safety Council. Washington, DC
- Environmental Health Center. 1989. Chemicals, The Press and The Public. A Journalist's Gide to Reporting on Chemicals in the Community. National Safety Council. Washington, DC
- Environmental Health Center. 2002. Low Level Radioactive Waste. National Safety Council. Washington, DC
3. Other Environmental Communications
4. Dr. Bob Thomas' Other Ventures
- Faculty Home Page
- Louisiana Herpetologists
- Nature Center Design: Eskew+
- Moore & Van Allen
- Asa Wright Nature Centre and Lodge, Trinidad and Tobago
5. Coastal Wetlands & Safety Issue
- America's WETLAND Campaign
- America's WETLAND Resource Center
- Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program (BTNEP)
- Center for Coastal, Energy, and Environmental Resources (CCEER)
- Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
- Coast 2050
- Coastal Restoration and Enhancement through Science and Technology (CREST)
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Federal).
- Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation - aka Save Our Lake
- Levees.Org
- Louisiana Coastal Restoration Website
- Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ)
- Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR)
- Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board
- Loyola Center for Environmental Law and Land Use
- Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences, UNO
- New Orleans - The Natural History, by Walter Williams
- The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (New Orleans District).
6. Loyola University Environmental
- Environmental Studies Minor
- Loyola Center for Environmental Law and Land Use
- Loyola University Greens
7. Tulane University Environmental
- Tulane Environmental Affairs
- Tulane Environmental Law Program (includes the Environmental Law Clinic and Institute for Environmental Law and Policy)
- Tulane Environmental Management Program
- Tulane Green Club
- Tulane Mississippi River Database Project
- Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research
8. Environmental News Resources
- CNN, Earth
- Environmental News Network
- Envirotel.org
- Greenwire
- KZPG Overpopulation News Network
- National Environmental Wire for Students
- National Public Radio, Living on Earth
- Planet Ark- Gives access to Reuter's, ABC, and more.
- Use and Misuse of Statistics, (Dubious Data)
9. Interesting Local Environmental Journalism Series based in New Orleans
- Coast in Peril The Advocate, Edward J. Meeman Award winner, 2000.
- Home Wreckers. How the Formosan Termite is Devastating New Orleans. Times-Picayune, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science Journalism Award, 1998
- Oceans of Trouble, Times-Picayune, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Public Service division, 1997
- Unwelcome Neighbors, Times-Picayune, recipient, John B. Oates Award for Distinguished Environmental Reporting, 2000.
- Washing Away, Times-Picayune, 2002
- Brill's Content
- Connections,Stanford University
- Content Analysis,courtesy of Prof. Glynn Wilson
- Contentious
- Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
- How to Evaluate Web Info or additional pages
- Junk Science
- More Web Evaluation
- Some More Web Evaluation
11. Viruses, Urban Myths and Legends
- The AFU and Urban Legends Archive
- Snopes.com Urban Legends Reference Page
- Urban Myths!
- Urban Myths and Legends
- Virus Hoaxes
13. General Environmental Information
- Argus Clearinghouse, Environment
- Biodiversity Project
- CounterSpin (a project of FAIR)- check the archives
- Earth Day
- Earth Day Information Center
- Earth Day, Wilderness Society
- Earthsystems.Org
- Environment, Inc.
- Louisiana Energy & Environmental Resource and Information Center (LEERIC)
- Louisiana Environmental Compliance Update (no website)
- Louisiana Environmentalist, on-line
- National Council for Science and the Environment (includes loads of information, including the National Library for the Environment, links to over 300 environmental journals, and much, much more)
- Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)
- Rachel's Environmental Research Foundation
- Web Active Directory
- Yahoo, Environment and Nature
- 1996 North American Emergency Response Guidebook (U.S. Department of Transportation)
- The American Chemical Society - ChemCenter
- CDC Niosh Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
- ChemFinder.com
- Chemsafety.com
- Chemtrec
- Chemical Industry Archives
- Chemical Reactivity Worksheets
- Environmental Defense Fund Scorecard Chemicals
- Envirowriter Backgrounders
- Extension Toxicology Network
- General
- Hazmat Safety
- Integrated Risk Information System
- International Agency for Research on Cancer
- National Library of Medicine Online Services
- Right to Know
- ToxFAQs (ATSDR)
- TOXNET
- Transcaer
- UNEP Chemicals
- US CDC Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- U.S. National Cancer Institute CancerNet
- USEPA Chemical Reference
- USEPA Dioxin and Related Compounds
- US NIEHS Environmental Health Information
- US NIEHS National Toxicology Program
- US NIH
- Vermont SIRI Web Site: Safety Information on the Internet
15. Pollution and Cancer Information
- Chemical Manufacturers Association
- Chlorine Chemistry Council
- Citizens for the Right-to-Know
- Greenpeace USA
- International Agency for Research on Cancer
- Louisiana Chemical Association
- Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (mercury, Toxic Release Inventory, etc.)
- Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (coastal issues, oil & gas)
- Louisiana Tumor Registry
- Lower Mississippi River Interagency Cancer Study, Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center
- National Cancer Institute
- National Directory of Environmental and Regulatory Victims
- North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (cancer information for all states)
- U.S. National Cancer Institute CancerNet
16. Politics and the Environment Please suggest additions
- American Oceans Campaign
- Communities for a Better Environment
- Conservation International
- Corp Watch
- Environmental Defense
- Environmental Research Foundation
- Environmental Working Group
- Greenpeace USA
- League of Conservation Voters
- National Audubon Society
- National Wildlife Federation
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- The Nature Conservancy
- Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)
- Restore America's Estuaries
- Rocky Mountain Institute
- Sierra Club
- World Resources Institute
- World Wildlife Fund
- Worldwatch Institute
18. Regional Environmental/Biological Groups and Resources
- Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species
- Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program
- Baton Rouge Audubon
- Black Bear Conservation Committee
- Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
- Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Xavier University
- Delta Chapter, Sierra Club
- Delta Greens of Louisiana
- The Green Project
- Gulf Restoration Network
- Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation - aka Save our Lake
- Louisiana Audubon Council
- Louisiana Bucket Brigade
- Louisiana Environmental Action Network
- Louisiana Ornithological Society
- Louisiana Wildlife Federation
- Mississippi River Basin Alliance
- The Nature Conservancy of Louisiana
- Orleans Audubon
- Pontchartrain Institute, UNO
19. Other Important Environmental Contacts
- Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, publich Ecofables/Ecoscience
- ECONET
- Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species (they make babies)
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Alabama
- Environmental Research Consortium of Louisiana
- Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
- Loyola University Department of Biological Sciences
- LSU, Center for Coastal, Energy, and Environmental Resources
- LSU, Coastal Ecology Institute (CEI)
- LSU, Coastal Fisheries Institute (CFI)
- LSU, Coastal Studies Institute (CSI)
- LSU, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences (DOCS)
- LSU, Earth Scan Laboratory (ESL)
- LSU, Institute for Environmental Studies (IES)
- LSU, Institute for Recyclable Materials
- LSU, Louisiana Geographic Incormation Center (LAGIC)
- LSU, Wave-Currnet Information System (WAVCIS)
- LSU, Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute (WBI)
- THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES (National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering,Institute of Medicine, National Research Council)
- National Wetlands Research Center
- Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University
- SLU, Turtle Cove Environmental Research Station
- Southeastern Louisiana Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Group
- Tulane Mississippi River Database Project
- Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research
- UNO, Coastal Research Laboratory
- UNO, Pontchartrain Ecosystem Research and Education Project
- European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and click "Map Viewer"
- University of California at Santa Cruz
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- EPA Sponsored Websites
- Gulf of Mexico Program
- Info Louisiana (entry to Louisiana government websites)
- Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
- Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
- Louisiana Geographic Information System Council (demographic info)
- Louisiana Sea Grant
- LSU Agricultural Center (extension service)
23. Environmental Education and Planners
- Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center
- The Association of Nature Center Administrators (ANCA)
- The Audubon Nature Institute, New Orleans
- Bayou St. John Field Camp
- Council for Environmental Education (CEE)
- Duke University Center for Environmental Education
- Environmental Education Research Institute, Center for the New West
- INFORM, Strategies for a Better Environment
- Lessons on the Lake: An Educational Guide to the Pontchartrain Basin
- Louisiana Nature Center, New Orleans
- Louisiana Office of Environmental Education
- National Environmental Education Advancement Project, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
- National Foundation for Environmental Education
- Peninsula Conservation Center Foundation, Palo Alto, CA
- Pennsylvania Center for Environmental Education’s Business and Industry Initiative
- Project Wild
- Resource Renewal Institute
- Tree of Life, University of Arizona
- UC Berkeley, The Graduate School of Journalism, Environmental Journalism
24. Free Market Environmental Think Tanks
- Center for Private Conservation
- CATO Institute
- Competitive Enterprise Institute
- The Heartland Institute, publish Environment News
- National Center for Policy Analysis
- Pacific Research Institute
- PERC, Political Economy Research Center, or their links page
- Reason Public Policy Institute
- Thoreau Institute
- USGS Aereal Photographs
- NIX - NASA Image Exchange
- Space Imaging
- USGS "Earth as Art"
- USGS Earthshots
- Digital Globe - Satellite Imaging
- i-cubed - Information Integration and Imaging
