By Wendy Redal
The fourth annual Scripps Howard Institute on the Environment kicks off in Boulder, Colo., May 12 giving 25 journalists from across the United States a chance to learn about a range of environmental issues. Participants will hear from a slate of scientists, scholars and policy analysts during the intensive six-day conference hosted by the CU's Center for Environmental Journalism.
Seminars and field trips will examine a different subject each day, including politics and energy, public lands management, drought, climate change, environmental toxins and environmental impacts of global trade. Journalists will visit the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's wind technology site, the National Center for Atmospheric Research and Rocky Mountain National Park.
They will also have a hands-on workshop to acquaint them with the latest online databases for environmental research.
New to this year's topic line-up are sessions on nuclear energy and waste, and a look at the environmental effects of biofarming and genetically engineered crops.
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FYI: A good source of insider perspective on nuclear power can be found at RadDecision.blogspot.com Journalists covering this issue would do well to take a look. There's more to nuclear energy than academic studies and what can be seen in a brief plant tour or picked up in interviews with executives.
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