Environmental Media Services

Environmental Media Services

Environmental Media Services (EMS) is a Washington, D.C. based nonprofit organization that is "dedicated to expanding media coverage of critical environmental and public health issues" [cite web|url=http://www.ems.org/|title=Environmental Media Services Website|accessdate=April 16|accessyear=2006] . EMS was founded in 1994 by Arlie Schardt, a former journalist, former communications director for Al Gore's 2000 Presidential campaign, and former head of the Environmental Defense Fund during the 1970s.

Their primary activities include holding forums that bring scientists knowledgeable in current environmental issues together with journalists, providing web hosting and support for environmental issues sites like RealClimate [cite web|url=http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=120|title=RealClimate - Discussion of hosting support|accessdate=April 16|accessyear=2006] , and providing recommendations to journalists trying to locate experts knowledgeable on environmental topics. They also issue press releases related to environmental issues and provide an aggregration service that disseminates recent news on environmental topics.

EMS is closely allied with Fenton Communications [cite web|url=http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/110|title=Profile for Environmental Media Services|accessdate=November 7|accessyear=2007] [cite web|url=http://environment.yale.edu/climate/project-participants/|title=Profile for David Fenton|accessdate=November 7|accessyear=2007] , "the largest public interest communications firm in the [United States] " [cite web|url=http://www.fenton.com/pages/1_about/whoweare.htm|title=Fenton Communications - Who We Are|accessdate=April 16|accessyear=2006] , which specializes in providing public relations for nonprofit organizations dealing with public policy issues.

See also

*Sustainability
*Biodiversity
*Global warming
*Recycling
*Ecology
*Earth Science
*Natural environment

External links

* [http://www.ems.org/ Environmental Media Services website]
* [http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/110 ActivistCash Profile on Environmental Media Services]

References


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