Fracking Disclosure: Is the Data Half-Disclosed or Half-Hidden?

May 16, 2012–After backroom lobbying by gas and oil industry groups, the Obama White House watered down the promised fracking-fluid disclosure requirement promised earlier this year — imposing it only after completion of the fracking operation, when the information may have little effect (such as public pressure on BLM to deny a drilling permit).

BP To Get Gulf Oil Spill Information Withheld from Public

April 18, 2012–After complaints from BP, the US government agreed to give the company evidence of the basis for its calculation of the flow rate from the stricken Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico. The government will hand over to BP some 100 documents about the size of the 2010 oil spill that have not yet been made public.

Data Accumulates Slowly on What's in Fracking Fluid

April 18, 2012–If you have a fracking story in your beat, getting information about what's in the controversial fracking fluids may be like pulling teeth. But there are a few resources that can help, such as the "FracFocus" chemical disclosure registry.

Blue Revolution

April 15, 2012–

Boots on the Ground at Annual SEJ Gathering

April 15, 2012–

Dykstra Returns to the Calling of Journalism, Climate Change and the Next Best Story

April 15, 2012–Read this excerpt from the Spring issue of SEJournal: Bill Dawson has the inside story on ex-CNN science, environment, weather and technology executive producer Peter Dykstra's return to the journalism fold.

Getting into the (Clean Water) Act

April 15, 2012–In this excerpt from the Spring issue of SEJournal, InvestigateWest's Robert McClure gets into the (clean water) act by asking, "Four decades later, is our water cleaner?" You'll find shocking answers and a flood of ways to localize this issue.

Precious Commodity

April 15, 2012–

SEJ Grant Program Has Real Impact on Reporting

April 15, 2012–

SEJournal Spring 2012, Vol. 22 No. 1

April 15, 2012–In this issue: Getting into the (Clean Water) Act; SEJ's grant program has real impact on reporting; indie enviro films at Sundance; election year buzzwords; sneak preview of SEJ's 2012 conference, Lubbock, Texas; web tool DocumentCloud brings documents to life; ex-CNN executive producer Dykstra returns to journalism; meteorologists as environmental journalists; SEJ members honored, produce videos, win awards and grants; and 5 book reviews! (Why wait 3 months for access to each quarterly issue? Get your Summer/Fall issue now: how to join or subscribe.)