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Here are some source lists environmental reporters have found helpful.


 

 

Federal Agencies

EPA

Newsroom [2]. HQ Contact Info and Regional Press Contact List [3].

Interior Department

Headquarters: Newsroom [4]. Releases [5].

Bureau of Indian Affairs: News/Releases [6].

Bureau of Land Management: Releases [7]. National Office and State Newsrooms [8].

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management: Newsroom [9]. Contacts [10].

Bureau of Reclamation: Newsroom [11]. Media Contacts [12].

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement: Newsroom [13]. Contacts [14].

National Park Service: Newsroom [15]. Contacts [16]. Or see individual parks [17]. NPS FOIA Officer: Charis Wilson, [18] MLS, CRM, 12795 W. Alameda Parkway, PO Box 25287, Denver, CO 80225-0287, 303-969-2959. Regional FOIA Contacts [19].

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement: Newsroom [20]. Contacts [21].

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Newsroom [22]. Office of Communications [23]. Contacts [24].

U.S. Geological Survey: Newsroom [25]. Media Contacts [26].

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Newsroom and Media Contacts [27]

National Marine Fisheries Service: Newsroom [28]. Media Contacts [29].

Sea Grant: News [30]. National and Regional Contacts [31].

National Weather Service: News [32]. Contacts [33].

National Hurricane Center: News [34]. Contacts [35]. Public Affairs Officer [36].

National Centers for Environmental Information (formerly National Climatic Data Center): John Leslie, [37] NOAA Office of Communication. Contacts [38].

Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR)

Newsroom [39]. Contacts [40].

Agriculture Department

USDA: Newsroom [41]. Info for media [42]. Contacts [43] for all USDA bureaus (drill down).

US Forest Service: HQ Newsroom [44]. National Programs and Offices [45].

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS): Newsroom [46]. Contacts [47].

Natural Resources Conservation Service: Newsroom [48]. Contacts [49].

Food and Nutrition Service: Newsroom [50]. Contacts [51].

Food Safety and Inspection Service: Newsroom [52]. Contacts [53].

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

Newsroom [54]. Press Contacts [55].

U.S. Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board (CSB)

Media Room and Contacts [56]. Releases [57]. Media resources [58]. FOIA reference guide [59]. RSS feeds [60].

U.S. Coast Guard

Newsroom [61]. Contact [62].

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Newsroom [63]. Media Contacts [64].

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

News [65]. Public Affairs Contacts [66].

Energy Department

News and Blog [67]. Contacts [68].

Energy Information Administration: Press Room [69].

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Releases [70]. Contacts [71].

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Releases [72]. Contacts [73].

Food & Drug Administration

Newsroom [74]. Media Contacts [75].

Justice Department (Environment & Natural Resources Division)

General Info [76]. Press Room [77]. Contacts [78]. DOJ Press Releases [79].

Labor Department

Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA): Releases [80]. Contacts [81].

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA): Newsroom [82]. Contacts [83] (including FOIA).

National Academies (National Academy of Sciences)

Newsroom [84]. Contacts [85].

National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)

Fire Information [86]. Daily Stats [87]. Situation Report [88]. Releases [89]. Contacts [90].

National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)

Releases [91].

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

General: Newsroom [92].

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS): Newsroom [93]. Releases [94]. Contacts [95] (scroll down).

National Cancer Institute: Newsroom [96]. Media Contacts [97].

National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases: Newsroom [98]. Contacts [99].

National Library of Medicine [100].

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Releases [101].

National Science Foundation

News [102]. Contacts [103].

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Media Resources [104]. Phone Directory [105]. Office of Public Affairs, [106] (301) 415-8200.

Public [107]
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https://www.fws.gov/program/office-communications/contact-us [25] http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/ [26] http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/contacts.asp [27] http://www.noaa.gov/media.html [28] https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/news-and-announcements/news [29] https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/contact-directory/media-directory [30] http://seagrant.noaa.gov/News.aspx [31] https://seagrant.noaa.gov/About/National-Office [32] https://www.weather.gov/news/ [33] https://www.weather.gov/wrn/contact [34] https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/newsarchive.shtml [35] https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/contact.shtml [36] mailto:NHC.Public.Affairs@noaa.gov [37] mailto:john.leslie@noaa.gov [38] https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact [39] https://wwwn.cdc.gov/TSP/NEWS/NewsLanding.aspx [40] http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/contacts.html [41] https://www.usda.gov/media/agency-news-releases [42] https://www.usda.gov/media [43] https://ask.usda.gov/s/contactsupport [44] http://www.fs.fed.us/news/ [45] https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/contact-us/national-programs-offices [46] https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom/news [47] https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/banner/contactus/sa_aphis_contacts/CT_Contact_LPA [48] http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/news/ [49] https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/contact/ [50] https://www.fns.usda.gov/newsroom [51] https://www.fns.usda.gov/contact-us [52] http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/newsroom [53] https://www.fsis.usda.gov/contact-us [54] http://www.cdc.gov/media/ [55] http://www.cdc.gov/media/subtopic/contact.htm [56] http://www.csb.gov/media-room/ [57] http://www.csb.gov/news/ [58] http://www.csb.gov/media-room/media-resources/ [59] https://www.csb.gov/assets/1/6/csb_foia_reference_guide_updated_as_of_april_10,_2020_for_csb_website.pdf [60] https://www.csb.gov/media-room/rss-feeds/ [61] https://www.news.uscg.mil/ [62] https://www.uscg.mil/contact/ [63] http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Newsroom/ [64] http://www.cpsc.gov/en/About-CPSC/Contact-Information/Media-Contact/ [65] http://www.usace.army.mil/Media/NewsReleases.aspx [66] http://www.usace.army.mil/Media.aspx [67] https://www.energy.gov/ [68] http://www.energy.gov/contact-us [69] http://www.eia.doe.gov/pressroom/ [70] http://www.fema.gov/news-releases [71] http://www.fema.gov/media-contacts [72] https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/news/news-releases-headlines [73] https://www.ferc.gov/about/contact-us/key-contacts [74] http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/default.htm [75] http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/MediaContacts/default.htm [76] http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/index.html [77] http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/News.html [78] http://www.justice.gov/enrd/ENRD_Contact.html [79] http://www.justice.gov/opa/justicenews.php [80] https://www.msha.gov/news-media/news-releases [81] https://www.msha.gov/about/contact-msha [82] http://www.osha.gov/briefing.html [83] http://www.osha.gov/as/opa/media_contact.html [84] https://www.nationalacademies.org/newsroom [85] https://www.nationalacademies.org/about/organization [86] http://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/fireInfo_main.html [87] http://www.nifc.gov/fireInfo/nfn.htm [88] http://www.nifc.gov/nicc/sitreprt.pdf [89] https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/news-releases [90] https://www.nifc.gov/contact-us [91] http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/updates/default.html [92] http://www.nih.gov/news/ [93] http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/index.cfm [94] http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/releases/index.cfm [95] http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/newsroom/ [96] http://www.cancer.gov/news-events [97] http://www.cancer.gov/news-events/media-resources/contacts [98] https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/newsroom [99] https://www.niaid.nih.gov/global/contact-us [100] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ [101] http://www.nhtsa.gov/Press-Releases [102] https://www.nsf.gov/news/ [103] https://www.nsf.gov/help/contact.jsp [104] http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/public-affairs/media.html [105] 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