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Disaster: Response Is Not Recovery Is Not Response [1]

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Planning & Growth [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Feds Publish Secret Oil Spill Calculator [6]

Now that you have long since published your story about the disappearance of BP's oil from the Gulf, you may want to check the math that story was based on using newly released technical information.
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WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [8]
Government [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Disasters [3]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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High Court Mulls Public's Right To Know of Threats to Its Safety [11]

In the case of Milner v. Navy, a Puget Sound resident and activist sought information that would identify the locations and potential blast ranges of explosive ordnance stored at Washington’s Naval Magazine Indian Island.
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WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
People & Population [12]
Military [13]
Government [9]
Disasters [3]
Activism [14]
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Public [5]
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Obama Announces Revamp of 'Controlled Unclassified' Info Stamp [15]

The order gives agencies 120 days to review their existing secrecy designations and to come up with standardized ones "in a timely manner." When there is doubt, Obama's order states, agencies are to err on the side of disclosure.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Policy [16]
Government [9]
Disasters [3]
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Public [5]
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25,000 Abandoned Mines Are Just the Beginning [17]

The BLM is documenting where the mines are, and ramping up efforts to mitigate threats from them, such as water contamination, traps for people and animals, and deteriorating old explosives lurking in some dark corners.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [8]
Pollution [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Government [9]
Disasters [3]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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A Surge of Stories Spews from the Darkness of the Deep Ocean BP Oil Leak [21]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [23]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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ProPublica Team Dug Deeply and Quickly into BP and Its Gulf Oil Mess [24]

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Inside Story [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [23]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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BP's Gulf Oil Gusher Attracts Bewildering Amounts of Media Coverage. But Where's the Depth? [26]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [23]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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NOAA Tool Provides Historical Hurricane Insights [27]

More than 150 years of historical hurricane information, including accompanying population data, for coastal US locations impacted by these storms may be a helpful tool for preparing for and covering this issue locally.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [8]
Government [9]
Disasters [3]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Spill Panel Complains Transocean Bars Access to Documents, Witness [28]

The owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded, resulting in the April 2010 Gulf oil spill disaster, is refusing to provide safety documents or a spokesperson to testify to a federal investigative panel.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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