Publication Items

Federal Cops to Gulf Journos: Don't Dig, It's Illegal [1]

Watch the video: Pensacola TV reporter Dan Thomas is accosted by USFWS and NPS after finding layers of crude oil (with his toy shovel) less than a foot below the surface — giving the lie to BP and government claims that beaches had been cleaned.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Government [4]
Disasters [5]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Dead Zones Degrade All U.S Coastal Regions [8]

There were just 12 of these hypoxic areas in the 1960s. Now there are more than 300, or nearly half of the 647 waterways investigated by a consortium of federal agencies that released its report on Sept. 3, 2010.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [10]
Pollution [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Disasters [5]
Biodiversity [13]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Where's BP's Blowout Preventer? Justice Department Won't Say [14]

The FBI's effort to inspire confidence by trying to hide the 300-ton, five-story-high, object of national interest might have backfired.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [4]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Disasters [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Where's BP's Blowout Preventer? Justice Department Won't Say [14]
SEJ Offers Resources for Hurricane Coverage [16]

The fifth anniversary of Katrina reminds us that we are indeed at the peak of hurricane season. The resources in the Hurricane Reporting Toolbox can help you do better stories.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [10]
Disasters [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about SEJ Offers Resources for Hurricane Coverage [16]
Got Gulf Experts? SEJ's Daily Glob Can Help [17]

View and suggest additions to our list of important Gulf-related research institutes, academic programs, and labs working on marine science, gulf ecology, oil spill response and recovery, coastal ecosystems, wetlands, and more.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [5]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Got Gulf Experts? SEJ's Daily Glob Can Help [17]
Poynter Webinar on Oil Spill Coverage: There's Still Time [18]

The August 24, 2010 Webinar for journalists offered tips for better coverage of the Gulf oil spill and related issues. You can replay it online.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [19]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Disasters [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Poynter Webinar on Oil Spill Coverage: There's Still Time [18]
Will Feds Shut Down Independent Research on Gulf Spill Impacts? [20]

USFWS officers and DHS agents are not allowing independent academic researchers to study damage from the BP oil spill to natural resources from public lands and waters, saying they are justified by the "Natural Resource Damage Assessment" process under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and "national security," respectively.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [4]
Disasters [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Will Feds Shut Down Independent Research on Gulf Spill Impacts? [20]
Is 3/4 of White House Credibility on Gulf Spill Impacts Now Gone? [21]

Obama administration officials are publicly refusing to disclose data backing up an August 4 report announcing that some three-fourths of the BP oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico was "gone.".
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [4]
Disasters [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Is 3/4 of White House Credibility on Gulf Spill Impacts Now Gone? [21]
Pipelines Spill Millions of Toxic Gallons Each Year [22]

A round-up of resources: from the recent Enbridge spill in Michigan to multiple spills over time by Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline; hearings of the US House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials; availability of pipeline maps; Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration info on safety standards, inspections, stakeholder communications; and much more.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Disasters [5]
Chemicals [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [24]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Pipelines Spill Millions of Toxic Gallons Each Year [22]
EPA Offers Air, Water, Sediment, Waste Data from Gulf Oil Spill [25]

Reporters can find most of the environmental monitoring data EPA has collected on one webpage in a form that can be queried or downloaded.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [26]
Disasters [5]
Waste [27]
Water & Oceans [10]
Government [4]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about EPA Offers Air, Water, Sediment, Waste Data from Gulf Oil Spill [25]

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