Publication Items

EPA Intends To Add Natural Gas Processing Plants to Toxics Inventory [1]

Administrator Gina McCarthy revealed October 22, 2015, that the U.S. EPA intends to add some natural gas processing facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory, a searchable online database of many of the largest discharges of toxic substances to air, water, and land — and a key tool for environmental journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Between the Lines: Iconic Author, Former Farmer, Plants Seeds for a ‘More Attractive’ World [7]

In this "Between the Lines" excerpt from the latest issue of SEJournal, book editor Tom Henry interviews Earth Policy Institute's Lester Brown, recipient of 25 honorary degrees and author of 54 books (although, amazingly, he never learned to type).

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [9]
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Science [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Controversial Newspaper Campaign Takes on Climate ‘Fatalism’ [14]

The Guardian's James Randerson explains how his newspaper came to launch its 'Keep it in the Ground' campaign, backing the global fossil fuel divestment movement — and how, rather than constraining the paper journalistically, the project provided a connection to readers that goes far beyond a click on a website.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Journalism & Media [16]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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"The Great Texas Wind Rush: How George Bush, Ann Richards, and a Bunch of Tinkerers Helped the Oil and Gas State Win the Race to Wind Power" [17]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [4]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Secret Reports to Congress — Revealed for Environmental Reporters [19]

New expert background reports of interest to environmental journalists and the public have been published by the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [4]
Natural Resources [20]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [21]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
California [23]
Africa [24]
Antarctica & Arctic [25]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Settlement Sets Disclosure on Decade-old Gulf Oil Leak [26]

You'd think there shouldn't be such a thing as a secret oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Earlier this year, the Associated Press uncovered an offshore well in the Gulf that had been leaking for a decade. Now — thanks to a lawsuit from environmentalists — the details will be revealed.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [27]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [28]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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State Judge Orders Disclosure of Maryland Oil Train Data [31]

A Maryland state judge this month ordered a state agency to give news media routing information about oil trains within Maryland — adding momentum to efforts to warn firefighters and communities about dangers they face. Photo: 2013 Lac Megantic, Quebec, disaster, by Elias Schewel/Flickr. [32]

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [27]
Energy & Fuel [4]
People & Population [33]
Transportation [34]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [35]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Men in Trees in Indie Films [36]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [9]
Disasters [27]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Forests [37]
Journalism & Media [16]
Natural Resources [20]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [21]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Railroads Still Don't Want Public To Know Oil Train Danger [38]

If you want to know whether an oil train is going by your community, just go down to the railroad tracks and watch for it. But don't ask the railroad or the state. In many cases, they don't think you can be trusted with this secret.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [27]
Energy & Fuel [4]
People & Population [33]
Transportation [34]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Oil Train Routing Information Still Disclosed, Key to Public Safety [39]

The mandate for disclosure of oil train information set by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) in a May 2014 emergency order still exists. But getting that information will be harder — and a battle that must be fought by reporters and public safety advocates on a state-by-state basis.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [4]
Transportation [34]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Oil Train Routing Information Still Disclosed, Key to Public Safety [39]

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