Publication Items

BP Hires Cheney Spokeswoman, Defender of Secrecy, as PR Boss [1]

Anne Womack Kolton, who as former VP Dick Cheney's press aide defended the secrecy of his energy task force, has been brought in to fix BP's PR problems in the Gulf oil spill.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
People & Population [9]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Dispersants Remain a Mystery to Public, Despite Fake "Disclosure" [12]

Dispersant manufacturer Nalco failed to disclose the chemical identity of the ingredients to the news media or public, and ignored a US EPA order to stop using the product in the Gulf.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [4]
Chemicals [13]
Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Health [14]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Environmental Health [15]
Wildlife [16]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Top Kill Operation Succeeds in Killing Much of BP's Credibility [17]

US EPA withheld information, and twice during the five-day operation BP cut off the mud pumps for long periods without letting the public know, making statements that left the impression the operation was ongoing.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Government [18]
Wildlife [16]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Media Access to Oil-Impacted Areas Disputed [19]

The WatchDog's special Gulf oil spill issue includes stories on media access problems, withholding of information by US EPA and misleading statements by BP, mystery dispersant ingredients, BP's new ex-Cheney spokesperson, prohibiting cleanup workers talking to media, and detaining rig survivors till they sign two statements.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Technology [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Wildlife [16]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Judge Backs Chevron's Grab for Documentary Out-takes in Ecuador Case [22]

A federal district judge in New York ordered film-maker Joe Berlinger to turn over more than 600 hours of raw footage from his documentary "Crude," about a lawsuit by natives in Ecuador charging Chevron with polluting the Amazon rainforest there.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [6]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [7]
Journalism & Media [21]
Region:
International [24]
South America [25]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Taxpayer-Funded Feedlots Refuse To Disclose Polluting Emissions [26]

Beef and pork factory farms are exempt from federal requirements to report their greenhouse gas emissions but are okay with accepting federal subsidies to capture their methane emissions and turn them into energy.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [27]
Air [28]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Waste [29]
Government [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [30]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Small Texas Daily Tackles Complex Issue By Focusing on a Basic Human Need: Safety [31]

Denton Record-Chronicle city hall reporters Lowell Brown and Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe tackle environmental issues as part of their everyday coverage. SEJournal has the inside story on their award-winning shale-gas-drilling series, which revealed through one neighborhood's ordeal how land deals really work in Texas and the impacts of the controversial technology.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [32]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Journalism & Media [21]
People & Population [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [30]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Senate Trio's Climate Bill Said To Hide Info on Fracking Poisons [33]

A March 23, 2010, Greenwire article reports that the draft Kerry-Lieberman-Graham climate bill may include language to keep potentially toxic ingredients from gas drilling secret from the public whose health may be harmed by them.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [34]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Health [14]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Technology [20]
Environmental Health [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [30]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Renewable Energy & Superfund Sites: Watts Up? [35]

A new project of EPA and the National Renewable Energy Lab will analyze development potential for wind, solar, or small hydro power at contaminated sites in various stages of cleanup.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [36]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [6]
Pollution [7]
Technology [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [30]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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USGS Minerals Report: A Tale of Economy and Environment [37]

Many story leads are tucked away in this 196-page report: recession impacts from drops in extraction and consumption, increases in importation of key materials, insights on stories related to climate change and air pollution, and much more.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [36]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [34]
Air [28]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Natural Resources [38]
Pollution [7]
Government [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [30]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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