Publication Items

Nation's Energy Future Holds Promise for E-Journalists [1]

SEJ's annual conference helps reporters understand complex subjects like coal, nuclear power and climate change — and the Obama administration's stance thereon. SEJ President Christy George explains.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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TOOLBOX: Foreign Agents Database and More [9]

This database is useful for environmental and energy reporters looking for mischief perpetrated by government officials and the industries who influence them with money.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
Government [5]
Policy [11]
Region:
International [12]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about TOOLBOX: Foreign Agents Database and More [9]
Coal Ash Stories Untold in Many Communities [13]

The December 2008 coal-ash spill at a Tennessee power plant has been making headlines for two weeks — but few journalists realize there are coal-ash stories to be unearthed in many communities. Here are some clues for finding them.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [15]
Disasters [16]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Energy Department Midnight Reg Seeks To Bind Obama To Keep Old Secrets [18]

The Energy Department in December 2008 published an 11th-hour proposed amendment to the Bush administration's secrecy rules that shroud the policies that brought Americans Enron, California blackouts, and $4 gasoline.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Government [5]
Policy [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Federal Environment & Energy Line-Up for 2009 (Part 1) [20]

The Obama administration is taking shape with many key environmental appointments to the cabinet and elsewhere. This is the first half of our guide to the new players, their backgrounds and agendas.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
Government [5]
Environmental Politics [4]
Science [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Federal Environment & Energy Line-Up for 2009 (Part 1) [20]
Federal Environment & Energy Line-Up for 2009 (Part 2) [22]

The Obama administration is taking shape with many key environmental appointments to the cabinet and elsewhere. This is the second half of our guide to the new players, their backgrounds and agendas.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
Government [5]
Environmental Politics [4]
Science [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Federal Environment & Energy Line-Up for 2009 (Part 2) [22]
Geeks Go Green: Info Technology and Energy [23]

Across the globe and in almost everyone's backyard many information technology (IT) companies and managers are growing more conscious of the energy consumption.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Recent Data on Power Plants Available [24]

Power plants are under the gun as federal and state legislators and regulators haggle over how to address climate change and energy production issues.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [25]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Recent Data on Power Plants Available [24]
Conflicts Emerging Over Wind Power [26]

US wind-power capacity rose substantially again in 2006, boosting the cumulative total by 27%.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Conflicts Emerging Over Wind Power [26]
Mercury: The Dark Side of Energy-Efficient Lighting [27]

Around the world, compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) are widely touted — and sometimes required — as energy-efficient replacements for standard incandescent bulbs.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [15]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Region:
International [12]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Mercury: The Dark Side of Energy-Efficient Lighting [27]

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