Publication Items

NOAA Is Soliciting Public Comment on Aquaculture Policy [1]

Six public listening sessions in April and May will provide input for the agency's draft national policy on marine aquaculture products.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Government [5]
Policy [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Maryland Legislature Threatens Law Clinic For Defending Chesapeake Bay [9]

In the face of public outrage (and press coverage), the legislature partially backed down — but kept a requirement that the law clinic report to the legislature on whom it represented.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [4]
Government [5]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Maryland Legislature Threatens Law Clinic For Defending Chesapeake Bay [9]
Private Water Wells Commonly Contaminated in Canada [13]

A University of Alberta researcher publishes his findings online March 15, 2010, in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [4]
People & Population [14]
Region:
International [15]
Canada [16]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Private Water Wells Commonly Contaminated in Canada [13]
Senate Trio's Climate Bill Said To Hide Info on Fracking Poisons [17]

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 [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [4]
Technology [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Senate Trio's Climate Bill Said To Hide Info on Fracking Poisons [17]
Feb. 16 Briefing Helps Prep for Release of New US Ocean Policy [24]

RSVP by 4:00 p.m. February 12, 2010, to learn about the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force's proposed marine spatial planning framework for coordinating many ocean and coastal activities by multiple agencies and actors.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [25]
Water & Oceans [4]
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Feb. 16 Briefing Helps Prep for Release of New US Ocean Policy [24]
EPA Reports on Lake Conditions Nationwide [26]

More than 4 of every 10 US lakes are in only fair or poor condition, according to EPA's first national assessment using consistent criteria.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [27]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about EPA Reports on Lake Conditions Nationwide [26]
'Letting the Cards Talk' [28]

Seasoned journalist Susan Feathers plays the hand of a grand jury report — 10 years later.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [30]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Construction Water Pollution: New EPA Rule [32]

Stormwater runoff from construction sites is a significant source of soil and sediment runoff. The new rule addresses building construction, as well as heavy and civil engineering construction
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [4]
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Construction Water Pollution: New EPA Rule [32]
USDA Offers Farmers $$ To Cut Nitrogen and Phosphorus Runoff [33]

Lands targeted for NRCS pilot projects over the next four years program include 41 watersheds in 12 states within the overall
Mississippi River
watershed.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [34]
Chemicals [27]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about USDA Offers Farmers $$ To Cut Nitrogen and Phosphorus Runoff [33]
Industrial Chemical Found in Many Waters and Lands [35]

The synthetic compound dinitrotoluene, contaminating military sites, industrial settings, and other areas, is used primarily to make polyurethane products found in goods such as bedding and furniture, as well as in explosives, ammunition, dyes, and air bags.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [27]
Health [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Industrial Chemical Found in Many Waters and Lands [35]

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