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Many Environmental Issues Are on 2010 Ballots [1]

Specific or broad environmental issues could play a role as voters decide which candidate to choose in many races. At the same time, the environment continues to score way down the list, according to pollsters, when voters are asked about all their priorities.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Canada Quashing Climate Science: Critics [6]

The press policy documents, obtained by Margaret Munro of Postmedia News, reveal scientists must get permission to talk to the press — and climate science and oil sands are off limits. Any statements on those topics must be approved by political appointees at the ministerial level.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [8]
Government [3]
Climate Change [9]
Region:
Canada [10]
International [11]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Interior Cedes to Critics on Scientific Integrity [12]

The revised policy puts the onus on political appointees as well as scientists, declares a presumption of openness in public access to scientific information generated at the agency, and affirms the right of scientific employees to talk to news media and investigative agencies.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [8]
Government [3]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Interior Cedes to Critics on Scientific Integrity [12]
Taxpayer-Funded Research Remains Available — for Now [13]

SEJ was one of the groups that opposed HR 801, a bill by House Judiciary Chairman John H. Conyers which would allow private journal publishers to copyright scientific articles based on federally funded research.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [8]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Government [3]
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Public [5]
- Read more about Taxpayer-Funded Research Remains Available — for Now [13]
Government Secrecy Over Pipeline Location, Regulatory Neglect Challenged [15]

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration withholds data about pipeline condition and inspections, meaning pipeline explosions caused by preventable and fixable corrosion are far more likely to kill Americans than any caused by terrorists.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [16]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Government [3]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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TSA Likens Photographers to Terrorists [18]

The Transportation Security Administration's recent poster shows a photographer in a hoodie taking pictures at an airport and urging people to call the cops if they saw such a thing.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about TSA Likens Photographers to Terrorists [18]
Federal Cops to Gulf Journos: Don't Dig, It's Illegal [19]

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 [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [14]
Government [3]
Disasters [16]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Federal Cops to Gulf Journos: Don't Dig, It's Illegal [19]
Groups Slam Proposed Interior Science Integrity Policy [21]

Open-government advocacy groups like Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Union of Concerned Scientists say DOI's proposal seems designed to perpetuate some of the worst science abuses of the Bush administration.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [8]
Policy [22]
Government [3]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Groups Slam Proposed Interior Science Integrity Policy [21]
Follow the Money in State Politics Via Database [23]

With the floodgates for corporate spending in U.S. politics wide open, the job of investigative journalism has never been more crucial. The National Institute on Money in State Politics' searchable database can help you find and build stories.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Follow the Money in State Politics Via Database [23]
Obama Doesn't Fully Live Up to Openness Promise: Report [24]

OpenTheGovernment.org's report notes a steady decrease in secrecy but finds poor marks in other areas, such as declassification backlogs, continued invocation of the "state secrets" privilege, and a high percentage of federal advisory committee meetings closed to the public.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Obama Doesn't Fully Live Up to Openness Promise: Report [24]

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