Publication Items

Feds Revising Bush Offshore Energy Development Plan [1]

After years of effort, and despite a last-minute gambit by the outgoing President Bush, US policy for offshore energy development is going back to the drawing board. DOI is extending by six months the public comment period on the country's 5-year plan.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Government [5]
Policy [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Health Care Journos Call for End to Saddam-Style "Minders" [9]

The Association of Health Care Journalists wrote the Obama administration asking it to end the practice of making reporters go through public affairs offices to arrange interviews with federal experts and, in some cases, having public affairs people monitor those interviews.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [11]
Government [5]
Policy [6]
Journalism & Media [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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SEJ Backs Free Publication of Tax-Funded Research [13]

SEJ and science journalism groups expressed opposition to a bill that would reverse current policy of free publication of scientific results coming from federal agencies.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [14]
Government [5]
Policy [6]
Science [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Public Citizen Scrutinizes Environmental Impacts of NATA [16]

Corporations are using a dispute resolution provision of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to circumvent environmental regulations in the US, Canada, and Mexico.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Policy [6]
Region:
Canada [17]
National (U.S.) [7]
Mexico [18]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Public Citizen Scrutinizes Environmental Impacts of NATA [16]
A Federal Superfund Site Near You May Hold a Great Story [19]

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [5]
Policy [6]
Pollution [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about A Federal Superfund Site Near You May Hold a Great Story [19]
TOOLBOX: Foreign Agents Database and More [22]

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 [6]
Region:
International [23]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about TOOLBOX: Foreign Agents Database and More [22]
Energy Department Midnight Reg Seeks To Bind Obama To Keep Old Secrets [24]

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 [14]
Government [5]
Policy [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Energy Department Midnight Reg Seeks To Bind Obama To Keep Old Secrets [24]
Policy & Regulation Outlook for 2009 (Part 1) [25]

Environmental policy, legislation, and regulation are likely to be different under the Obama administration than the Bush administration. It's difficult to know yet what the priorities will be, or what shifts will occur. This is the first half of potential topics for journalists to keep an eye on.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [14]
Government [5]
Policy [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Policy & Regulation Outlook for 2009 (Part 1) [25]
Policy & Regulation Outlook for 2009 (Part 2) [26]

Environmental policy, legislation, and regulation are likely to be different under the Obama administration than the Bush administration. It's difficult to know yet what the priorities will be, or what shifts will occur. This is the second half of potential topics for journalists to keep an eye on.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [14]
Government [5]
Policy [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Policy & Regulation Outlook for 2009 (Part 2) [26]
November 2008 Elections Include Many Environmental Measures [27]

In addition to casting their vote for president on Nov. 4, 2008, many people will be voting on environmental ballot measures of one type or another. At the state level, there are several dozen ballot measures related to issues such as agriculture, energy, or natural resources.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Policy [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about November 2008 Elections Include Many Environmental Measures [27]

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