Publication Items

Infrastructure — Covering the Hidden, Neglected Stories [1]

With the nation's infrastructure suddenly atop the political agenda, thanks to incoming President Trump, Circle of Blue reporter Brett Walton talks with SEJournal Online about his award-winning series on the neglected risks of septic system pollution, in our latest 'Inside Story' Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [3]
Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [7]
Waste [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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"There Is Still Time: To Look at the Big Picture...and Act" [11]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [13]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [6]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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"Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge" [15]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [16]
Climate Change [13]
Economy & Business [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Natural Resources [14]
People & Population [6]
Region:
Antarctica & Arctic [19]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Citizens Group Says Libel Suit from Landfill Company Meant To Silence [20]

Black Belt Citizens Fighting for Health and Justice says the landfill, which has accepted millions of pounds of coal ash from the 2008 Tennessee spill, violates their civil rights. The community surrounding the landfill is predominantly poor and African-American.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Waste [8]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Maine Law Hid Threats to Public from Oil Trains [24]

Maine passed a law in 2015 that allowed railroads to keep oil-train routing information from the public — over the governor's veto. In the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting's Pine Tree Watchdog, Dave Sherwood reports how the provision was a bait-and-switch.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Government [27]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Transportation [28]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [30]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
Northwest (OR WA) [33]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Failure to Disclose Lead Threats in Drinking Water: Widespread Problem [34]

Bad as it is, the Flint drinking water disaster is hardly uncommon. Even though the law requires authorities to tell the public of dangerous levels of lead in drinking water, they often don't.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [35]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Politics [18]
Government [27]
Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Water & Oceans [36]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Group Issues Data Map Showing Poor, Minorities Face More Toxic Risks [37]

Based on a variety of data sources, the Center for Effective Government's new map and database shows that "people of color and poor residents are significantly more likely to live near dangerous chemical facilities than white and non-poor residents" in the U.S.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [35]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [7]
Visibility:
Public [10]
- Read more about Group Issues Data Map Showing Poor, Minorities Face More Toxic Risks [37]
Flint Hearing Raises Freedom of Information Concerns [38]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's openness has been a major issue throughout the crisis of contaminated drinking water in Flint, which has caused lead poisoning of some children. One aspect of the openness issue is the ability of agency employees to speak with journalists; another is unfulfilled FOIA requests.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [35]
Government [27]
Journalism & Media [39]
Laws & Regulations [5]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [36]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Visibility:
Public [10]
- Read more about Flint Hearing Raises Freedom of Information Concerns [38]
"The Lost World of the Old Ones: Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest" [40]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [12]
Topics on the Beat:
People & Population [6]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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"A River Runs Again: India’s Natural World in Crisis, from the Barren Cliffs of Rajasthan to the Farmlands of Karnataka"" [41]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [3]
Journalism & Media [39]
People & Population [6]
Water & Oceans [36]
Region:
Asia [42]
Visibility:
Public [10]
- Read more about "A River Runs Again: India’s Natural World in Crisis, from the Barren Cliffs of Rajasthan to the Farmlands of Karnataka"" [41]

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