Publication Items

Natural Gas Hazards Drawing Federal Attention [1]

After hearing for years about public concern over the adverse health and environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing used to increase production of natural gas, US EPA has begun a process (including 4 public meetings in July; CO, NY, PA, TX) to decide what the issues are and how to address them.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Health [5]
People & Population [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [10]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [12]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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BP Hires Cheney Spokeswoman, Defender of Secrecy, as PR Boss [14]

Anne Womack Kolton, who as former VP Dick Cheney's press aide defended the secrecy of his energy task force, has been brought in to fix BP's PR problems in the Gulf oil spill.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Economy & Business [17]
Disasters [18]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
People & Population [6]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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TOOLBOX: A Compilation of State Lawyer Licensing Databases [22]

One tool to help tell shady lawyers from shiny is the recently updated, free, searchable online compilation at llrx.com.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [23]
People & Population [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Massey Mine Disaster Raises Openness Issues [24]

Several journalists have raised questions about why more was not known publicly about the safety defects that led to the deaths of 29 miners at Massey's Upper Big Branch Mine in April 2010.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [18]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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April 22 Earth Day Sparks Local Stories [26]

Here are several resources for localizing this 40th anniversary event.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Private Water Wells Commonly Contaminated in Canada [27]

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 [20]
People & Population [6]
Region:
International [28]
Canada [29]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Small Texas Daily Tackles Complex Issue By Focusing on a Basic Human Need: Safety [30]

Denton Record-Chronicle city hall reporters Lowell Brown and Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe tackle environmental issues as part of their everyday coverage. SEJournal has the inside story on their award-winning shale-gas-drilling series, which revealed through one neighborhood's ordeal how land deals really work in Texas and the impacts of the controversial technology.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Journalism & Media [32]
People & Population [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Comments on Fed Agencies' Open Government Plans Due March 19 [33]

Various trackers are sorting through and compiling ideas, comments, and agencies' progress towards meeting the deadline.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [34]
People & Population [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Supreme Court Property Rights Case Has Environmental Implications [35]

The Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Dec. 2, 2009. The case, which started with legal action in 2004, involves a dispute over restoration of a stretch of Florida panhandle beaches damaged by storms.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [36]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Water & Oceans [20]
People & Population [6]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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EPA Expands Energy Conservation Push with Churches [37]

The estimated 370,000 houses of worship in the US could reduce energy consumption as much as 30%, so EPA is offering incentives, resources, and tools as encouragement.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [4]
Government [34]
People & Population [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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