Publication Items

Researchers, Health Groups Urge Congress Not To Black Out Carcinogens Report [1]

More than 70 scientists from research and health groups wrote House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders September 4, 2012, urging them not to cut funds for the biennial Report on Carcinogens, which showed that formaldehyde and styrene can cause cancer.

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [3]
Government [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Going to Tampa or Charlotte? Some Resources for Reporters [7]

You wouldn't think you would get arrested for trying to cover the 2012 Democratic convention in Charlotte, NC, September 4 or the Republican convention in Tampa, FL, August 27. But such things have happened before, and reporters have available some resources to support their rights.

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [8]
Environmental Politics [5]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Boots on the Ground at Annual SEJ Gathering [10]

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SEJ News [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [5]
Food [15]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [16]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [17]
People & Population [18]
Planning & Growth [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [21]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Were Carbon-Tax Meetings Secret? Maybe Not [23]

The blog "Right Side News" took a shot at a meeting hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, which had in fact been covered in several articles in E&E News publications.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [5]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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EPA Withdraws CAFO Database Rule [24]

EPA says it could instead compile a database partly from information collected by some states. But that information is often spotty and inconsistent — which will make it hard for EPA to compile it and even harder to make useful conclusions from it. And the withdrawal may make it harder to get the information disclosed.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Food [15]
Environmental Politics [5]
Agriculture [25]
Region:
Northwest (OR WA) [26]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Group Sues Interior for Failure to Disclose Correspondence with Wind Industry [30]

The American Bird Conservancy has gone to court after the Interior Department stonewalled its Freedom-of-Information-Act requests for correspondence between feds and the wind industry on how potential wind projects in 10 states might affect birds and bats.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [21]
Environmental Politics [5]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Biodiversity [31]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [32]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
California [33]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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TOOLBOX: EWG Ag Subsidy Database a Tall Silo of Environmental Stories [34]

One starting point to covering agriculture — and the health implications of land and water use — is to follow the money using Environmental Working Group's major database tool. Any reporter covering the ag-environment link should know about it.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [20]
Pollution [35]
Policy [36]
Health [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Health [37]
Agriculture [25]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Senate Stifles Amendment on Crop Insurance Disclosure [38]

That left journalists and the taxpayers — for now — at least partly in the dark about where tax dollars subsidizing agriculture are really going. But disclosure advocates think they may get another opportunity when the House takes up its own version of the Farm Bill.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Policy [36]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Environmental Politics [5]
Economy & Business [13]
Agriculture [25]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Analysis: Buzzwords To Watch for This Election Year [40]

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Features [41]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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COOL TOOL: Poligraft Helps Journos Sniff out Slanted Sources [42]

The system was developed by the Sunlight Foundation, the National Institute on Money in State Politics, and the Center for Responsive Politics. Just paste in some text or the Web address of an online article, and within seconds Poligraft supplies much of the missing context.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [43]
Environmental Politics [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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