Publication Items

Canadian Government Drafts New 3-Year Open Government Plan [1]

Overall goals of the new draft plan are to make all government data and information open by default and to eliminate all fees except for an initial $5 filing fee. The Canadian government invites comments on the plan before June 30, 2016.

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Region:
Canada [4]
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Public [5]
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"Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge" [6]

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BookShelf [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [8]
Climate Change [9]
Economy & Business [10]
Environmental Politics [11]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [13]
Region:
Antarctica & Arctic [14]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about "Future Arctic: Field Notes from a World on the Edge" [6]
"Beyond Fair Trade: How One Small Coffee Company Helped Transform a Hillside Village In Thailand" [15]

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BookShelf [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [16]
Economy & Business [10]
Region:
Asia [17]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about "Beyond Fair Trade: How One Small Coffee Company Helped Transform a Hillside Village In Thailand" [15]
The Path to Better Investigative Science Reporting [18]

In the latest Reporter's Toolbox, Climate Central senior science writer John Upton defines investigative science reporting’s major role, and shares his personal nine ways to do the job better.

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Reporters Toolbox [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [9]
Forests [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Europe [23]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about The Path to Better Investigative Science Reporting [18]
"A River Runs Again: India’s Natural World in Crisis, from the Barren Cliffs of Rajasthan to the Farmlands of Karnataka"" [24]

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BookShelf [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Journalism & Media [21]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region:
Asia [17]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about "A River Runs Again: India’s Natural World in Crisis, from the Barren Cliffs of Rajasthan to the Farmlands of Karnataka"" [24]
Liberals Unmuzzle Canadian Scientists; Will U.S. Scientists Be Next? [28]

The speed and ease of this Canadian revolution by incoming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau belies the "common wisdom" among many jaded reporters and PR professionals that muzzling of U.S. government scientists and officials is somehow inevitable and woven into the culture of government.

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [11]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Government [30]
Science [31]
Region:
Canada [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Liberals Unmuzzle Canadian Scientists; Will U.S. Scientists Be Next? [28]
Secret Reports to Congress — Revealed for Environmental Reporters [32]

New expert background reports of interest to environmental journalists and the public have been published by the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy.

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [25]
Natural Resources [12]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [33]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
California [34]
Africa [35]
Antarctica & Arctic [14]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Secret Reports to Congress — Revealed for Environmental Reporters [32]
Feds Open Unclassified Spy Satellite Data on Arctic to Public [36]

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which runs satellites collecting geodata both classified and unclassified, has put up a new Web page with Arctic information. It just went up, and it's as little geeky, but it shows promise for longer-term utility.

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [37]
Region:
Antarctica & Arctic [14]
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Public [5]
- Read more about Feds Open Unclassified Spy Satellite Data on Arctic to Public [36]
New Congressional Research Service Reports for Environmental Journos [38]

Congress, you may remember, has exempted itself from the requirements for open government — and that included a ban on publishing taxpayer-funded explainers by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). Thanks to the Federation of American Scientists, you can read them anyway.

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [33]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region:
Asia [17]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about New Congressional Research Service Reports for Environmental Journos [38]
Group Wins Suit To Disclose Fracking in Gulf of Mexico [39]

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a Freedom of Information Act request for documents on offshore Gulf fracking, and was refused by two Interior Department offshore drilling agencies, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. CBD sued, and the lawsuit was settled June 2, 2015.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [40]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Pollution [41]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [43]
International [44]
Mexico [45]
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Public [5]
- Read more about Group Wins Suit To Disclose Fracking in Gulf of Mexico [39]

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