Publication Items

US, Canada, Mexico Aim To Coordinate Toxics Databases [1]

The North American Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (NAPRTR) Consultative Group, under the auspices of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, will meet November 10-11, 2009, in Guadalajara, Mexico to review the programs of the 3 countries.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Region:
International [4]
Canada [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Mexico [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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In B.C., Freedom of Information May Not Be Free [9]

"Crown copyright" may be emerging in British Columbia as a way for a government claiming openness to subvert freedom-of-information law.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [10]
Government [11]
Region:
Canada [5]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Photographers' Images Capture Global Warming's Advance [12]

Roger Archibald profiles two photographers from different backgrounds who've taken remarkably different approaches to document evidence of global climate change: The retreat of the earth's great glaciers.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [14]
Region:
International [4]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Alaskan Gas Pipeline: Would-Be Operators Vying For Routes, Funding [15]

The proposed $20-40 billion natural gas pipeline would transport natural gas over 2000 miles from AK's North Slope natural gas reserves to the Midwestern US. Or would it?
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Region:
Canada [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [19]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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North American Toxics Data Released [20]

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation, which is a joint effort of Canada, the US, and Mexico, released on June 10, 2009, its annual report tracking and comparing toxic emissions.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [17]
Air [21]
Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Pollution [22]
Region:
Canada [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Mexico [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Climate-Change Skeptics In Europe? Mostly Missing In Action [23]

By PAUL D. THACKER
Where are the global warming skeptics in Europe?

If you canvas a wide variety of news (what journalist doesn't?) and read some newspapers in Europe, you'll notice something about their coverage of global warming: no skeptics. That's right. The media coverage of high-profile global warming skeptics is pretty much an American phenomenon, according to some noted journalists who cover the issue outside the United States.
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [17]
Region:
International [4]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Climate-Change Skeptics In Europe? Mostly Missing In Action [23]
Cumulative Ocean Impacts Mapped Off U.S. and Mexican Shores [24]

Researchers from California and Hawaii have analyzed 25 factors and developed a map that reflects the relative cumulative magnitude of their effects on the waters extending for about 250-350 miles off the shores of Washington, Oregon, California, and the Baja Peninsula.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [17]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
International [4]
National (U.S.) [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [27]
California [28]
Mexico [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Cumulative Ocean Impacts Mapped Off U.S. and Mexican Shores [24]
Canadian Court Takes up Shield Issue [29]

The Supreme Court of Canada will consider this week a request by the National Post, civil liberties and media groups to overturn an Appeal ruling that police investigations override the Charter guarantee of free expression.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [14]
Region:
Canada [5]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Canadian Court Takes up Shield Issue [29]
SEJ, Groups Ask Environment Canada for Openness [30]

Environment Canada ignored a similar letter from SEJ sent a year ago, requesting restoration of public access to science that taxpayers have paid for.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [11]
Policy [31]
Journalism & Media [14]
Region:
International [4]
Canada [5]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about SEJ, Groups Ask Environment Canada for Openness [30]
Obstacles in Central Asia to Much-Needed Environmental Reporting [32]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [14]
Region:
International [4]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Obstacles in Central Asia to Much-Needed Environmental Reporting [32]

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