Publication Items

Nuclear Plants and Materials [1]

Security of nuclear power plants was definitely on people's minds as the WTC burned and nobody knew where the next plane would hit.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Region:
International [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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SEJ Voices Concern Over Muzzling of Environment Canada Scientists [8]

The Society of Environmental Journalists has asked Environment Canada for its written policies on staff communication with news media.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [10]
Region:
Canada [11]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about SEJ Voices Concern Over Muzzling of Environment Canada Scientists [8]
Now Environment Canada Muzzles Scientists, Too: Report [12]

"Environment Canada has 'muzzled' its scientists around the country, ordering them to refer all media queries to Ottawa.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [13]
Region:
Canada [11]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Now Environment Canada Muzzles Scientists, Too: Report [12]
TOOLBOX: Foreign Agents Database and More [14]

This database is useful for environmental and energy reporters looking for mischief perpetrated by government officials and the industries who influence them with money.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [4]
Government [15]
Policy [16]
Region:
International [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about TOOLBOX: Foreign Agents Database and More [14]
USGS Announces Free Access To Satellite Image Archive [17]

If you need information on land use changes over time, or on current land uses and character, you may want to check out decades-worth of globe-spanning satellite images that USGS has made freely available to the public.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [15]
Technology [18]
Other or All [19]
Region:
International [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about USGS Announces Free Access To Satellite Image Archive [17]
Hot Times for Summer of 2007 [20]

The summer of 2007 was another hot one in the US and worldwide.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [21]
Region:
International [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Hot Times for Summer of 2007 [20]
Ontario Schools Launch Environmental Curriculum [22]

On June 22, Ontario Education Minister Kathleen Wynne announced that as of January 2008, all elementary and secondary schools in the Canadian province will provide environmental education.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [23]
Region:
Canada [11]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Ontario Schools Launch Environmental Curriculum [22]
Dead Zone Count Rises to About 250 Worldwide [24]

It's the time of year when dead zones are prominent all over the northern hemisphere and their causes are varied.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [21]
Other or All [19]
Region:
International [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Dead Zone Count Rises to About 250 Worldwide [24]
Look for Cleanups of Local Rivers, Lakes and Shores [25]

Covering for the slovenly among us, hundreds of thousands of volunteers are expected to participate in an annual trash collection effort on Sept. 15, 2007, along the shores of the world's oceans, lakes, and rivers.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
International [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Look for Cleanups of Local Rivers, Lakes and Shores [25]
Mixed News for Great Lakes [27]

US and Canadian government agencies acknowledged the glass is only half full with the June 7, 2007, release of their State of the Great Lakes Highlights Report.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [28]
Region:
Canada [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Mixed News for Great Lakes [27]

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