Publication Items

Coal-Waste Impoundment Database Offers Journalists a Tool [1]

A cooperative effort of federal and state agencies, coal companies, and environmental groups, the database lists coal-waste impoundments in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
Pollution [4]
Waste [5]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Testing Chicago Fish Opens Door Into Big National Story [10]

By MIKE DUNNE
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Projects in 12 States Share Wildfire Funding [12]

$15 million of Stimulus funding for 55 projects, designed to help reduce wildfire hazards and reclaim burned lands, could be of substantial interest in the receiving communities.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [14]
Forests [15]
Government [16]
Region:
Northwest (OR WA) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
California [20]
Alaska and Hawaii [21]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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New Trails Are in 13 States [22]

Twenty-two new National Recreational Trails, covering more than 525 miles, provide a good opportunity to cover outdoor recreation topics.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [25]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
California [20]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [26]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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NOAA To Swarm Around Tornadoes This Spring [27]

Researchers, journalists in tow, will be chasing tornadoes around the central US in May and June to learn more about how tornadoes work, and better predict them and their paths.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [14]
Government [16]
Science [28]
Region:
National (U.S.) [29]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [26]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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TOLEDO BLADE COVERS DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR COVER-UP TRIAL [30]

A federal jury in Toledo may soon be deciding whether some company officials engaged in a cover-up of safety problems at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant. Although the story has gotten little national attention, the Toledo Blade's Tom Henry has covered the trial in detail.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Nuclear Power & Radiation [31]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Read It Now: Suppressed CDC Great Lakes Toxics Report [32]

After Congressional Democrats criticized them for suppressing a report on toxic substances in the Great Lakes, and after an independent investigative journalism group published excerpts, the Centers for Disease Control finally published it March 12, 2008.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [33]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Great Lakes Study Suppressed [34]

For more than seven months, the nation's top public health agency has blocked the publication of an exhaustive federal study of environmental hazards in the eight Great Lakes states.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [4]
Water & Oceans [33]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Mixed News for Great Lakes [35]

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 [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [4]
Region:
Canada [36]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Energy Company Applying for Major "Incidental Take" Permit [37]

A Fortune 500 energy company is applying for an "incidental take" permit that would allow it to kill endangered and threatened species that live on the largest swath of land ever covered by one permit.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [38]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Forests [15]
Biodiversity [39]
Policy [40]
Environmental Politics [41]
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [25]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about Energy Company Applying for Major "Incidental Take" Permit [37]

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