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Exxon "Unified Command" Locks Down Ark. Spill Site; Threatens Reporter [1]

The March 29, 2013, spill from ExxonMobil's Pegasus Pipeline near Mayflower, Arkansas is a big deal for several reasons. But the most important thing about the Mayflower spill may be that ExxonMobil and the federal agencies involved seem to be trying to keep news media from getting close enough to see what is going on. Read SEJ's letter protesting the media treatment, and EPA's response.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [8]
People & Population [9]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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"The Scent of Scandal: Greed, Betrayal, and the World's Most Beautiful Orchid" [12]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [14]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
South America [15]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Traveling Florida’s Lost Wildlife Highways [16]

Freelance writer and photographer Roger Archibald tells the tale of the 2012 Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition, which sought to reclaim a tenuous natural migratory route that the state’s surviving endemic wildlife might once again follow.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [19]
Planning & Growth [20]
Transportation [21]
Wildlife [22]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Going to Tampa or Charlotte? Some Resources for Reporters [23]

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.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [24]
Environmental Politics [6]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Group Sues Interior for Failure to Disclose Correspondence with Wind Industry [25]

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 [22]
Environmental Politics [6]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Biodiversity [14]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [27]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
California [30]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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E-Mail Disclosure Could Play Role in BP Gulf Spill Case [31]

A federal judge has denied BP's bid to see 21 e-mails and other documents sent between the White House and other federal agencies. More chilling, perhaps, was BP's effort to get e-mails sent by two private-sector scientists in an apparent effort to discredit their work.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [4]
Disasters [3]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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BP To Get Gulf Oil Spill Information Withheld from Public [32]

After complaints from BP, the US government agreed to give the company evidence of the basis for its calculation of the flow rate from the stricken Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico. The government will hand over to BP some 100 documents about the size of the 2010 oil spill that have not yet been made public.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [33]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Health [5]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Economy & Business [35]
Disasters [3]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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SEJ’s 2011 Annual Conference in Miami Achieves Many Firsts, Setting New Standard [36]

SEJ News

By JAY LETTO

The Miami extravaganza was easily SEJ’s most ambitious annual conference ever. The star-studded Wednesday evening opening reception set the stage for a whirlwind of activity and news-making field trips and presentations that kept members running and writing till they collapsed Sunday morning at the peaceful Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [37]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Miami According to Helvarg [38]

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [37]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Obama Vows Disclosure of Toxic Fracking Secrets on Federal Land [39]

Most current fracking operations happen on non-federal lands. But on federal lands, things are different — Obama intends to require disclosure of fluids as a condition of new leases for fracking on federal lands. If it takes place, this could push the ingredient lists further into the open.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [33]
Pollution [40]
Health [8]
Environmental Politics [6]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Chemicals [41]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [27]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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