Publication Items

Texas Journalist Adapts and Digs Deeper on the E-Beat [1]

Read the "Inside Story" on the experiences of Greg Harman, a staff writer for the San Antonio Current, who wanted to be a journalist covering the environment and has stayed with that decision.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Texas Journalist Adapts and Digs Deeper on the E-Beat [1]
Feds Focus on 24 Solar Sites in 6 Western States [7]

Good solar potential, relative proximity to existing or potential energy transmission corridors, and the perception of the fewest conflicts with existing land uses and the natural environment were factors in site selection.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Government [11]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
California [13]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Feds Focus on 24 Solar Sites in 6 Western States [7]
Projects in 12 States Share Wildfire Funding [14]

$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 [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [15]
Forests [16]
Government [11]
Region:
Northwest (OR WA) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [12]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
California [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [19]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Projects in 12 States Share Wildfire Funding [14]
New Trails Are in 13 States [20]

Twenty-two new National Recreational Trails, covering more than 525 miles, provide a good opportunity to cover outdoor recreation topics.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [9]
Natural Resources [21]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [22]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [23]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
California [13]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [25]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about New Trails Are in 13 States [20]
"Crime Scene Cleanup" in Kelly AFB Toxics Case [26]

New evidence indicates the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry fails to protect communities from dangers such as the now-disappearing plumes of toxic groundwater carrying cancer-causing chemicals far beyond the Kelly Air Force Base near San Antonio, TX.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [28]
Pollution [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Military [31]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about "Crime Scene Cleanup" in Kelly AFB Toxics Case [26]
NOAA To Swarm Around Tornadoes This Spring [32]

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 [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [15]
Government [11]
Science [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [25]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about NOAA To Swarm Around Tornadoes This Spring [32]
Public Comment Open for Renewable Energy Zones [34]

The Western Governors' Association and the US DOE begin Phase 1 of a 4-phase process, with initial designation of suitable zones for renewable power generation in the western US, Canada, and Mexico.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Region:
International [35]
National (U.S.) [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
California [13]
Mexico [36]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Public Comment Open for Renewable Energy Zones [34]
New Mexico Activists Win FOIA Case Against Nuclear Agency [37]

A federal district judge ruled that agencies can't use delay to create secrecy when the Freedom of Information Act requires them to disclose records.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about New Mexico Activists Win FOIA Case Against Nuclear Agency [37]
Draft EIS for Western Energy Corridors Released [38]

The public comment period for a long-delayed EIS draft designating energy corridors in 11 Western states is open.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [39]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Biodiversity [40]
Government [11]
Policy [41]
Environmental Politics [42]
Region:
Northwest (OR WA) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Draft EIS for Western Energy Corridors Released [38]
Judge Rules Sandia Landfill Pollution Can't Be Secret [43]

A new ruling by a New Mexico state district judge requires that a report on groundwater pollution from a mixed-waste landfill at Sandia National Laboratories be made public.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Waste [44]
Water & Oceans [30]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Judge Rules Sandia Landfill Pollution Can't Be Secret [43]

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