Publication Items

Facing Budget Cuts, NOAA Scales Back Collection of Greenhouse Gas Data [1]

The existing climate research budget crunch may be made worse by across-the-board cuts mandated if Congress and the White House fail to reach a budget agreement by January 2013.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [3]
Government [4]
Climate Change [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Some Unpublished CRS Reports on Environmental Topics: Published [7]

Topics of the latest reports, published by the Federation of American Scientists, include Arctic changes, mountaintop mining controversies, pollution control law enforcement, climate change, midnight rulemaking, scientific papers/security risks, oil sands enviro issues, and fracking/drinking water.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [8]
Pollution [3]
Natural Resources [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Climate Change [5]
Chemicals [12]
Region:
Antarctica & Arctic [13]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Some Unpublished CRS Reports on Environmental Topics: Published [7]
Are Meteorologists Environmental Journalists? [14]

The answer is Yes. No. Maybe … and it depends.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Journalism & Media [16]
Science [17]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Are Meteorologists Environmental Journalists? [14]
Boots on the Ground at Annual SEJ Gathering [18]

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [20]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [21]
Food [22]
Journalism & Media [16]
Natural Resources [9]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [23]
People & Population [24]
Planning & Growth [25]
Water & Oceans [8]
Wildlife [26]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Boots on the Ground at Annual SEJ Gathering [18]
CRS Reports: You Paid for Them — You May As Well Read Them [28]

Here are some recent reports by the Congressional Research Service related to the environment/energy beat. Congress does not release them to the public. We again thank the Federation of American Scientists' Government Secrecy Project for doing so.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [9]
Government [4]
Food [22]
Environmental Politics [21]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Climate Change [5]
Agriculture [29]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about CRS Reports: You Paid for Them — You May As Well Read Them [28]
Are Data Behind Companies' Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trade Secrets? [30]

EPA's upcoming rulings on confidentiality for data going into the companies' GHG calculations will be important. Those determinations may impact whether companies' reporting is accurate — and whether they can ever be held accountable for their emissions.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [3]
Health [31]
Environmental Health [32]
Economy & Business [20]
Climate Change [5]
Air [33]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Are Data Behind Companies' Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trade Secrets? [30]
Integrity Problems at Interior's Science Integrity Program? [34]

One sign of problems came when Interior's Inspector General office launched what seemed to be a ham-handed investigation, later dropped, into activities of the scientist who sounded the alarm on polar bears losing habitat to global warming. Now Interior has fired one of its scientific integrity officers — who is defending himself by saying he was just doing his job.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [26]
Water & Oceans [8]
Science [17]
Government [4]
Fish & Fisheries [35]
Environmental Politics [21]
Climate Change [5]
Biodiversity [36]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Integrity Problems at Interior's Science Integrity Program? [34]
Dykstra Returns to the Calling of Journalism, Climate Change and the Next Best Story [37]

Bill Dawson has the "Inside Story" on ex-CNN science, environment, weather and technology executive producer Peter Dykstra's return to the journalism fold.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [36]
Climate Change [5]
Health [31]
Journalism & Media [16]
Water & Oceans [8]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Dykstra Returns to the Calling of Journalism, Climate Change and the Next Best Story [37]
SEJournal Spring 2012, Vol. 22 No. 1 [40]

In this issue: Getting into the (Clean Water) Act; SEJ's grant program has real impact on reporting; indie enviro films at Sundance; election year buzzwords; sneak preview of SEJ's 2012 conference, Lubbock, Texas; web tool DocumentCloud brings documents to life; ex-CNN executive producer Dykstra returns to journalism; meteorologists as environmental journalists; SEJ members honored, produce videos, win awards and grants; and 5 book reviews! (Why wait 3 months for access to each quarterly issue? Get your Summer/Fall issue [38] now: how to join [41] or subscribe. [42])

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [43]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Journalism & Media [16]
Science [17]
Water & Oceans [8]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Climate Change Coverage Not Only Dips in Quantity, But Also Shifts in Its Presentation [44]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Journalism & Media [16]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Climate Change Coverage Not Only Dips in Quantity, But Also Shifts in Its Presentation [44]

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