Publication Items

Feds Begin Second Look at Energy Congestion [1]

The first round of the Department of Energy's national study of energy transmission corridor congestion drew quite a bit of heat in affected areas once the final congested-corridor designations were issued.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Lawyers Get Creative for Climate Change [6]

Some lawyers are trying new legal approaches to climate change litigation.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Spin War Looms on Eve of Senate Climate Debate [7]

The battle to control news media and public perceptions of the climate change issue will heat up this week as the Senate prepares to start debate on the first major US legislation to address the problem of global climate change.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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21 US Cities Join Carbon Disclosure Project [11]

Some cities are joining big companies in disclosing publicly their greenhouse emissions.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Researchers Predict Local-Scale Climate Change Shifts [12]

A research team led by Purdue claims in a soon-to-be-published article to have mapped local U.S. climate change more precisely than has been done before.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Researchers Predict Local-Scale Climate Change Shifts [12]
SEJ Lists New Rolodex of Regional Climate Change Info Sources [13]

Reporters: you now have a contact list of expert sources of climate information in or about your region.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about SEJ Lists New Rolodex of Regional Climate Change Info Sources [13]
National Academies Study Calls for Restoration of Climate Sensors [14]

How can you tell whether global warming is happening if the White House shuts down the satellites needed to sense it by cutting their budgets?
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Science [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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White-House-Suppressed Climate 'Endangerment Finding' Released [17]

How did the White House suppress an EPA finding that human-induced greenhouse warming was a threat to human health (and thus subject to regulation)? By refusing to read it. But you can read it here.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about White-House-Suppressed Climate 'Endangerment Finding' Released [17]
EPA Head Johnson Won't Disclose White House Contacts [18]

EPA Administrator Steven Johnson steadfastly refused to disclose to the House Oversight Committee this week almost any documents or information about his contacts with the White House. His repeated refusal to do so may set up a legislative-executive confrontation involving subpoenas, claims of executive privilege, and contempt of Congress findings.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Region:
Northwest (OR WA) [19]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about EPA Head Johnson Won't Disclose White House Contacts [18]

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