Publication Items

"North Shore: A Natural History of Minnesota’s Superior Coast" [1]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Science [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [10]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Congressional Think Tank Reports Leaked Again [13]

Although you, as a taxpayer, pay for reports by the Congressional Research Service, Congress does not allow you to read them. Fortunately, somebody leaked these reports of interest to environmental journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [15]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Food [16]
Natural Resources [7]
Technology [17]
Transportation [18]
Water & Oceans [9]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Congressional Think Tank Reports Leaked Again [13]
Liberals Unmuzzle Canadian Scientists; Will U.S. Scientists Be Next? [19]

The speed and ease of this Canadian revolution by incoming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau belies the "common wisdom" among many jaded reporters and PR professionals that muzzling of U.S. government scientists and officials is somehow inevitable and woven into the culture of government.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [20]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Government [21]
Science [8]
Region:
Canada [22]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Settlement Sets Disclosure on Decade-old Gulf Oil Leak [23]

You'd think there shouldn't be such a thing as a secret oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Earlier this year, the Associated Press uncovered an offshore well in the Gulf that had been leaking for a decade. Now — thanks to a lawsuit from environmentalists — the details will be revealed.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [24]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Politics [20]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Settlement Sets Disclosure on Decade-old Gulf Oil Leak [23]
Group Wins Suit To Disclose Fracking in Gulf of Mexico [27]

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a Freedom of Information Act request for documents on offshore Gulf fracking, and was refused by two Interior Department offshore drilling agencies, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. CBD sued, and the lawsuit was settled June 2, 2015.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [28]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [30]
International [31]
Mexico [32]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Group Wins Suit To Disclose Fracking in Gulf of Mexico [27]
"American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood" [33]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Water & Oceans [9]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about "American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood" [33]
BP Deepwater Horizon Anniversary: Follow the Science [34]

In this, the second of two special SEJ TipSheets, the Advocate's Amy Wold provides you with a plethora of science-based information to cover the ongoing story of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, on the eve of the five-year anniversary. Photo: Officials assess sample processing and chain of custody protocol for handling specimens associated with the oil spill. Credit: NOAA.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [35]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [24]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [5]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Science [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [10]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about BP Deepwater Horizon Anniversary: Follow the Science [34]
BP Deepwater Horizon Anniversary: Follow the Money [36]

April 20, 2015, marks the fifth anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history. The story is far from over. If you are covering the legacy of the spill, SEJ is offering two special TipSheets by the Advocate's Amy Wold that will help you get the facts and background. Photo: Oiled endangered Ridley's turtle. Credit: Carolyn Cole/ LA Times; courtesy NOAA.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [35]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [24]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [5]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Laws & Regulations [29]
Natural Resources [7]
Pollution [25]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [10]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about BP Deepwater Horizon Anniversary: Follow the Money [36]
Living in Harm’s Way: Louisiana’s Struggle Between Land and Sea [37]

After Katrina, Louisiana may have hit the national spotlight for a time, but coastal communities elsewhere around the country will have to find their own answers to the question “Why does anyone still live there in harm’s way?” — even as more and more people move toward the coast and the water moves ever closer to them.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [24]
Economy & Business [39]
Environmental Health [5]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
People & Population [40]
Planning & Growth [41]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Living in Harm’s Way: Louisiana’s Struggle Between Land and Sea [37]
Special Edition TipSheet: Gulf Coast Restoration [42]

Amy Wold, a reporter with The Advocate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, writes about coastal challenges facing the state, including coastal loss, restoration, economics, diversion, the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, BP settlements and the RESTORE Act, fisheries impacts — and why protecting and stabilizing Louisiana’s coastline is not just a local issue, but a national one. Image: Heavy machinery moves around sediment that has been piped in from the Mississippi River at a coastal restoration project in Plaquemines Parish in November 2013. © Amy Wold, The (Baton Rouge) Advocate.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [35]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [15]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Planning & Growth [41]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [43]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Special Edition TipSheet: Gulf Coast Restoration [42]

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