Publication Items

Do You Live Near a Hazardous Waste Site That's Still Not Cleaned Up? [1]

Several data resources can help journalists who want to develop stories about still-hazardous sites in their locality or region, including EPA's National Priorities List, CERCLIS database and state agencies.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Pollution [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Was EPA Forthcoming with Mine Spill Water Data? Depends Whom You Ask [6]

Access to water quality data was an issue at one highly politicized House hearing on the August 5, 2015, toxic spill from a long-abandoned mine near Silverton, Colorado, where New Mexico Secretary of Environment Ryan Flynn accused EPA of refusing for weeks to share data on the quality of waters fouled by the spill.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [3]
Pollution [4]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Groups' Efforts for Disclosure of Pesticide "Inerts" Grinds On [11]

Whether pesticides harm the birds and bees — or human health — matters a lot. One of the public's protections is the requirement for disclosure in the nation's pesticide laws. Three groups, represented by Earthjustice, argue that EPA has authority under current federal pesticide law to require disclosure of inert ingredients.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Health [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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How Do We Know the Science Is Conflict-Free? [16]

Disclosure issues have been in the news of late — especially the war over research on genetically modified organisms. Now journalist Sara Reardon, in Nature News & Comment, has taken a deep look at disclosure policies at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [15]
Policy [17]
Science [18]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Controversial Newspaper Campaign Takes on Climate ‘Fatalism’ [19]

The Guardian's James Randerson explains how his newspaper came to launch its 'Keep it in the Ground' campaign, backing the global fossil fuel divestment movement — and how, rather than constraining the paper journalistically, the project provided a connection to readers that goes far beyond a click on a website.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [21]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Journalism & Media [24]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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SEJournal Summer/Fall 2015, Vol. 25 No. 2/3 [25]

In this issue: SEJ prez Jeff Burnside's take on SEJ's 25th annual conference; SEJ's founders on our impact on environmental journalism; a controversial newspaper campaign takes on climate ‘fatalism'; the art of the pitch; turning a scientist’s struggle into a lyrical, multimedia tale; how interview class helps make science clearer; an iconic author and former farmer, plants seeds for a ‘more attractive’ world; book reviews on India’s natural world in crisis, the fracking boom and discoveries in the ancient Southwest.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [26]
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Public [5]
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"The Great Texas Wind Rush: How George Bush, Ann Richards, and a Bunch of Tinkerers Helped the Oil and Gas State Win the Race to Wind Power" [27]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [23]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Secret Reports to Congress — Revealed for Environmental Reporters [29]

New expert background reports of interest to environmental journalists and the public have been published by the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [23]
Natural Resources [30]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Region:
National (U.S.) [33]
California [34]
Africa [35]
Antarctica & Arctic [36]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Feds Open Unclassified Spy Satellite Data on Arctic to Public [37]

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which runs satellites collecting geodata both classified and unclassified, has put up a new Web page with Arctic information. It just went up, and it's as little geeky, but it shows promise for longer-term utility.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [38]
Region:
Antarctica & Arctic [36]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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FOIA'd E-Mails Open Window on GMO Lobbying by Academics [39]

Investigative reporting in the environmental area depends on the Freedom of Information Act. The latest exposé on GMO lobbying in the New York Times by double-Pulitzer-winner Eric Lipton is a good example.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [40]
Economy & Business [22]
Food [41]
Technology [38]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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