Publication Items

Email Disclosure Conflicts Continue on Environmental Issues [1]

Investigations into emails are a hotter topic than ever. A new face-off between Congressional climate science deniers and the federal scientists who compile climate data is making headlines.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Science [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Between the Lines: Iconic Author, Former Farmer, Plants Seeds for a ‘More Attractive’ World [7]

In this "Between the Lines" excerpt from the latest issue of SEJournal, book editor Tom Henry interviews Earth Policy Institute's Lester Brown, recipient of 25 honorary degrees and author of 54 books (although, amazingly, he never learned to type).

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [9]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Science [5]
Water & Oceans [12]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Are There Limits to FOIA Access to Research E-Mails? [13]

A war has broken out over academic emails — a war seemingly between academic freedom and the public's right to know. The smoking emails have prompted scandals galore, and produced stories. The issue got an airing in a plenary session October 9, 2015, at SEJ's Annual Conference. The WatchDog has details.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Science [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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NICAR To Publish Long-Suppressed National Inventory of Dams [16]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has for years suppressed full disclosure of the National Inventory of Dams, once a key tool for journalists reporting on dam safety — or the government's failure to ensure it. Now that tool is back in the toolbox ... mostly.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [17]
Government [18]
People & Population [19]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Do You Live Near a Hazardous Waste Site That's Still Not Cleaned Up? [21]

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 [18]
Pollution [22]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Was EPA Forthcoming with Mine Spill Water Data? Depends Whom You Ask [23]

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 [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [18]
Pollution [22]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Groups' Efforts for Disclosure of Pesticide "Inerts" Grinds On [26]

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 [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Health [29]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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How Do We Know the Science Is Conflict-Free? [30]

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 [31]
Science [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about How Do We Know the Science Is Conflict-Free? [30]
Controversial Newspaper Campaign Takes on Climate ‘Fatalism’ [32]

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 [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Journalism & Media [34]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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SEJournal Summer/Fall 2015, Vol. 25 No. 2/3 [35]

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 [36]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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