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House Passes FOIA Bill; What Will Senate Do? [1]

A similar bill almost became law in 2014, and chances of the current bill being enacted seem good. But the possibility of a last-minute derailment, especially in an election year, remains. To complicate matters, journalism and open government groups found problems with a last-minute "carve-out" for intelligence inserted at the behest of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
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Public [5]
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"North Shore: A Natural History of Minnesota’s Superior Coast" [6]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [8]
Climate Change [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Science [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [15]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [16]
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Public [5]
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"The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health" [17]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [18]
Environmental Health [10]
Health [19]
Science [13]
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Public [5]
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"DDT Wars: Rescuing Our National Bird, Preventing Cancer, and Creating the Environmental Defense Fund" [20]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [21]
Chemicals [22]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Wildlife [15]
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Public [5]
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"DDT Wars: Rescuing Our National Bird, Preventing Cancer, and Creating the Environmental Defense Fund" [23]

In April of 1963, Charles Wurster anda small group of fellow scientists decidedthey would monitor a planned DDTspraying in Hanover, N.H. They hadn’tread Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,” published the year before; norhad they looked at much of the scientific literature.“We were unbiased and empty-headed,” Wurster recalls in acompelling new memoir, “DDT Wars,” about the early days of theEnvironmental Defense Fund and the fight to ban most uses of persistentorganic pollutants such as DDT.With a Ph.D.
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Public [5]
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"Almost Anywhere: Road Trip Ruminations on Love, Nature, National Parks, and Nonsense" [24]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [25]
Natural Resources [12]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Journalism and Science Students Take to Field Together [26]

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [28]
Journalism & Media [25]
Science [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [16]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Between the Lines: Author Spends Two Decades ‘Hooked on a Character’ [29]

Rarely does a writer get so deeply into the heart of his or her subject while also avoiding the pitfalls of sentimentality. So began the judges’ comments for “Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island,” winner of SEJ’s 2015 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award. [30] The book’s author, Will Harlan, spent 19 years developing a bold, unflinching portrayal of Cumberland Island, Ga.’s most ardent defender, the brilliant-yet-eccentric Carol Ruckdeschel. For the latest edition of SEJournal’s Between the Lines author Q & A, Harlan spoke with our book editor, Tom Henry.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [21]
Environmental Studies [28]
Journalism & Media [25]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [14]
Wildlife [15]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
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Public [5]
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The Life, and Why I’m Sticking It Out (for Now) [32]

Journalist and author Angela Posada-Swafford shares the ups and downs of her two-decades-long (so far) freelance life based in Florida.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [25]
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Public [5]
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Congressional Think Tank Reports Leaked Again [34]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [35]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Food [36]
Natural Resources [12]
Technology [37]
Transportation [38]
Water & Oceans [14]
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Public [5]
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