Publication Items

Annual Land & Water Conservation Fund Dollars Announced [1]

The states, territories, and Washington, DC, will share $37.4 million doled out through the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund. The grants, administered by the National Park Service, match funding provided by states and local entities, and are supposed to be used for local parks, recreation, and conservation projects.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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GAO: US Water Drinkers in Dark on Violations, Contaminants [6]

While EPA oversees the Safe Drinking Water Act programs, much of the daily responsibility is delegated to state agencies. The non-partisan Government Accountability Office says the states are under-reporting violations and contamination to EPA. Moreover, EPA has fallen behind in setting standards for known contaminants that may cause health problems.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Pollution [8]
Health [9]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Interior Probe of Polar Bear Scientist Baffles, Looks Political [10]

Five years after writing about polar bears drowning, apparently from lack of sea ice, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement was suspended without a reason. Later he was told it was due to charges of "scientific misconduct" from a party or parties not identified.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [11]
Government [12]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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EPA Drafts Science Policy Codifying Minders, PIO Permissions for Media Interviews [13]

The draft "Scientific Integrity Policy" marks the first time that the EPA's previously unwritten minders-and-permissions policy for press interviews has been reduced to a publicly disclosed written policy applying to the entire agency. The Society of Environmental Journalists has previously opposed these restrictions and is likely to submit formal comments on this draft policy as well.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [14]
Policy [15]
Government [12]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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As Midwest Mainstream Media Withers, Harvest Public Media Steps Up To Cover Food, Fuel and Field Issues [16]

Freelance journalist Madeline Bodin reports on the award-winning work by Harvest Public Media, one of seven Local Journalism Centers created by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in the past two years.

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Features [17]
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Public [5]
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FWS Proposes To Expand Hunting at 10 Wildlife Refuges [18]

Hunting, under certain conditions, is already allowed at more than 300 of the 553 sites in the National Wildlife Refuge System. Contact local environmental, animal rights, and hunting groups for opinions for or against these proposals that would allow additional species to be killed at 10 refuges in 8 states.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [11]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [21]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [22]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [23]
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Public [5]
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Most Plastic Products Found Toxic, But Alternatives May Exist [24]

Nearly 500 combined-plastic products tested induced estrogenic activity. Other plastic products did not, and would cost about the same to use in lieu of the EA-inducing products. But, there are other modes of toxicity besides EA, so product testing should include carcinogenicity, immune disruption, neurological damage, etc.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [9]
Chemicals [25]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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West Coast Damage May Presage Future Climate Change Effects [26]

The effects of the 2009-2010 El Niño winter on western shorelines may be an indicator of what could occur more frequently as climate change continues, say researchers from the USGS, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Washington State Department of Ecology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Oregon State University, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [27]
Climate Change [28]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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"Clean Economy" Jobs Exceed Fossil Fuels Or Bioscience Sectors [29]

A report from Brooking Institution and Battelle's Technology Partnership Practice says there are about 2.7 million direct "clean economy" jobs nationwide, including those in industries such as wastewater, mass transit, solar photovoltaic, wind, fuel cells, smart grid, biofuels, batteries, green chemical products, and lighting.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [30]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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SEJ Offers Resources for Covering Summer Stories [31]

Wildfire, hurricanes, recreation, extreme heat, drought, electric brownouts, UV rays and sunscreen, insect-borne disease like West Nile virus, fishing, dead zones, and algal blooms — TipSheet can help you cover these local environmental stories.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [9]
Disasters [27]
Natural Resources [4]
Water & Oceans [3]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about SEJ Offers Resources for Covering Summer Stories [31]

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