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2010 Bicycle Commuting Stats Available for 375 U.S. Cities [1]

Commuters who travel to work via bicycle put a dent in petroleum consumption and air pollution, and likely have a leg up on not becoming part of the obesity epidemic. Davis, CA, residents are at the head of the pack of the 375 largest US cities surveyed, with 22.1% of the city's residents commuting by bike, according to US Census Bureau statistics compiled by the League of American Bicyclists.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [3]
People & Population [4]
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Public [5]
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NOAA Releases First Fishing Bycatch Report [6]

Current fishing methods are rather destructive, with 17% of the fish caught commercially being unintended bycatch, according to NOAA's first national assessment of bycatch. That damages the environment, and costs those who fish time and money.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [7]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
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Public [5]
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Watchdog Alert: Tracking Energy Loan Guarantees [10]

The topic of federal loan guarantees for energy projects has become prime media territory with the bankruptcy of the solar company Solyndra after it received one of these loans. As of September 30, 2011, DoE has issued about $40 billion for solar, wind, geothermal, biofuels, nuclear, energy efficiency, energy storage, battery storage, or transmission projects.
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TipSheet [2]
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Government [7]
Energy & Fuel [11]
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Public [5]
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Many Are Claiming Health Problems Caused by Smart Meters [12]

Numerous allegations of health damage from people in the US and around the globe, the common threads in the descriptions of health damage (often appearing to involve the neurological, immune, and/or endocrine systems), and the evidence from thousands of published studies that address a wide range of electrical, magnetic field, and radio-frequency impacts suggest this could be a major public health issue that warrants coverage.

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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [11]
Health [13]
People & Population [4]
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Public [5]
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J-Groups at Press Club: Obama’s Science Openness Glass Only Half Full [14]

The session, before an audience of journalists at the Press Club and another audience online, included representatives of the Columbia Journalism Review, the Associated Press, Politico, the Society of Environmental Journalists, the Association of Health Care Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, and the National Association of Science Writers. The EPA declined to attend.
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WatchDog TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Science [18]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [19]
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Public [5]
- Read more about J-Groups at Press Club: Obama’s Science Openness Glass Only Half Full [14]
Access to Environmental Info Will Be an Issue at Rio+20 [20]

In June 2012, the nations of the world will convene in Rio de Janiero for the 20th anniversary of the landmark 1992 Rio Conference on Environment and Development that set the stage for a number of important treaties, including the Montreal Protocol to protect the ozone layer and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Policy [21]
Planning & Growth [22]
Climate Change [23]
Region:
South America [24]
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Public [5]
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DHS: Taking the "Public" Out of Public Affairs [25]

A frustrated Federal Times reporter filed a Freedom-of-Information-Act request for the names and phone numbers of all DHS press officers. When he finally got the 58-page list of names, the agency had blacked out all the work phones, cell phones, and e-mail addresses.
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WatchDog TipSheet [15]
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Government [7]
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Public [5]
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Why Does the CIA Keep Climate a Secret? [26]

A historian at the National Security Archives made a Freedom of Information Act request in March 2010 to the CIA’s Center on Climate Change and National Security (CCCNS). On Sept. 16, 2011, the CIA finally responded, telling Richelson that all the material he requested was classified and thus exempt from FOIA.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [15]
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Government [7]
Climate Change [23]
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Public [5]
- Read more about Why Does the CIA Keep Climate a Secret? [26]
NOAA Seafood Report Released [27]

Use the data to report for communities directly affected by fishing or, at a larger scale, as a hook to report on several other related issues. Also, research another hot topic drawing attention — mislabeling of fish species.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [9]
Food [28]
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Public [5]
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EPA Finalizes 15 Additional Superfund Sites, Proposes 11 More [29]

Sites in CA, GA, IL, IN, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OR, SC, TN, and TX received a final designation of Superfund status, meaning they are among the most toxic in the country, due to contamination from industrial operations, mining, military activities, landfills, and other sources.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [30]
Chemicals [31]
Region:
California [32]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [33]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Northwest (OR WA) [35]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [37]
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Public [5]
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