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NOAA Rule Aims To Silence Sea Grant Advocacy [1]

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility petitioned NOAA to reverse its no-advocacy policy, saying it's inconsistent with the agency's official scientific integrity policy and the Obama administration's much-vaunted advocacy of more openness in federal government.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Policy [4]
Government [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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EPA Proposes Expanding Scope of TRI to Additional Industries [7]

The new industries would be Iron Ore Mining, Phosphate Mining, Municipal Waste Incineration, Industrial Dry Cleaning, Petroleum Bulk Storage, and Steam-Only Production from Fossil Fuels.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [8]
Economy & Business [9]
Chemicals [10]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Press Fotogs Sue DHS Over Laptop, Camera Seizures [11]

A U.S. District judge heard oral arguments July 8, 2011 on a DHS motion to dismiss the case, brought by the National Press Photographers Association, the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [12]
Government [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Defiant Murdoch E-Tab To Judge: Nuts To Pulling BP Deposition [13]

U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Shushan of the Eastern District of Louisiana ordered iPad-only publication The Daily to remove the deposition, by former BP CEO Tony Hayward in the Gulf oil spill lawsuit, because it had not been published with her permission.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [14]
Journalism & Media [12]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Central U.S. Is Home to Miscanthus Biomass Crop Projects [15]

The US Dept. of Agriculture is providing financial support for farmers to grow the grass in four project areas in four states. The goal is to substantially increase production of the crop, and USDA estimates about 4,000 jobs will be created.
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TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [17]
Agriculture [18]
Region:
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [19]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [20]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Feds and Private Sector Funding Major Solar Panel Projects [23]

Project Amp, expected to lead to the installation of photovoltaic solar panels on about 750 industrial buildings in 28 states, would feed enough energy to the grid to power 90,000-100,000 homes. Taking a different approach, Google and a company called SolarCity are teaming up to spur installation of solar panels to power individual homes, committing $280 million to the project.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [5]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Economy & Business [9]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture Acknowledged by Experts [24]

The American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America position statement addresses food and its security, feed, fuel, fiber, pollination, pest management, water availability, erosion control, greenhouse gas emissions from crop and livestock operations, research and development, and climate change adaptation and mitigation.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [25]
Agriculture [18]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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EPA To Announce Secondary Standard for SOx and NOx [26]

While primary standards are designed to protect human health, secondary standards are established to protect the environment. In the case of NOx and SOx, some of the primary targets include reduced aquatic and terrestrial acidification, and reduced nitrogen deposition on land and water.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [8]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Environmental Health [27]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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New Environment-Related CRS Reports Available [28]

Congress still forbids the Congressional Research Service to release publicly reports that taxpayers have paid for. Thanks to groups like the Federation of American Scientists, however, taxpayers can read the reports online despite the charade.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [29]
Technology [30]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [31]
Government [5]
Disasters [32]
Climate Change [25]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about New Environment-Related CRS Reports Available [28]
USDA Pesticide, Fertilizer Data Now in Online Database [33]

The Agriculture Department under President Obama has partly restored public access to the Agricultural Chemical Usage data by the National Agricultural Statistics Service. President Bush had cancelled the reports in 2008.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [5]
Chemicals [10]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about USDA Pesticide, Fertilizer Data Now in Online Database [33]

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