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Jackson Memo Leaves EPA Response on Openness in Doubt [1]

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility says the Dec. 21 memo implies that existing EPA openness policy meets White House criteria. Meanwhile, the Office of Management and Budget may again be tampering with agency science for political purposes — accused by Arizona congressman Raúl Grijalva (pictured) of censoring FOIA'd documents relating to the mid-summer estimate of Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Science [3]
Policy [4]
Government [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
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Public [7]
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Truth in the Rough [8]

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Features [9]
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Public [7]
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SEJournal Winter 2010-11, Vol. 20 No. 4 [10]

In this issue: Twain's truths echo today; GOP wave alters enviro debate; lessons from "cap-and-trade" coverage; disaster recovery in flux; award-winning radio story on green architecture; SEJ launches new Diversity Task Force; nanosilver bacteria-eaters a new health concern.

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SEJournal Online [11]
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Public [7]
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NPS Offers Deal for Public at National Parks [12]

Take advantage of the National Park Service's free admission days during National Park Week in April, first day of summer (June 21), National Public Lands Day (September 24) and the November 11-13 Veterans Day weekend.
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TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [14]
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Public [7]
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AAAS Meeting: Source for Cutting-Edge Enviro News [15]

Topics at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Feb. 17-21, 2011 in Washington, D.C., include climate change, energy, health, oceans, national security, nanotechnology, GMOs, religion, space weather and many more.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [3]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [16]
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Public [7]
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EPA Issues New Information on Old and New Fluorescent Light Bulbs [17]

Some light bulbs require special handling to reduce toxic exposures. EPA's latest guidance for old fluorescent bulbs that contain PCBs and current generation CFLs that contain mercury both provide important fodder for consumer-awareness stories.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [18]
Government [5]
Consumer [19]
Chemicals [20]
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Public [7]
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BLM To Disclose Names and Addresses of Grazing Rights Owners [21]

Permittees and lessees of public lands are a key part of covering issues that involve grazing, hunting, public lands access, utility corridors, and related topics. The public comment period on BLM's proposal to identify these people closes Feb. 7, 2011.
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TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [22]
People & Population [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Agriculture [25]
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Public [7]
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After Rough Start, Radio Story on Green Architecture Turns into Award Winner [26]

Reporter Jason Margolis skillfully illustrates the relationship between built spaces and climate change issues by spotlighting two proactive architects and their environmentally friendly buildings in Toronto, Canada and Mexico City for Public Radio International's program "The World." SEJournal’s Bill Dawson has the "Inside Story."

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Inside Story [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [28]
Planning & Growth [22]
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Canada [29]
Mexico [30]
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Public [7]
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Sunshine Week Coming March 13-19, 2011 [31]

Many publications and groups schedule special stories, reports, panels, or events during this week to promote freedom of information and to exercise their First Amendment rights. Find suggestions at the American Society of News Editors' official Sunshine Week website.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Journalism & Media [32]
Government [5]
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Public [7]
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Feds Publish Secret Oil Spill Calculator [33]

Now that you have long since published your story about the disappearance of BP's oil from the Gulf, you may want to check the math that story was based on using newly released technical information.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [34]
Government [5]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Disasters [36]
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Public [7]
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