Publication Items

Nonfederal Rangeland Often in Poor Shape [1]

USDA and USGS researchers found about one of every five acres of rangelands in 17 western states, as well as portions of Louisiana and Florida, has some degree of degradation of at least one factor (soil and site stability, hydrologic integrity, and biotic integrity).
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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'Follow the Money' at State Level During Campaigns [9]

The National Institute on Money in State Politics collects data about spending related to state-level races in all 50 states, codes and collates it, and presents it all in a searchable online database.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [10]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Many Environmental Issues Are on 2010 Ballots [11]

Specific or broad environmental issues could play a role as voters decide which candidate to choose in many races. At the same time, the environment continues to score way down the list, according to pollsters, when voters are asked about all their priorities.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [10]
Environmental Politics [12]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Cell-Phone Industry Seeks To Silence Right-to-Know Demands [13]

The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has filed suit against San Francisco in response to a right-to-know ordinance it passed guaranteeing consumers information about how much electromagnetic radiation their cell phones were exposing them to.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [15]
Health [16]
Consumer [17]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Canada Quashing Climate Science: Critics [18]

The press policy documents, obtained by Margaret Munro of Postmedia News, reveal scientists must get permission to talk to the press — and climate science and oil sands are off limits. Any statements on those topics must be approved by political appointees at the ministerial level.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [19]
Government [10]
Climate Change [20]
Region:
Canada [21]
International [22]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Spill Panel Complains Transocean Bars Access to Documents, Witness [23]

The owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded, resulting in the April 2010 Gulf oil spill disaster, is refusing to provide safety documents or a spokesperson to testify to a federal investigative panel.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [24]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Interior Cedes to Critics on Scientific Integrity [25]

The revised policy puts the onus on political appointees as well as scientists, declares a presumption of openness in public access to scientific information generated at the agency, and affirms the right of scientific employees to talk to news media and investigative agencies.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [19]
Government [10]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Taxpayer-Funded Research Remains Available — for Now [26]

SEJ was one of the groups that opposed HR 801, a bill by House Judiciary Chairman John H. Conyers which would allow private journal publishers to copyright scientific articles based on federally funded research.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [19]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Government [10]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Toolbox: Pipeline Maps Offer Starting Point for Local Stories [28]

The National Pipeline Mapping System, while missing many key pipelines, does show pipeline proximity to densely populated areas, where the greatest threat to life exists.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [29]
Disasters [24]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Toolbox: Pipeline Maps Offer Starting Point for Local Stories [28]
Covering Recovery from Disasters [30]

Jim Schwab, manager of the American Planning Association’s Hazards Planning Research Center, writes in Part 1 of a two-part series about the dynamics of recovery, silver linings, and post-disaster journalism.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [24]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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