Publication Items

Local Auto Shows Offer Hook for Covering Green Vehicles [1]

It may be worth covering an auto show near you this year, since greener cars of many stripes are drawing more attention by manufacturers, consumers, and regulators.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [3]
Technology [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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'Letting the Cards Talk' [7]

Seasoned journalist Susan Feathers plays the hand of a grand jury report — 10 years later.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [9]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [12]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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SEJournal Winter 2009-10, Vol. 19 No. 4 [13]

In this issue: SEJ's birth and 20 years of conferences; 'Letting the cards talk'; An expansive investigation’s key lesson: Think Big; It can be dangerous being an e-journalist in the digital age; Top universities rethink how to prepare e-beat journalists; Board election draws many candidates, record votes; Notes on nature can be a telling scientific record of home; A newbie’s advice on getting started with video; President's Report, Media on the Move and book reviews.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [14]
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Public [6]
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Sunlight Tool Makes Tracking White House Visitors Easier [15]

Sunlight Foundation took the raw data of White House visitor logs, matched the names to those in OpenSecrets.org, FollowTheMoney.org, LittleSis.org, Google and Wikipedia, and created a searchable online database.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Calls for Input on Openness [18]

Secrecy News reports the NRC, responding to a Dec. 2009 White House OMB directive, has asked the public what information it should post online and how else it might improve transparency and collaboration with the public.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Nuclear Power & Radiation [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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DOE Lists Its Environmental Impact Statements Online [20]

A handy research tool for investigative reporters is a full list of all the recent Environmental Impact Statements issued by the Department of Energy.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [21]
Government [17]
Environmental Health [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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White House Moves To Reinstate Bush-Suppressed Climate Reports [23]

Katharine Jacobs, chair of the forthcoming National Academy of Sciences report on Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change and a professor at the University of Arizona, will head up the effort to reinstate the National Assessment — with new emphasis on adaptation.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [24]
Government [17]
Science [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Will Off-Record White House Meetings with Coal Lobby Stifle Ash Regs? [26]

After an October 2009 EPA proposal to regulate coal ash, documents show coal industry officials started meeting with OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and soon EPA announced it was postponing proposal of the coal-ash regulation.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Government [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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20% of Chemicals in Commerce Claim To Be 'Trade Secrets' [29]

Washington Post reporter Lyndsey Layton writes about the thousands of chemicals exempted from EPA screening for potential harm to the environment and public health — and the three-decades-old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that renders it possible, in the interest of protecting manufacturers' bottom lines.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [30]
Chemicals [31]
Health [32]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Government [17]
Environmental Health [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Localizing Recovery Act Spending Is Getting Easier [33]

Use OMB Watch's user-friendly database to track environmentally-related funds in many ways, such as type of project, affiliated federal or state agency, location, dollar amounts, and number of contracts awarded.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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