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SEJournal Spring 2009, Vol. 19 No. 1 [1]

In this issue: New media add to coal-ash coverage; Getting started with podcasts; Newsroom cuts impact E-beat veterans; more...

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [2]
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Public [3]
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Cash for Clunkers Legislation Rolls Closer [4]

Two competing bills before Congress would pay people to scrap old, inefficient vehicles. But some say the proposed legislation is not as green as it looks and other factors need to be taken into consideration.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [5]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Waste [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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Fungus Potentially Threatens Millions of Bats [11]

White-nose syndrome, an increasing cause of bat mortality, is spreading. Bats play an important role in controlling insect populations and pollinating plants.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [5]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [12]
Region:
International [13]
Canada [14]
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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NOAA To Swarm Around Tornadoes This Spring [15]

Researchers, journalists in tow, will be chasing tornadoes around the central US in May and June to learn more about how tornadoes work, and better predict them and their paths.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [5]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [16]
Government [17]
Science [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [21]
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Public [3]
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Toolbox: EPA's Pesticide Emergency Exemptions Database [22]

There could be a story breeding behind the emergency pesticide exemptions — which could number in the hundreds — in your state.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [24]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Government [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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After Secrecy Claims, Bayer's Own Lapses Revealed as Biggest Threat [25]

A U.S. Chemical Safety Board public hearing, delayed for a month due to Bayer's pleas for secrecy, finds lack of safety to be contributing factors to the 'accident' that killed two at an Institute, WV, plant in August 2008.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [24]
Disasters [16]
Environmental Politics [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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"Trade Secrets" — Largely Untested Grounds for Toxic Secrecy [28]

Witnesses at a House Energy Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection hearing in February said excessive and unjustified claims of "confidential business information" dampen EPA's efforts to regulate commonly used chemicals.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [29]
Chemicals [24]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Government [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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Justice Department Issues New Guidelines on Handling FOIA Requests [30]

The guidance was the latest in a series of orders seeking to turn around Bush administration secrecy, although "altering the mind set" might make change more difficult than originally thought.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [8]
Government [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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EPA Reverses Bush-Era Toxics Release Inventory Blackout [31]

A new rule signed by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson restores cuts in how much data communities can get about nearby industrial releases of toxic substances.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [24]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Government [17]
Policy [32]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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SEJ Names Finalists For 2006 Awards [33]

Global warming, toxic chemicals and threats to biodiversity were major themes of the best environmental journalism of 2005- 2006, according to judges in the fifth annual contest sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists.

Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [34]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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