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SEJournal Fall 2006, Vol. 16 No. 3 [1]

In this issue: The 'unreadable' thing: John McPhee on the craft of writing; Top TV reporters don't fear the technical...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

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SEJournal Online [2]
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SEJournal Winter 2006-07, Vol. 16 No. 4 [4]

TRI tension: Pollution database is imperfect, but a great source; Top e-beat reporter: Make readers regain curiosity...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

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Use It or Lose It: EPA Releases Toxics Data Feb. 24 [5]

EPA made public the latest year's data from the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) February 21, 2008, catching a few journalists by surprise, as usual.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [3]
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Court Reverses Ban on Farm Data Releasees [10]

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, ruled Feb. 15, 2008, that the public had a legitimate interest in data from some previously unreleased Agriculture Department databases - clearing the way for their release.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [3]
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EPA Would Suppress Info on Toxic Gases From Feedlots at Industry Urging [12]

Large feedlots would no longer have to report toxic emissions under a rule proposed Dec. 21, 2007, by EPA.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Food [13]
Pollution [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [3]
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SEJ Voices Concern Over Muzzling of Environment Canada Scientists [14]

The Society of Environmental Journalists has asked Environment Canada for its written policies on staff communication with news media.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [11]
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Canada [15]
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Public [3]
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BLM Proposal May Limit Transparency, Public Input On Its NEPA Actions [16]

The Bureau of Land Management has proposed changing its rules for complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [3]
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EPA Greeenhouse Reporting Rules Goes Forward Despite White House [17]

Congress mandated a mandatory "registry" of greenhouse gas emissions with $3.5 million tucked into the final fiscal 2008 omnibus appropriations bill it passed late in 2007.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [18]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [3]
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New Jersey Sues EPA Over NSR Air Pollution Reporting Cutbacks [19]

New Jersey filed a lawsuit Feb. 19, 2008, challenging the US-EPA's December 2007 rule that utilities could decide for themselves whether their air pollution increases are significant enough to require detailed record-keeping.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [20]
Pollution [7]
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]
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Public [3]
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Great Lakes Study Suppressed [22]

For more than seven months, the nation's top public health agency has blocked the publication of an exhaustive federal study of environmental hazards in the eight Great Lakes states.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [23]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [24]
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Public [3]
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