Publication Items

Pennsylvania Gas Industry Keeps Secret Database on Pre-Drill Quality of Wells [1]

The fracking industry loves to argue there's no proof its gas-extraction methods cause pollution. But it works hard in Pennsylvania to keep secret any evidence that might prove the question — one way or the other. Existence of its database was reported by Marie Cusick of WITF in Harrisburg, via NPR's StateImpact Pennsylvania.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Pollution [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Chemicals [7]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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AP Probe: Keeping Explosive Chemicals Secret May Not Make People Safer [10]

Aftershocks of the April 17, 2013, ammonium nitrate explosion in West, Texas, continue — including investigations by news organizations as well as state and federal agencies. A major multistate investigative project by the Associated Press could only get data for 28 of the 50 states, but within those states it found that more than 600,000 people live within a typical blast zone and more had family in schools and hospitals within one.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
People & Population [11]
Disasters [12]
Chemicals [7]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [13]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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"Cairns: Messengers in Stone" [14]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [16]
People & Population [11]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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"Gold Rush in the Jungle: The Race to Discover and Defend the Rarest Animals of Vietnam’s 'Lost World'" [17]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [18]
Journalism & Media [16]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [19]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
Asia [21]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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"Continental Divide: Wildlife, People, and the Border Wall" [22]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [18]
Journalism & Media [16]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [19]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [13]
Mexico [24]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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"Places: Habitats of a Human Lifetime" [25]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [15]
Topics on the Beat:
People & Population [11]
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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"The Golden Shore: California’s Love Affair with the Sea" [27]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [16]
Water & Oceans [3]
Region:
California [28]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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"Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation" [29]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [7]
Health [30]
Pollution [4]
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Global Environmental Issues, Journalism Star at Sundance [31]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [32]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [16]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Elephant Wrangling on the Energy Beat [33]

More than one observer has compared covering energy to the folk tale about the blind men who try to describe an elephant, and end up shouting at each other because they’ve each grasped a different part of the beast and believe their portion represents the whole thing. Freelancer Jennifer Weeks reports.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [35]
Journalism & Media [16]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [36]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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