Publication Items

House Adopts Online Publication Standard [1]

It remains to be seen how successful the House will be in timely posting of electronic versions of bills — especially when they are thousand-page appropriations bills being rammed through at the last minute. The WatchDog will be watching to see if bills are published electronically well before subcommittee markups begin.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Government [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Big Canadian Fish Farm Firm Seeks to Criminalize, Silence Environmental Critics [6]

Mainstream Canada, the nation's second-largest farmed-salmon producer — and a subsidiary of an even more gargantuan Danish transnational holding company — will try to crush and silence environmental activist Don Staniford, who has had the temerity to criticize their operations publicly.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [7]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Activism [9]
Region:
Canada [10]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Is Documenting Cruelty to Animals a Federal Terrorist Crime? [11]

According to the Los Angeles Times, recent directives from the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force suggest that merely filming commercial acts of cruelty to animals could be a terrorist offense — something that now can lead to indefinite military detention without trial.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Food [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Drug Researchers Routinely Risk Public Health by Withholding Info: Study [14]

It's a common practice, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. Researchers even do it when the work is government-funded. Environmental reporters should be asking questions.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [15]
Chemicals [16]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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EPA Greenhouse Data Site Offers Bounty of Local Stories [17]

The searchable database is finally being published online for the first time after Congress mandated it in a rider to the 2008 omnibus appropriations bill. EPA compromised after protests from industry, limiting it to only the largest emitters. Pick only emitters in certain states. Focus on emissions of each of the six greenhouse gases it includes — or to customize views according to size of emission or emitting industry.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [18]
Pollution [19]
Climate Change [20]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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It’s Time To Say Goodbye, Thank You and, Hey, We Can Get Through This Together [21]

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [20]
Journalism & Media [23]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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"Early Warming: Crisis and Response in the Climate-Changed North" [24]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [20]
Region:
Alaska and Hawaii [26]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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"Changing Planet, Changing Health: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Our Health and What We Can Do About It" [27]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Health [28]
Health [15]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about "Changing Planet, Changing Health: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Our Health and What We Can Do About It" [27]
"Living in Denial: Climate Change, Emotions, and Everyday Life" [29]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [20]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about "Living in Denial: Climate Change, Emotions, and Everyday Life" [29]
New Antarctic Adventures, Award-Winning Collaborations and New Media Jobs for SEJ Members [30]

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [22]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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