Publication Items

Obama Administration Trying To Speed up Transmission Line Approvals [1]

As part of its push to improve the nation's power system, the Obama administration is trying to expedite construction of 7 transmission lines, in various stages of planning and design, spanning 3,100 miles in 12 states.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [8]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [9]
Northwest (OR WA) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Controversial Pesticide Rule Might Protect Waterways [13]

US EPA, under a court-ordered deadline of Oct. 31, 2011, is to release a final rule establishing a Pesticides General Permit process, which would establish ways to reduce certain pesticide applications on or near waterways for control of mosquitoes, other flying insects, weeds, algae, animals, and forest canopy pests.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [14]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Chemicals [15]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Texas Censors Climate Science; Sparks Scientists' Revolt [16]

After officials appointed by presidential candidate Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) deleted references to climate change from a report on Galveston Bay, other scientists asked that their names be disassociated from the report.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [18]
Climate Change [19]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Another Interior Science Probe: This Time on Delta Smelt [20]

The latest episode is an internal Interior Dept. probe into the work of two scientists who study the tiny but endangered smelt which live in the Sacramento River delta that feeds into San Francisco Bay.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Region:
California [22]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Reporters Committee Offers Digital Journos' Legal Guide [23]

RCFP's free online guide covers many topics: credentials for bloggers; state and federal FOIA rights; libel and SLAPP laws; privacy concerns online; Internet regulation; and more.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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SkyTruth Launches Online Environmental Accident Mapper [24]

Reporters can now get a better picture of breaking environmental pollution events via SkyTruth Alerts on air and water pollution incidents, toxic spills, and more.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [25]
Pollution [26]
Disasters [27]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Some Spreadsheet Techniques To Help You Check the Scientists’ Studies [28]

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [29]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Enterprising Stories Stand Out in Recent Disaster Coverage — From Japan to Texas [30]

Here's a sampling of coverage of recent extreme weather disasters, with particular focus on a few of the many enterprise stories that emanated from four clusters of events — the tsunami-caused crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, drought and wildfires in Texas, death-dealing tornadoes in the Southeast and massive flooding in the Mississippi River system.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [27]
Journalism & Media [32]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Covering Trauma, Surviving Trauma and Gaining New Insight into How To Handle It [33]

Miami-based radio news director Dan Grech recounts his journey covering the traumatic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, becoming homeless thanks to Hurricane Wilma, his subsequent training on trauma reporting, and shares his lessons learned with you.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [27]
Journalism & Media [32]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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SEJournal Fall 2011, Vol. 21 No. 3 [34]

In this issue: Covering and surviving trauma; goodbye to SEJournal editor Mike Mansur; interview with award-winning Seattle Times reporter Craig Welch; MIT @ 150 years; media's vetting of candidates on climate change; negotiating the 'new' journalism world; environmental and economic impacts of world's growing demand for food; and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [35]
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Public [12]
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