Publication Items

A Nod of Thanks to Our Founders, Who Have Put SEJ on a Path to the Future [1]

SEJ President Carolyn Whetzel offers a belated “thank you’’ to the late David Stolberg and all the original founding members of our organization. SEJ members owe them all a deep debt of gratitude. Thanks to their vision and leadership, SEJ remains a vital resource for working journalists and journalism educators.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Nuclear Experts Assess How Well Media Covered Fukushima [5]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [7]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [8]
Region:
Asia [9]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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BP Blowout: Lessons from Gulf Oil Disaster [10]

Everything from the social media’s importance to the need for a detailed disaster plan — Robert A. Thomas, professor and director of the Center for Environmental Communication, School of Mass Communication at Loyola University in New Orleans, outlines 17 take-away lessons for journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [7]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
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Public [4]
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La Niña Resurfaces; More Extreme Weather? [14]

NOAA said on Sept. 8, 2011, that the La Niña weather pattern has returned already, after the last La Niña cycle ran from June 2010-May 2011, causing extraordinarily frequent and damaging extreme weather. If typical patterns pan out in the new cycle, that could lead to more drought and fires in the south, and blizzards and flooding in the north.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [16]
Climate Change [17]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Drinking-Water Wells Often Pose a Health Risk [18]

Based on extensive sampling of drinking water wells around the country by USGS, 19% of all tested wells were contaminated with a substance such as arsenic, uranium, or radon at a concentration that poses a health risk, and about 10% of all wells have more than one such substance.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [19]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Proposed Rule To Target Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mileage [20]

By Sept. 28, 2011, EPA and the US Dept. of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration say they will jointly release proposed standards designed to significantly increase fuel mileage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars, light trucks, and medium-duty passenger vehicles in model years 2017-2025.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [17]
Air [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [23]
Transportation [24]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Groups Suggest Ways To Help Environment While Cutting Federal Deficit [25]

The Green Scissors 2011 report was developed by an unlikely coalition of right- and left-leaning advocacy groups: Heartland Institute, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Friends of the Earth, and Public Citizen. They suggest it's possible to save about $380 billion over 2012-2016 while helping the environment.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [26]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Interior Brass Under Investigation for Political Interference with Science [27]

Top officials at the Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation and Enforcement have been charged with scientific misconduct regarding a possible cover-up over the suspension and sudden reinstatement of Dr. Charles Monnett, who authored a paper suggesting climate change was harming polar bears.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [16]
Environmental Politics [29]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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SEJ Urges EPA To Make Science More Open to News Media [30]

In formal comments on EPA's August 5, 2011, draft Scientific Integrity Policy, submitted September 2, SEJ recommended that EPA adopt portions of a model policy drafted by the Union of Concerned Scientists in addition to affirming that "media have a right to interact with EPA staff, including scientists, without having agency staff and/or political minders listening in or otherwise taking part."
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [16]
Policy [31]
Government [32]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Urban Forest Projects Address Energy, Health, Education, More [33]

Organizations in IL, NY, and TX received substantial funding from the US Forest Service so they can work on projects related to urban forests. The products and efforts are available for use by others around the country, making them of interest to any journalist covering urban environmental or health issues.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [34]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [36]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [37]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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