Publication Items

Another Grasshopper Infestation Looms in the West [1]

In an attempt to lessen damage from the grasshoppers, USDA has allocated $11 million, primarily to treat ~4 million acres with pesticides. Stories could cover causes of the population surge, possible effects on crops and other vegetation, effectiveness and adverse effects of the pesticides, and long-term preventive measures.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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EPA Lists Counties Likely To Violate Lead Standard [4]

Counties, currently in 12 states with more likely to be added next year as a result of new lead monitors, must take steps within five years to meet the standard.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [5]
Pollution [6]
Government [7]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
California [12]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [13]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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Grasshopper Infestations on the Rise Again [14]

As drought blankets much of the western U.S. and Canada, so do grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, and other associated bugs. The cyclical insect infestations, which are occurring in pockets in every state west of the Mississippi and in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, range from light to very severe.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [15]
Disasters [16]
Wildlife [17]
Region:
Canada [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [19]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
California [12]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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BP Contractors, Feds Continue to Bar Media from Public Property [21]

WDSU, the NBC affiliate in New Orleans (Channel 6), found that BP's highly publicized statement that it is not barring news media from witnessing the cleanup, or its failure, is in fact not true. See video of this and other examples, and get contact info for the Deepwater Horizon Incident Joint Information Center if you've been denied access.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [23]
Disasters [16]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [25]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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Gulf Spill Mapping, Infographic Roundup [26]

As the Gulf oil spill continues to spread and become a growing concern to more parts of the US, these key tools will help you tell and illustrate the story.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Disasters [16]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Technology [28]
Wildlife [17]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Mexico [29]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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Manufacturing Plants Are Source of Drugs in Waterways [30]

Wastewater treatment plants can't mitigate the problem, which is compounded by other sources of water contamination, such as drugs that end up in landfills or flushed down toilets, and metabolites or unutilized drugs that pass through people who take the drugs.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [23]
Chemicals [31]
Consumer [32]
Health [33]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [34]
Environmental Health [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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15 States Get More Federal Recreational Trails [37]

The National Trails system, already stretching more than 12,500 miles, expands with the addition of 31 more trails totalling 716 miles.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [38]
Transportation [39]
Government [7]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
Northwest (OR WA) [19]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [20]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [13]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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BLM Tweaks Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Policies [40]

The changes affect only new drilling areas and may include greater consideration of environmental impacts, more public review, fewer "categorical exclusions" from environmental review, and more.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [23]
Disasters [16]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Government [7]
Policy [41]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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Rig Survivors Detained Until They Signed Statements [42]

Deepwater Horizon explosion survivors were detained at sea for 36 to 40 hours and prevented from talking to families or going home until they signed two statements, one that they'd not been injured and the other that they'd not witnessed the explosion.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [16]
Water & Oceans [34]
Environmental Politics [43]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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Cleanup Workers' Contract: Don't Talk to Media [44]

Workers in the "Vessels of Opportunity" Gulf spill cleanup program had to sign a contract prohibiting them from talking to the news media or disclosing "proprietary and confidential" information.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [23]
Disasters [16]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Water & Oceans [34]
Environmental Politics [43]
Journalism & Media [25]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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