Publication Items

Rockefeller Introduces Bill To Outlaw Bayer Chem-Secrecy Ruse [1]

Rockefeller's bill keeps FOIA exemptions for real security information, but forbids using the "sensitive security information" stamp.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Disasters [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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High Court To Rule on Whether "Animal Cruelty" Is Exempt From 1st Amendment [9]

This case may make it illegal for journalists to cover animal cruelty cases like the Michael Vicks dogfighting prosecution — or even to shoot investigative video of out-of-season fishing.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [5]
Journalism & Media [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Bills Seek Disclosure of "Fracking" Chemicals That May Threaten Drinking Wells [11]

Proposed legislation would repeal a provision allowing secrecy over chemicals injected underground during high-tech gas drilling — such as benzene and toluene, which are known to be toxic.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Coal-Waste Impoundment Database Offers Journalists a Tool [14]

A cooperative effort of federal and state agencies, coal companies, and environmental groups, the database lists coal-waste impoundments in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [12]
Pollution [15]
Waste [16]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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EPA Relents, Releases List of 44 High-Hazard Coal-Ash Ponds [19]

FOIA requests and Congressional pressure got the Obama administration to reverse its decision to withhold key information about dangers to communities from coal-ash ponds operated by electric utilities.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Beach Nourishment: Supreme Court To Decide Who Owns the New Sand [20]

When governments or communities pay to replenish beaches along privately owned beachfront property — or create new beaches by trucking in sand — what does that mean for the landowners' waterfront rights and property value?
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [22]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Water & Oceans [13]
Military [23]
People & Population [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Feds Continue Compensation for Lost Local Tax Revenue [25]

The fiscal year 2009 allocation of Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) is up about 4% from last year, and is being distributed to about 60% of the nation's counties and other local jurisdictions.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [26]
Government [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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US Vulnerability To Heat Waves Varies Substantially by Location [28]

A new analysis of about 40,000 census tracts in the larger US metropolitan areas can help you cover how well your community is preparing for heat-related risk.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [29]
Health [30]
People & Population [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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North American Toxics Data Released [31]

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation, which is a joint effort of Canada, the US, and Mexico, released on June 10, 2009, its annual report tracking and comparing toxic emissions.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [29]
Air [32]
Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Pollution [15]
Region:
Canada [33]
National (U.S.) [6]
Mexico [34]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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EPA To Announce Proposed NO2 Standard [35]

After several years of preparatory work, EPA is expected to announce by June 26, 2009, its proposed primary standard for one of the six "criteria" air pollutants, nitrogen dioxide.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [32]
Chemicals [3]
Pollution [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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