Publication Items

House Probes OMB Suppression of Chemical Risk Assessments [1]

The House Science Committee is investigating charges that a White House political arm with no scientific expertise is suppressing EPA information about the toxic risks of commercial products.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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TOOLBOX: Scanning Online For Nuclear, Chemical, Wildlife, and Other Incidents [7]

In the old days, the newsroom at most local dailies had a police scanner squawking like a nervous parrot in the background, to get the jump in case something big happened. To get environmental news today, you need other tools.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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White House Issues Policy Keeping Much Unclassified Info Secret [9]

Inspection reports on badly maintained dams - or information on what homes would be swept away if they failed?
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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SCIENTIST FINALLY GIVES ATRAZINE TESTIMONY HE WAS FIRED OVER [11]

Paul Wotzka, a hydrologist with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, who was fired shortly after he asked permission to testify before the Minnesota legislature on Atrazine pollution of water finally had his say.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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JUDGE DENIES MEDIA ACCESS TO MSHA PROBE OF CRANDALL CANYON [12]

Federal district judge Dee Benson ruled Oct. 9, 2007, that a group of news media companies could not have access to an investigation by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) into the Crandall Canyon mine collapse in Utah Aug. 6, which killed six miners and three workers trying to rescue them.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [13]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [14]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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TOLEDO BLADE COVERS DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR COVER-UP TRIAL [15]

A federal jury in Toledo may soon be deciding whether some company officials engaged in a cover-up of safety problems at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant. Although the story has gotten little national attention, the Toledo Blade's Tom Henry has covered the trial in detail.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Nuclear Power & Radiation [16]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [17]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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VETERANS' HOSPITALS WON'T SHARE CANCER DATA [18]

Cancer registries, which are part of the public health system help physicians collect statistics on cancer incidence and help pinpoint "cancer clusters" that may be caused by environmental factors. the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) runs a surveillance system, which has a registry of cancer cases in almost every state. But the hospitals in the federal Veterans Affairs (VA) system are now saying they will not share cancer data with state registries unless the states sign restrictive agreements.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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HOUSE PASSES SHIELD LAW 398-21; WHITE HOUSE THREATENS VETO [20]

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Oct. 16, 2007, to create a federal shield law which would offer limited protection for reporters from being compelled to disclose confidential sources.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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INTERIOR PROPOSES FEE/PERMIT RULE FOR FILMING IN PARKS, REFUGES [21]

The Interior Department has proposed codifying its rules on photography, filming, and sound-recording on public lands it administers. Some newsgatherers are worried that the rules would hurt their ability to do their jobs.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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After Denials, White House Caves on Censored Gerberding Climate-Health Testimony [23]

It was news when the White House censored testimony prepared in October 2007 by Centers for Disease Control Director Julie Gerberding - testimony detailing the health hazards likely to result from climate change.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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