Publication Items

New Mexico Activists Win FOIA Case Against Nuclear Agency [1]

A federal district judge ruled that agencies can't use delay to create secrecy when the Freedom of Information Act requires them to disclose records.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Bush Administration Opposes Bill to Shield Press Sources [6]

"Attorney General Michael Mukasey and three other top Bush administration officials are weighing in against legislation that would allow reporters to protect the identities of confidential sources..."
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Rail, Other Accident Reports Now Online [8]

Environmental reporters who want to keep track of accidents on their beats may want to know about these useful tools and resources.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Rail, Other Accident Reports Now Online [8]
"No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations" [9]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [11]
People & Population [12]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about "No Way Home: The Decline of the World's Great Animal Migrations" [9]
"Diagnosis: Mercury, Money, Politics & Poison" [13]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [14]
Consumer [15]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Food [17]
Government [18]
Health [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [22]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about "Diagnosis: Mercury, Money, Politics & Poison" [13]
House and Senate Leadership Begins To Shape Up [23]

The heads of Obama administration Congressional committees and subcommittees will likely be in the spotlight in the coming months. This overview will help you get a feel for who these people are, or who will soon be chosen.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [20]
Government [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about House and Senate Leadership Begins To Shape Up [23]
Top 10 Endangered Southern Areas [25]

The Southern Environmental Law Center's top 10 places in America's South that face "immediate, potentially irreparable threats in 2009" represent a cross-section of the major environmental issues facing these states.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Forests [28]
Natural Resources [29]
Transportation [30]
Water & Oceans [22]
Biodiversity [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Oversight Report: Agency Inspectors General Often Ignored [33]

A US House Oversight Committee report released in January 2009 found that federal agencies frequently ignore the findings and recommendations of their inspectors general.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [34]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Government [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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"Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children" [35]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [36]
Chemicals [14]
Food [17]
Health [19]
Pollution [21]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about "Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children" [35]
Concern Resurfaces for Drinking Water and Food Contaminant [37]

In one of many last-minute actions, the Bush administration delayed a decision on a drinking water standard for the contaminant perchlorate (used in rocket fuel, explosives, fireworks, and many other industrial products, and also occurs naturally), but issued a temporary advisory recommendation. This has immediate implications for at least 31 large US utilities, and perhaps hundreds more.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [14]
Food [17]
Water & Oceans [22]
Government [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Concern Resurfaces for Drinking Water and Food Contaminant [37]

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