Publication Items

TOOLBOX: Contractor Misconduct Database Offers Gumshoes Leads [1]

The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) has a new tool for investigative journalists. Reporters can now snoop around the Federal Contractor Misconduct Database to find misdeeds by federal contractors.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about TOOLBOX: Contractor Misconduct Database Offers Gumshoes Leads [1]
Smithsonian Adopts FOIA-Like Policies [6]

The Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents held its first public meeting in 162 years November 17, 2008. This marks a move away from existing policies that have made the institution's meetings and records less open to public scrutiny than other federal entities.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Policy [7]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [8]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Smithsonian Adopts FOIA-Like Policies [6]
Investors Demand Climate-Risk Disclosure [9]

Weary of undisclosed corporate financial risk, battered stock investors are pressuring companies to disclose the economic risks they face from climate change.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Investors Demand Climate-Risk Disclosure [9]
Wide Range of Environmental Issues Before Supreme Court [11]

US Supreme Court to hear six cases with important environmental implications. Issues involved are: use of sonar in Naval training; logging in California; power plant operation; disposal of mining wastes; royalties paid to the Navajo Nation on coal leases; and liability under Superfund law.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Forests [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Waste [16]
Government [3]
Military [17]
Policy [7]
Environmental Politics [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Wide Range of Environmental Issues Before Supreme Court [11]
Canadian Tar Sands Pollution Moves South to US Refineries [19]

New U.S. refineries will process crude oil from Canada's Tar Sands, which means that much of the pollution associated with that refining will occur in the lower 48.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [20]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Pollution [21]
Region:
Canada [22]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Canadian Tar Sands Pollution Moves South to US Refineries [19]
Some States Win, Some Lose with Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs [23]

Compact fluorescent lighting reduces energy use, but what's the trade-off in mercury exposure via broken bulbs and disposal? Now a team of Yale scientists has estimated where there will be a net increase or decrease in mercury emissions.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [20]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Health [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Some States Win, Some Lose with Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs [23]
Federal EIS For Wave, Wind, and Other Offshore Energy Projects Soon [25]

The future of alternative energy development in coastal US waters will likely become clearer at the end of March 2007, when a draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement is scheduled to be released.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Federal EIS For Wave, Wind, and Other Offshore Energy Projects Soon [25]
STUDIES: Environmental Justice Backsliding, or Making Little Progress [26]

A new report on environmental justice issues is scheduled to be released in mid-March 2007.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Waste [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about STUDIES: Environmental Justice Backsliding, or Making Little Progress [26]
Reports and Studies Map Hazards Posed by Tsunamis, Hurricanes [27]

Spurred by recent tsunami and hurricane disasters in the US and around the world, NOAA, USGS, and other government agencies are taking a closer look at the hazards lurking on US shores.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [28]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Reports and Studies Map Hazards Posed by Tsunamis, Hurricanes [27]
Amid The Newsroom Wreckage, a Bit of E-Beat Hope [29]

Tim Wheeler's final report as SEJ's president explains how his hope for the future of news stems from the commitment and incredible energy he sees in this organization devoted to promoting the quality and visibility of environmental journalism.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [31]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Amid The Newsroom Wreckage, a Bit of E-Beat Hope [29]

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