Publication Items

EPA Gag Order Brings Call For Johnson Resignation (Part 1) [1]

Revelation of a document instructing EPA staff not to talk to reporters brings calls for the resignation of Administrator Steve Johnson.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Voluntary Effort To Collect Nanotech Info Flounders [6]

EPA calls for companies to submit information on their nanotechnology products. The silence is deafening.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Voluntary Effort To Collect Nanotech Info Flounders [6]
New Science Clarifies NO2 Health Effects [9]

EPA reviews its health-based standard for NO₂ as an air pollutant, and has issued a science assessment of health effects.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [10]
Health [11]
Pollution [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about New Science Clarifies NO2 Health Effects [9]
States Shift Work Schedules to Save Energy [13]

Utah governor Jon Huntsman announced that state agencies will move to a four-day workweek (10 hours/day, with mandatory three-day weekends) in order to save energy, reduce vehicle miles traveled in the state, and address climate change and air pollution.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [14]
Government [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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EPA Proposes Water Efficiency Standard [16]

EPA is developing a voluntary water efficiency standard for new single-family homes and townhomes.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about EPA Proposes Water Efficiency Standard [16]
EPA Beach Contamination Data Online [18]

EPA announced May 29, 2008, that its assembled data on beach closings in 2007 is available online. You can look up beaches in the Great Lakes, along the Pacific, Gulf, and Atlantic coasts, and for five US territories.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
EPA Head Johnson Won't Disclose White House Contacts [19]
Iron Curtain / Green Corridor [20]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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EPA Head Johnson Won't Disclose White House Contacts [19]

EPA Administrator Steven Johnson steadfastly refused to disclose to the House Oversight Committee this week almost any documents or information about his contacts with the White House. His repeated refusal to do so may set up a legislative-executive confrontation involving subpoenas, claims of executive privilege, and contempt of Congress findings.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [21]
Region:
Northwest (OR WA) [22]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about EPA Head Johnson Won't Disclose White House Contacts [19]

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