Publication Items

Toolbox: RMP*Comp Projects Chemical Disaster Scenarios [1]

Use this free software tool, downloadable from EPA, to calculate how much injury a chemical spill could cause.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Disasters [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Toolbox: RMP*Comp Projects Chemical Disaster Scenarios [1]
Forest Activists Drop Suit on Press-Conference Ejection [8]

After an appeals court ruling against them, and running out of funds, conservationists dropped their suit against the Forest Service for escorting them from a press conference on a Bitterroot National Forest timber sale.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [9]
Government [10]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [11]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Forest Activists Drop Suit on Press-Conference Ejection [8]
Analysis: Obama Openness Has Yet To Fulfill Promise [12]

Watchdog groups and the Associated Press report on federal agency foot-dragging in making a reality of Obama administration declarations that it would foster government transparency.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [10]
Policy [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Analysis: Obama Openness Has Yet To Fulfill Promise [12]
RTK NET Relaunches Chemical Risk Data Site [14]

RTK NET's powerful tools make it easy to see which cities face the worst chemical risks, and what chemicals are involved.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Disasters [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about RTK NET Relaunches Chemical Risk Data Site [14]
Obama Has Yet To End PIO "Minders," Permissions [15]

A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists documents the Obama administration's declarations that it intends to be more open. But the same report also documents the many actions not taken at the agency level.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [10]
Policy [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Obama Has Yet To End PIO "Minders," Permissions [15]
Congress Chiefs Want Probe into Secret Bayer Poison Gas [16]

House Energy Chair Waxman and Senate Commerce Chair Rockefeller call for investigation of whether Bayer could use safer chemicals at its Institute WV plant.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Disasters [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Congress Chiefs Want Probe into Secret Bayer Poison Gas [16]
SEJ, Groups Ask Environment Canada for Openness [17]

Environment Canada ignored a similar letter from SEJ sent a year ago, requesting restoration of public access to science that taxpayers have paid for.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [10]
Policy [13]
Journalism & Media [18]
Region:
International [19]
Canada [20]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about SEJ, Groups Ask Environment Canada for Openness [17]
Toolbox: EPA's Pesticide Emergency Exemptions Database [21]

There could be a story breeding behind the emergency pesticide exemptions — which could number in the hundreds — in your state.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Government [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Toolbox: EPA's Pesticide Emergency Exemptions Database [21]
After Secrecy Claims, Bayer's Own Lapses Revealed as Biggest Threat [23]

A U.S. Chemical Safety Board public hearing, delayed for a month due to Bayer's pleas for secrecy, finds lack of safety to be contributing factors to the 'accident' that killed two at an Institute, WV, plant in August 2008.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Politics [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about After Secrecy Claims, Bayer's Own Lapses Revealed as Biggest Threat [23]
"Trade Secrets" — Largely Untested Grounds for Toxic Secrecy [25]

Witnesses at a House Energy Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection hearing in February said excessive and unjustified claims of "confidential business information" dampen EPA's efforts to regulate commonly used chemicals.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [26]
Chemicals [3]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Government [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about "Trade Secrets" — Largely Untested Grounds for Toxic Secrecy [25]

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