Publication Items

Dispersants Remain a Mystery to Public, Despite Fake "Disclosure" [1]

Dispersant manufacturer Nalco failed to disclose the chemical identity of the ingredients to the news media or public, and ignored a US EPA order to stop using the product in the Gulf.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [3]
Chemicals [4]
Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Health [7]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Wildlife [11]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [12]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Top Kill Operation Succeeds in Killing Much of BP's Credibility [14]

US EPA withheld information, and twice during the five-day operation BP cut off the mud pumps for long periods without letting the public know, making statements that left the impression the operation was ongoing.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Economy & Business [3]
Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Government [16]
Wildlife [11]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [12]
Visibility:
Public [13]
- Read more about Top Kill Operation Succeeds in Killing Much of BP's Credibility [14]
Media Access to Oil-Impacted Areas Disputed [17]

The WatchDog's special Gulf oil spill issue includes stories on media access problems, withholding of information by US EPA and misleading statements by BP, mystery dispersant ingredients, BP's new ex-Cheney spokesperson, prohibiting cleanup workers talking to media, and detaining rig survivors till they sign two statements.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Economy & Business [3]
Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Technology [18]
Journalism & Media [19]
Wildlife [11]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [12]
Visibility:
Public [13]
- Read more about Media Access to Oil-Impacted Areas Disputed [17]
TOOLBOX: A Compilation of State Lawyer Licensing Databases [20]

One tool to help tell shady lawyers from shiny is the recently updated, free, searchable online compilation at llrx.com.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [21]
People & Population [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [23]
Visibility:
Public [13]
- Read more about TOOLBOX: A Compilation of State Lawyer Licensing Databases [20]
TOOLBOX: Senate Expenditures Now Online [24]

Expenditure data are not yet available for all Senators but you can search for the person you are interested in on the Center for Responsive Politics' campaign data site OpenSecrets.org.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [23]
Visibility:
Public [13]
- Read more about TOOLBOX: Senate Expenditures Now Online [24]
TOOLBOX: EPA Adds 6,300 Chemicals and 3,800 Facilities to Database [25]

Find out more about potentially toxic chemicals in public commerce in the Envirofacts database, updated by EPA with previously unavailable information it collects under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [4]
Government [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [23]
Visibility:
Public [13]
- Read more about TOOLBOX: EPA Adds 6,300 Chemicals and 3,800 Facilities to Database [25]
Did Justice Dept. Prevent Abramoff from Appearing in Abramoff Film? [26]

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed FOIA requests for information, alleging that the Justice Department refused to let the incarcerated super-lobbyist do on-camera interviews.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [23]
Visibility:
Public [13]
- Read more about Did Justice Dept. Prevent Abramoff from Appearing in Abramoff Film? [26]
Forest Service Gags Employees, Belies Obama Openness Vow [27]

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility obtained and disclosed a USFS memo ordering its law enforcement personnel not to talk to reporters about anything without first getting clearance from its Washington director and press office.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [28]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Government [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [23]
Visibility:
Public [13]
- Read more about Forest Service Gags Employees, Belies Obama Openness Vow [27]
Judge Backs Chevron's Grab for Documentary Out-takes in Ecuador Case [29]

A federal district judge in New York ordered film-maker Joe Berlinger to turn over more than 600 hours of raw footage from his documentary "Crude," about a lawsuit by natives in Ecuador charging Chevron with polluting the Amazon rainforest there.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [6]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [8]
Journalism & Media [19]
Region:
International [30]
South America [31]
Visibility:
Public [13]
- Read more about Judge Backs Chevron's Grab for Documentary Out-takes in Ecuador Case [29]
Bush EPA Suppressed NM Waste Records To Sidestep FOIA [32]

EPA Region 6 officials deliberately stopped creating written records related to their oversight of a New Mexico waste facility in order to thwart Freedom of Information Act requests from a citizens' group, according to an EPA Inspector General's report.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Waste [33]
Government [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [23]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Visibility:
Public [13]
- Read more about Bush EPA Suppressed NM Waste Records To Sidestep FOIA [32]

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