"Continental Divide: Wildlife, People, and the Border Wall" [1]
More than one observer has compared covering energy to the folk tale about the blind men who try to describe an elephant, and end up shouting at each other because they’ve each grasped a different part of the beast and believe their portion represents the whole thing. Freelancer Jennifer Weeks reports.
While a Tennessee governor vetoed "ag-gag" legislation in that state, bills criminalizing the collection of information about abuses in livestock operations are still being pushed in other states — and the mechanism may be extended to stifle reporting on other environmental abuses.
Canada's Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault will be investigating the muzzling of Canadian scientists — a perennial complaint of SEJ's Canadian members who can not freely interview tax-funded scientists about subjects like climate. SEJ has twice urged Environment Canada to end such media policies, receiving no answer.
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[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/sejournal-sp13/continental-divide
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/bookshelf
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/mexico
[10] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[11] https://www.sej.org/publications/sejournal-sp13/places-habitats-human-lifetime
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast
[13] https://www.sej.org/publications/sejournal-sp13/golden-shore
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[15] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california
[16] https://www.sej.org/publications/sejournal-sp13/toms-river
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health
[19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[20] https://www.sej.org/publications/sejournal-sp13/global-environmental-issues-journalism-star-sundance
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/features
[22] https://www.sej.org/publications/backgrounders/sejournal-sp13/elephant-wrangling-energy-beat
[23] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/backgrounders
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation
[27] https://www.sej.org/publications/sejournal-sp13/changing-language-climate-change
[28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[29] https://www.sej.org/publications/sejournal-sp13/covering-climate-are-journalists-task-more-important-journalism
[30] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/state-ag-gag-laws-spreading-protect-misdeeds-scrutiny
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/watchdog-tipsheet
[32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic
[35] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/canadian-info-watchdog-probes-harper-govts-muzzling-scientists
[36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada
[39] https://www.sej.org/publications/list
[40] https://www.sej.org/publications/list?page=145
[41] https://www.sej.org/publications/list?page=142
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[47] https://www.sej.org/publications/list?page=150
[48] https://www.sej.org/publications/list?page=323
[49] https://www.sej.org/publications/list/Watchdog+TipSheet