Publication Items

Feds Issue Regional Plans for Recreational Saltwater Fishing [1]

NOAA Fisheries Service has developed an action plan for 6 coastal regions, plus a plan for highly migratory Atlantic species. Projects outlined in the plans will include a wide range of education and communication efforts, targeted fisheries improvements, altered management approaches, scientific studies, and improvements in social and economic data.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Groundwater Drought Can Be Very Different from Surface Drought [5]

Groundwater depletion can lead to significant impacts on uses such as drinking water, irrigation, industries, and aquifer recharge, while excess can contribute to flooding. To see how the groundwater is faring in your area, check out NASA's groundwater maps, updated weekly.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [6]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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New Report Documents Power Plant Emissions in North America [7]

Shortly before EPA's deadline to finalize its new rules on toxic emissions from US power plants, the tri-national Commission for Environmental Cooperation released its report on emissions from 3,144 power plants in Canada, the US, and Mexico.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [8]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Air [10]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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The Ultimate List for Environmental "List Journalism" [11]

Though clicking through pages of list items may be some publications' method to pump up the page views in their web analytics, they are a popular trend. SEJ's year-end TipSheet offers its own interesting lists, including the "Top Eight Sites For Environmental List Journalism" and more.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [12]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Federal Law Fails To Protect Health and Safety Whistleblowers [13]

One example is Walt Tamosaitis, who works for an Energy Department subcontractor. He told a Senate panel on December 6, 2011, that when he raised technical issues about whether nuclear waste cleanup was being done right at the Hanford Site in Washington, he was taken off the project and exiled to the basement.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [15]
Government [16]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Sunlight Foundation FOIA Seeks To Learn Who Visited Abramoff in Prison [17]

Jack Abramoff, a former lobbyist convicted of mail fraud, is now on a book tour. At least one member of Congress visited him in prison. The federal Bureau of Prisons so far has not released any other names in response to Sunlight's FOIA request.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [16]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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States Partly Fill Federal Vacuum on Fracking Fluid Disclosure Law [18]

Colorado, which adopted its disclosure rules December 13, 2011, joins Texas, Pennsylvania, and several other states in requiring some disclosure by drillers of the chemicals they pump into shale formations under high pressures to release natural gas. Scores of chemicals, some very toxic, may be involved.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [6]
Pollution [8]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Chemicals [20]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [22]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Oregon Court Rules That Not All Bloggers Are Journalists [23]

The Portland judge ruled that blogger Crystal Cox, who published allegations against businessman Kevin Padrick and was subsequently sued by Padrick for defamation, was not a journalist as she lacked any conventional journalistic credentials or affiliations, and therefore was not entitled to the protections of the state's shield law.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [19]
Journalism & Media [12]
Region:
Northwest (OR WA) [24]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Refrigerant Chemicals Can Be Good for Ozone Layer, Bad for Climate [25]

A new United Nations Environment Programme report offers recommendations to help make refrigerants less of a greenhouse gas problem, while still addressing ozone concerns. Get tips here on how your reporting on this issue can range from the local to the global scale.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [26]
Climate Change [27]
Chemicals [20]
Air [10]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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EPA To Release Data on Major Greenhouse Gas Sources [28]

The agency plans to publish by the end of 2011 the first round of annual data reported, for 2010, on emissions from about 7,000 large stationary sources in 28 industry sectors. This data should provide a useful tool for media coverage on sources, impacts, and mitigation efforts, if any.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [8]
Climate Change [27]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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