Publication Items

Proposed Rule for Power Plant Toxics Due March 16 [1]

The consent decree that established the March 16 release date also mandates that a final rule be published by Nov. 16, 2011 (nine years later than the deadline dictated by the Clean Air Act). Here are several tools you can use to get a handle on the power plants and their emissions in your audience area prior to release of the rule.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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"The Death & Life of Monterey Bay: A Story of Revival" [7]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Region:
California [11]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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"Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry" [12]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Health [15]
Science [16]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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FAS Publishes CRS Reports That Congress Still Keeps from Taxpaying Public [17]

Here are links to some recent Congressional Research Service reports that may be of interest to energy and environmental journalists, courtesy of the Federation of American Scientists, a nonprofit watchdog group.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [19]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Photojournalist Asks Court for Access to Wild Horse Operations [20]

A wild horse journalist, photojournalist and correspondent for Horseback Magazine is petitioning the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to redress the inaction of a federal district court in Nevada on her request that restrictions on her access to the roundups and warehouses be lifted.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [21]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [22]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Court Upholds Firing of Custodian for Warning of Asbestos in School [23]

The asbestos came to the attention of the head custodian at Somers Central High School in New York, when a chunk fell from the gymnasium ceiling onto the floor and he was asked to clean it up. Morey warned school authorities that he feared it could be asbestos. They told him to put tape over it and to drop the subject.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [13]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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House De-Funds Greenhouse Gas Registry [24]

As part of the continuing resolution (HR 1) the House approved largely along party lines an amendment sponsored by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) to cut an additional $8.5 million from the budget for EPA's Greenhouse Gas Registry.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [25]
Air [26]
Government [19]
Pollution [3]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Interior Integrity Policy: Is Science Door Half-Open or Half-Closed? [27]

The good news, perhaps, is that Interior felt a need to take some policy action in response to the White House's Dec. 17, 2010, memo on science integrity. The bad news? The Interior policy seems to rehash a 2010 decree that scientists criticized, to punish the innocent, and to reward the uninvolved.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [16]
Policy [28]
Government [19]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Governments and NGOs Band Together To Help Turtles [29]

2011 is the "Year of the Turtle," orchestrated by Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation. A USA Turtle Mapping Project and other resources offer opportunities to cover turtle declines and related issues.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [10]
Biodiversity [30]
Wildlife [31]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Oyster Populations Have Plummeted in US and Globally [32]

Down about 85% from their levels around 130 years ago, according to researchers from the US, China, Italy, Uruguay, and Australia, the decimation of native oysters — a contributor to healthy ecosystems and an indicator of ecosystem health — has largely been caused by overharvesting, disease, and introduction of exotic species.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [10]
Food [33]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Biodiversity [30]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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