Publication Items

Enviros Claim "Secret Plan" To Use Weapons Plutonium in Reactors [1]

The environmental group Friends of the Earth got the information that an electric utility wants to use surplus weapons plutonium in a commercial power reactor through a Freedom of Information Act request to the Energy Department.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Military [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Wikileaks Cables Confirm Secret US-China Climate Talks [6]

The massive trove of diplomatic cables disclosed by Wikileaks disclosed one of the Obama administration's darkest environmental secrets — that the U.S. held secret diplomatic talks on climate change during the run-up to the December 2009 Copenhagen meeting.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [7]
Climate Change [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Asia [10]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Issa's Push on Homeland Security FOIA Raises Worries [11]

The House Oversight Committee Chair's method of investigating whether DHS was politically screening its responses to FOIA requests has at least one member of his committee worried about the privacy of the FOIA requesters due to Issa's demand for specifics of information.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [12]
Government [13]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Some Industry Hit-List Letters to Issa Remain Secret [14]

House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa on February 7, 2011, released some of the letters in an unsearchable 20 MB pdf file, which hardly made it easy to research the results. The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has released a searchable version.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Answer the Call: Give $20 for the 20th Anniversary [15]

SEJ News

By TIM WHEELER

It’s SEJ’s 20th anniversary. Twenty great years of helping thousands of journalists tell the story of the century.
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SEJ News [16]
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Public [5]
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SEJ Launches New Diversity Task Force To Promote Discussion, Diversity [17]

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By AYANA MEADE

Note: In 2020, SEJ's Diversity Task Force relaunched as the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee [18].

Despite the large number of environment-related issues that affect minority communities, the predominant face of journalists reporting on these issues, and of people working in the environmental community, continues to be disproportionately white.
SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [19]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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New Website Ventures and Social Media Initiatives Win Awards [20]

In the regular SEJournal column "Media on the Move," Judy Fahys compiles SEJ members' latest work, career changes, ventures, books, projects, awards/fellowships won — you name it! Read on and get inspired.

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SEJ News [16]
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Public [5]
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Media’s Coverage of “Cap-and-Trade” May Forecast Future Climate Politics [21]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [8]
Environmental Politics [7]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Media’s Coverage of “Cap-and-Trade” May Forecast Future Climate Politics [21]
Private Forest Development Can Affect Thousands of At-Risk Species [23]

A US Forest Service report indicates 4,600+ threatened species live in more than 90% of the country’s watersheds, discusses problems as well as a number of plausible solutions, and includes several maps that allow you to quickly determine if at-risk species are in your audience area.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [25]
Biodiversity [19]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Meetings Set for Getting Public Feedback on Solar Sites [26]

The federal government has released its draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for identifying and evaluating the best areas on public lands for building utility-scale solar plants. A 90-day public comment period ends March 17, 2011, preceded by 14 meetings in 6 Western states and Washington, D.C.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [24]
Topics on the Beat:
People & Population [27]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [29]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
California [31]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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