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Ex-CIA Spook Stalks Climate Scientist Mann [1]

A man claiming to be an ex-CIA agent is telling people they may stand to get rich if only they could come up with some dirt on scientist Michael Mann, author of the famous hockey-stick graph that shows the earth getting warm suddenly in recent years. No luck so far.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [3]
Climate Change [4]
Activism [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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A Smear Campaign Against Jane Mayer After Koch Exposé? [7]

The media blog Gawker thinks it has uncovered a campaign to discredit the New Yorker writer after her August 2010 story on billionaires Charles and David H. Koch, who have secretly funded attacks on government regulations and bankrolled efforts to discredit settled climate science.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [8]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Science [3]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Chambers Reinstated; Talking to Reporters No Longer a Federal Firing Offense? [11]

Teresa Chambers, who was fired by the Bush administration in 2004 for talking to the news media, has been reinstated by the Merit Systems Protection Board as chief of police for the National Park Service.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [12]
Government [13]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Help Identify the Senator Whose "Secret Hold" Killed Whistleblower Bill [14]

Join open-government advocates (including journalists) in blowing the whistle on the anonymous senator who stopped the people's business in the final hours of the last Congress. Call senators, ask if they killed the bill, record your findings or track progress.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [13]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Sunlight Puts Up Cool New Lobbyist Registration Tracker [15]

Kudos to the Sunlight Foundation for taking lobbyist data to the next level. It's searchable by issue, by client, or by registrant. It is also highly current — being updated weekly.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [13]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Sunlight Puts Up Cool New Lobbyist Registration Tracker [15]
Obama Science Policy Legitimizes "Minders," PIO Interview Permissions [16]

Anonymous White House lawyers have blacked out all information about how the administration's science openness policy was arrived at, and are fighting in court against efforts to shed light on it.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [3]
Policy [17]
Government [13]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Special 2011 Green Screen Newsradar Edition [18]

SEJ's TipSheet lists the top 10 environmental subject areas we see coming up over the horizon — from environmental security, energy, and epigenetics to emerging climate issues, peak water, and more.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [19]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Radon an Issue in Drinking Water as Well as Indoor Air [20]

The President's Cancer Panel singled out radon, a radioactive gas found in water systems and leaching from soil into houses via foundation cracks, as one of America's "grossly underestimated" environmentally caused cancer risks.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [21]
Chemicals [22]
Air [23]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Nearly 900 Farmers Markets Open in Winter [24]

The US Dept. of Agriculture says that 898 of these markets are open during some or all of the winter, even in many northern states. The USDA inventory is searchable by state and city, and considerable detail is provided for each market.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Food [25]
Agriculture [26]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Small, Sometimes Invisible Invaders Draw Increasing Attention [27]

Two recent studies — one examining problems in urban and natural forests, and the other on microbial pests in various settings — reveal the latest knowledge on insect and microscopic invasive species.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [28]
Fish & Fisheries [29]
Economy & Business [8]
Biodiversity [30]
Water & Oceans [21]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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