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More Resources for Digging Into the Gulf Spill Story [1]

Despite the new, apparently unwritten law against digging journalistically into the impacts of the spill, there are information resources here that may help you dig into other oil/environment stories as well.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Disasters [5]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Federal Cops to Gulf Journos: Don't Dig, It's Illegal [8]

Watch the video: Pensacola TV reporter Dan Thomas is accosted by USFWS and NPS after finding layers of crude oil (with his toy shovel) less than a foot below the surface — giving the lie to BP and government claims that beaches had been cleaned.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [9]
Government [10]
Disasters [5]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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How Green Is Your Cell Phone? [11]

Here are a few tips for examining company "eco-friendly" marketing claims, and exploring how cell phones and their use impact the environment, all of which can serve as a hook for compelling consumer news stories in any media.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [13]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Study: Winter Road Safety Means More Environmental Toxicity [14]

Salt and other substances used to make roads and other paved surfaces safer contaminate water ways with deadly toxicity levels that can even last till summer in some areas, according to a USGS study.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [15]
Pollution [16]
Chemicals [17]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Fracking Associated with Well Water Toxics; Causation Not Yet Proven [18]

EPA warns Pavillion, WY residents not to drink or cook with their well water, and that the presence of methane (the main ingredient in natural gas) is so high that they should ventilate any room in which a shower is operating, and to not ignite anything in a closed room in which water is running.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Pollution [16]
Environmental Health [19]
Chemicals [17]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [20]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Dead Zones Degrade All U.S Coastal Regions [21]

There were just 12 of these hypoxic areas in the 1960s. Now there are more than 300, or nearly half of the 647 waterways investigated by a consortium of federal agencies that released its report on Sept. 3, 2010.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Pollution [16]
Environmental Health [19]
Disasters [5]
Biodiversity [22]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Groups Slam Proposed Interior Science Integrity Policy [23]

Open-government advocacy groups like Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Union of Concerned Scientists say DOI's proposal seems designed to perpetuate some of the worst science abuses of the Bush administration.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [24]
Policy [25]
Government [10]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Follow the Money in State Politics Via Database [26]

With the floodgates for corporate spending in U.S. politics wide open, the job of investigative journalism has never been more crucial. The National Institute on Money in State Politics' searchable database can help you find and build stories.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [10]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Obama Doesn't Fully Live Up to Openness Promise: Report [27]

OpenTheGovernment.org's report notes a steady decrease in secrecy but finds poor marks in other areas, such as declassification backlogs, continued invocation of the "state secrets" privilege, and a high percentage of federal advisory committee meetings closed to the public.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [10]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Where's BP's Blowout Preventer? Justice Department Won't Say [28]

The FBI's effort to inspire confidence by trying to hide the 300-ton, five-story-high, object of national interest might have backfired.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [10]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Disasters [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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