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Poynter Webinar on Oil Spill Coverage: There's Still Time [1]

The August 24, 2010 Webinar for journalists offered tips for better coverage of the Gulf oil spill and related issues. You can replay it online.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Disasters [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Coast Guard Spill-Response Database Offers Near-Real-Time Story Leads [7]

The National Response Center, a single call-in facility for the reporting of all kinds of oil and chemicals leaks, spills, and discharges, puts all the data online in a form than can be queried or downloaded.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [8]
Government [9]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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PEER Petitions NOAA To Un-Muzzle Agency Scientists [10]

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility says if NOAA repealed its Don't-Tell press policy, agency scientists would again be able to freely talk to the taxpayers about tax-funded research.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [9]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Will Feds Shut Down Independent Research on Gulf Spill Impacts? [11]

USFWS officers and DHS agents are not allowing independent academic researchers to study damage from the BP oil spill to natural resources from public lands and waters, saying they are justified by the "Natural Resource Damage Assessment" process under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and "national security," respectively.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [9]
Disasters [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Is 3/4 of White House Credibility on Gulf Spill Impacts Now Gone? [12]

Obama administration officials are publicly refusing to disclose data backing up an August 4 report announcing that some three-fourths of the BP oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico was "gone.".
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [9]
Disasters [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Marine Census Final Results Due Oct. 4, 2010 [13]

Summaries of marine diversity in eight settings around the globe have been published, with another 17 scheduled to be added in coming weeks. One of the discoveries was that the Gulf of Mexico is the fifth most diverse marine setting in the world for known species.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [15]
Biodiversity [16]
Region:
International [17]
National (U.S.) [18]
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Public [6]
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Drinking Water Threats May Soon Be Rapidly Detected [19]

EPA and the Dept. of Energy have collaborated to develop an improved monitoring package that utilizes inline sensors in the water network and software called CANARY.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [20]
Water & Oceans [15]
Technology [21]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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EPA Enviro Justice Guidance Could Help Spotlight EJ Issues [22]

While thoroughly bureaucratic, the 55-page guidance document, as well as EPA's Environmental Justice Strategic Enforcement Assessment Tool, can be useful resources for reporters who seek to understand and highlight potential environmental justice issues unfolding at the national, regional, or state level.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [9]
People & Population [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Pipelines Spill Millions of Toxic Gallons Each Year [25]

A round-up of resources: from the recent Enbridge spill in Michigan to multiple spills over time by Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline; hearings of the US House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials; availability of pipeline maps; Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration info on safety standards, inspections, stakeholder communications; and much more.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [26]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Disasters [5]
Chemicals [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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EPA Gets TRI Data Out Quickly This Year [28]

The early release includes only about 80% of the total expected submissions. Updates should be available in August and September, and the agency will release its analysis later in 2010.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [27]
Government [9]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about EPA Gets TRI Data Out Quickly This Year [28]

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