Publication Items

Senate Trio's Climate Bill Said To Hide Info on Fracking Poisons [1]

A March 23, 2010, Greenwire article reports that the draft Kerry-Lieberman-Graham climate bill may include language to keep potentially toxic ingredients from gas drilling secret from the public whose health may be harmed by them.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Technology [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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SEJ Comments on How To Make EPA More Open [13]

SEJ's suggestions included an end to requiring Saddam-style "minders" and press-office permissions before reporters could talk to EPA scientists and staff; prompter PIO callbacks and interviews; an end to automatic "background;" and more.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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SEJ Supports 'Faster FOIA' Bill [15]

Bill S 3111, introduced on March 15, 2010, by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy and cosponsored by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), would create a panel to study ways to reduce FOIA delays.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Renewable Energy & Superfund Sites: Watts Up? [16]

A new project of EPA and the National Renewable Energy Lab will analyze development potential for wind, solar, or small hydro power at contaminated sites in various stages of cleanup.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [4]
Pollution [7]
Technology [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Renewable Energy & Superfund Sites: Watts Up? [16]
Feds Launch New Tool For Locating Endangered Species [18]

Find out if an endangered or threatened animal or plant species lives in counties of interest to your audience, and cover it in the context of current news developments or some other at-risk-species angle.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [19]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Feds Launch New Tool For Locating Endangered Species [18]
Birds: New Listings, Cutting-Edge Research, and At-Risk Assessments [21]

For the first time in 25 years, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has updated the list of federally-protected migratory birds. The net result is the addition of 175 species, bringing the total to 1,007.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [19]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Birds: New Listings, Cutting-Edge Research, and At-Risk Assessments [21]
1 in 7 Wildlife Refuges Has Genetically Engineered Crops [22]

Three organizations file a lawsuit against the USFWS, a new study finds three strains of GE maize likely damaged organs of rats that ate the foods for just three months, pesticide use associated with GE crops may actually be greater than for traditional crops, and GE seed prices skyrocket.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Biodiversity [19]
Policy [25]
Technology [9]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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More Than 550 Utilities Now Using Potentially Safer Chemicals [26]

The plants, ranging from very large to very small, are now using chemicals and processes such as liquid chlorine bleach, calcium hypochlorite, or ultraviolet light — allegedly making ~40 million people living nearby safer.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [27]
Chemicals [28]
Disasters [29]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about More Than 550 Utilities Now Using Potentially Safer Chemicals [26]
White House May Urge Greater NEPA Transparency [30]

New NEPA policies proposed in February by the Council on Environmental Quality cover climate impacts; findings of no impact and requirements for monitoring; categorical exclusions; and better tools for reporting to the public on NEPA activities.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Government [14]
Policy [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about White House May Urge Greater NEPA Transparency [30]
Survey Finds Little Early Improvement in Science-Meddling Under Obama [31]

George Washington University's Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy (SKAPP) followed up with 37 scientists at 13 federal agencies to see if conditions had improved at their agencies post-Bush. Survey says: Not really, or not yet.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [14]
Science [32]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Survey Finds Little Early Improvement in Science-Meddling Under Obama [31]

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