Publication Items

Industrial Chemical Found in Many Waters and Lands [1]

The synthetic compound dinitrotoluene, contaminating military sites, industrial settings, and other areas, is used primarily to make polyurethane products found in goods such as bedding and furniture, as well as in explosives, ammunition, dyes, and air bags.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Health [4]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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UN Credentialing Limits Reporters' Access to Copenhagen Talks [9]

Non-profit media, online media, freelancers, student journalists, and even some mainstream media are having trouble getting credentials to cover the climate treaty talks in Copenhagen Dec. 7-18, 2009. While one root of the problem may be capacity of the building, a key issue is whether non-profits, bloggers, and freelancers are truly legitimate media.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Region:
International [13]
Europe [14]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Fossil Fuel Basics: Two Good, Current Primers From CRS [15]

The Federation of American Scientists has posted these reports online: "Fossil Fuel Resources: Terminology, Reporting, and Summary" and "Unconventional Gas Shales: Development, Technology, and Policy Issues."
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [16]
Government [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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1st National Criteria For Sustainable Landscapes Released [18]

The nation's first set of voluntary criteria for planning, design, construction, and maintenance of landscapes.was announced Nov. 6, 2009.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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EPA Develops "Green Home" Site [20]

This new tool is broken out by space type (e.g., kitchen, bathroom, garage, yard), and covers a wide range of indoor and outdoor energy, toxicity, consumption, and environmental impact issues — even topics such as finding a greener mortgage.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [19]
Government [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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CO2 Emissions Rise in Most States, But Some Buck Trend [21]

Carbon dioxide emission volumes, trends, and sources vary substantially by state, according to a report released Nov. 12, 2009, by the advocacy group Environment America.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [22]
Pollution [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about CO2 Emissions Rise in Most States, But Some Buck Trend [21]
4 Years, 500 Lakes, and A Lot of Polluted Fish: New EPA Study [23]

Results of sampling the tissue of fish caught in freshwater lakes throughout the US reveal widespread contamination by pollutants such as mercury and PCBs.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [24]
Chemicals [3]
Pollution [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about 4 Years, 500 Lakes, and A Lot of Polluted Fish: New EPA Study [23]
Toolbox: Google Scholar Opens Science to Everybody — Almost [25]

A new tool makes finding, understanding, and communicating science easier for environmental reporters.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [26]
Technology [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Toolbox: Google Scholar Opens Science to Everybody — Almost [25]
Toolbox: Zippy Access to EPA Data on Sites in Your Community [28]

Environmental journalists working for local news media outlets may want to check out the EPA ZIP code lookup tool for discovering potential stories in their areas.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [17]
Journalism & Media [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Toolbox: Zippy Access to EPA Data on Sites in Your Community [28]
Congress Clears, Obama Signs Open FOIA Act [29]

From now on, Congress must specifically declare every new FOIA exemption it creates by law.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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