Publication Items

Plug-In Hybrids: Coming to a School Near You? [1]

Current economic doldrums may impair the general market appeal of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles for a while, but hybrid diesel schoolbuses are one aspect pulling into high gear.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
Transportation [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Data Deficit Hampers Consumer Product Safety Commission [7]

A new GAO report says Customs has refused to give the CPSC shipping-manifest information it has been requesting for years. The manifests are a way to track products imported into the U.S. which may have been recalled due to toxicity and/or safety issues.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Judge Orders USDA To Release Data on Wolf Program [10]

The locations of conflicts in New Mexico and Arizona between livestock and Mexican gray wolves, which were reintroduced in 1998, will now be made public in hopes of identifying problem areas and taking preventive steps.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [11]
Biodiversity [12]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [13]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Info on Rare Orchid Handled Like Nuclear Secret [14]

The Canby's bog orchid, not seen in Maryland for 20 years, has reappeared at the Nassawango Nature Preserve. A Washington Post reporter was allowed to see and write about it, but with unusual restrictions.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [12]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [15]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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EPA Releases Raw TRI Data Early [16]

The rawness of the data, which will be analyzed and revised by EPA at a later date, means that, for now, reporters will need to do more of their own ground-truthing in order to use it.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [17]
Pollution [18]
Government [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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CDC Launches National Public Health Tracking Program [20]

This data tool shows promise, but it currently tracks only non-infectious conditions and not others tied to environmental causes, such as neurological, endocrine, and reproductive disorders.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [21]
Government [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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'Thousand Cankers' Rapidly Kills Walnuts [22]

Yet another deadly tree disease is spreading in North America. This one, documented in 8 states so far, affects black walnuts. Early hints indicate it could also affect other, agriculturally significant walnut tree species.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Food [23]
Forests [24]
Biodiversity [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Lobbyists of All Stripes Join Climate Change Fray [25]

A Center for Public Integrity report indicates the number of entities officially lobbying on climate change increased 31% in the second quarter of 2009, and draws some parallels between the lobbyists involved prior to the June 2009 House vote on a climate change bill and the major pre-vote changes that happened to the bill.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Is Your Community Ready for Hurricane Season? [28]

SEJ has prepared a list of resources which may be helpful to reporters doing before, during and after-hurricane stories.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [29]
Science [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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GM Dropout Endangers Vehicle Mercury Switch Recycling Program [31]

The Associated Press reports "GM says mercury pollution not its problem anymore," defaulting on its dues payments just as the US government's cash-for-clunkers program is causing the retirement of many older vehicles.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [27]
Chemicals [17]
Pollution [18]
Waste [32]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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