Publication Items

Google Earth Tool Provides Local CO2 Inventory [1]

Localizing the effects of climate change remains challenging. But a new tool makes it easier to at least pin down the local sources of one of the main greenhouse gases, with the inventory led by Purdue University scientists.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Air [4]
Technology [5]
Region:
International [6]
Canada [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Mexico [9]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Many Tools Available For Following the Stimulus Money [11]

The massive $787 billion economic stimulus package signed into law by President Obama Feb. 17, 2009, contains extensive funding for projects with direct and indirect environmental ties — all of which can be covered from numerous angles of interest to your audience.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [12]
Government [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Environment Canada Gags Scientists At Conference [14]

SEJ member Janet Pelley writes about her experience with EC scientists, policy and a press 'minder' at the recent Central Canadian Symposium on Water Quality Research.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [12]
Government [13]
Journalism & Media [16]
Region:
International [6]
Canada [7]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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"Show Us The Data" [17]

A new online project by two longstanding open-government groups allows people and groups to vote for the government information they would most like disclosed.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [12]
Government [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [10]
- Read more about "Show Us The Data" [17]
FOIA Requests in 120-Day Limbo — Or Are They? [18]

In January 2009, President Obama reversed Bush administration policy and ordered most federal agencies to err on the side of disclosure when responding to FOIA requests. Why, then, are a number of agencies still operating under the old policies?
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [12]
Government [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Obscure Farm Bill Provision Blacks Out Agricultural Data [19]

The USDA is interpreting a provision in the 2008 Farm Bill so broadly that it may amount to a FOIA exemption for most information about individual agricultural operations.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [20]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Government [13]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Observed Climate Change, Temperature Record (last 1,000 years) [21]

John R. Christy
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Paleoclimatology (Past Climate) [22]

Caspar Ammann
National Center for Atmospheric Research. Phone: (303) 497-1705. E-mail. [23] Web site. [24] Bio. [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Visibility:
Public [10]
- Read more about Paleoclimatology (Past Climate) [22]
Climate Modeling and Prediction [26]

Anthony J. Broccoli
Rutgers University. Phone: (732) 932-9817. E-mail. [27] Web site. [28] Publications: Rutgers [29] and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory/NOAA. [30] Bio. [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Visibility:
Public [10]
- Read more about Climate Modeling and Prediction [26]
50+ Really Serious Scientist Sources on Climate [32]
50+ Really Serious Scientist Sources on Climate
(who would probably be glad to talk to a journalist)

Generalists (Overview, Policy, Multi-Disciplinary) [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Visibility:
Public [10]
- Read more about 50+ Really Serious Scientist Sources on Climate [32]

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