Publication Items

Many Tools Available For Following the Stimulus Money [1]

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 [3]
Government [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [6]
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Environment Canada Gags Scientists At Conference [7]

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 [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [9]
Region:
International [10]
Canada [11]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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"Show Us The Data" [12]

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 [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Government [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about "Show Us The Data" [12]
FOIA Requests in 120-Day Limbo — Or Are They? [13]

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 [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Government [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about FOIA Requests in 120-Day Limbo — Or Are They? [13]
Obscure Farm Bill Provision Blacks Out Agricultural Data [14]

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 [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [15]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Government [4]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Observed Climate Change, Temperature Record (last 1,000 years) [16]

John R. Christy
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [17]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Paleoclimatology (Past Climate) [18]

Caspar Ammann
National Center for Atmospheric Research. Phone: (303) 497-1705. E-mail. [19] Web site. [20] Bio. [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [17]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Paleoclimatology (Past Climate) [18]
Climate Modeling and Prediction [22]

Anthony J. Broccoli
Rutgers University. Phone: (732) 932-9817. E-mail. [23] Web site. [24] Publications: Rutgers [25] and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory/NOAA. [26] Bio. [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [17]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Climate Modeling and Prediction [22]
50+ Really Serious Scientist Sources on Climate [28]
50+ Really Serious Scientist Sources on Climate
(who would probably be glad to talk to a journalist)

Generalists (Overview, Policy, Multi-Disciplinary) [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [17]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Generalists (Overview, Policy, Multi-Disciplinary) [29]

Robert W. Corell
American Society of Meteorology. Expertise: Science/Policy interface; Arctic. Phone: (202) 737-9032 x409 (voicemail only). E-mail. [30] Bio: Wikipedia [31]and American Meteorological Society [32]. Contact Info [33].

James Hansen
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [17]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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