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EPA'S BT Reregistration Decisions Due Soon [1]

During the week of Sept. 24, 2001, EPA is scheduled to issue a final decision on whether to reregister Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) plant pesticide applications for cotton.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Food [3]
Health [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about EPA'S BT Reregistration Decisions Due Soon [1]
Looking Ahead at Bush Appointees [7]

President Bush is still drafting the team that will shape the country's policy over the next 3+ years.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Looking Ahead at Bush Appointees [7]
Fish Farming Roundup [9]

As populations of wild salmon decline and cans and slabs of farmed salmon proliferate on supermarket shelves aquaculture practices that help feed the demand for the fish are gaining attention.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Region:
Canada [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [12]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Fish Farming Roundup [9]
Recommended For All Journalists Covering Sep 11 Attacks and Tragedies [13]

The Poynter Institute Web site has published an array of resources and advice for journalists who are covering the attacks and tragedies of September 11, 2001.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Recommended For All Journalists Covering Sep 11 Attacks and Tragedies [13]
Antarctic Ozone Hole Nears Peak [15]

The Antarctic ozone hole is reaching its annual peak right now.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Region:
International [16]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Defense Cleanup Claims Exaggerated, Says GAO [17]

The US Army Corps of Engineers has been exaggerating its cleanup claims for formerly used defense sites.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Waste [18]
Government [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Defense Cleanup Claims Exaggerated, Says GAO [17]
Perchlorates Offer Early Test of EPA Openness [19]

Incoming EPA administrator Lisa Jackson faces an immediate test on perchlorate secrecy, as the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejects EPA's argument for FOIA exemption. Will EPA and the Justice Department appeal, even though Obama urges agency openness?
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Government [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Perchlorates Offer Early Test of EPA Openness [19]
Are You Ready for Sunshine Week? — March 15-21 [23]

News media across the country will again be undertaking open-government projects in 2009. The Sunshine Week website offers you ideas on stories you could dig out of hard-to-see public records.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [22]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Are You Ready for Sunshine Week? — March 15-21 [23]
CJR: "What We Didn't Know Has Hurt Us" [25]

A Jan/Feb 2009 Columbia Journalism Review article enumerates many kinds of information the Bush administration veiled with secrecy; argues that disclosure is essential for democracy, yet the harm will not be easily undone.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about CJR: "What We Didn't Know Has Hurt Us" [25]
FDA Knew About Mercury in Corn Syrup — And Kept Silent [26]

In spite of one of its own scientists co-authoring a 2005 study finding toxic mercury in high fructose corn syrup, the Food and Drug Administration gave a green light to the corn industry's campaign advertising corn syrup as "natural."
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [21]
Food [3]
Government [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about FDA Knew About Mercury in Corn Syrup — And Kept Silent [26]

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