Publication Items

Secret Study on Water Infrastructure Risks Now Available [1]

A Congressional Research Service report on terrorism and security issues facing sewage treatment and drinking water plants, dams and reservoirs, and other water infrastructure is full of ideas that reporters could turn into local stories — if only they were allowed to see it.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Government [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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TOOLBOX: Foreign Agents Database and More [7]

This database is useful for environmental and energy reporters looking for mischief perpetrated by government officials and the industries who influence them with money.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [8]
Government [4]
Policy [9]
Region:
International [10]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about TOOLBOX: Foreign Agents Database and More [7]
Coal Ash Stories Untold in Many Communities [11]

The December 2008 coal-ash spill at a Tennessee power plant has been making headlines for two weeks — but few journalists realize there are coal-ash stories to be unearthed in many communities. Here are some clues for finding them.
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TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [13]
Disasters [14]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Comments Sought On Formaldehyde In Wood Products [16]

Concerns over emissions from formaldehyde in pressed-wood products have been building for many years. California's new rules addressing the problem went into effect Jan. 1, 2009. Now EPA is looking at following suit.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [13]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Government [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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USGS Announces Free Access To Satellite Image Archive [18]

If you need information on land use changes over time, or on current land uses and character, you may want to check out decades-worth of globe-spanning satellite images that USGS has made freely available to the public.
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TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [4]
Technology [19]
Other or All [20]
Region:
International [10]
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Digital Drop-Dead Date May Create Recycling Nightmare [21]

On February 17, 2009, all full-power broadcast US television stations will stop broadcasting on analog airwaves and begin broadcasting only in digital. So, many old TVs are now creating e-waste challenges as they're relegated to landfills and recycling centers.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [22]
Waste [23]
Technology [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Digital Drop-Dead Date May Create Recycling Nightmare [21]
NIEHS Follow-Up: Assurances of a Robust, Independent Journal? [24]

Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), the embattled flagship journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has a new editor-in-chief - Hugh A. Tilson. But will he have the editorial independence NIEHS leaders have promised him?
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about NIEHS Follow-Up: Assurances of a Robust, Independent Journal? [24]
REVISED FOIA BILL MAY BE SET FOR FAST TRACK [25]

Senate sponsors of a bipartisan Senate bill to strengthen agency compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) have crafted a compromise version and reintroduced it in hopes of speeding Congressional action.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about REVISED FOIA BILL MAY BE SET FOR FAST TRACK [25]
EPA HIDES INDUSTRY DATA ON ATRAZINE RISK [26]

An EPA database that has not been made public shows alarming levels of the pesticide atrazine are showing up in water bodies around the U.S.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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CNN, Weather Channel Axe Environmental Units [27]

At a time when public understanding of complex science and environmental issues grows critical, CNN laid off its entire science/enviro team and NBC's The Weather Channel fired the staff of the "Forecast Earth" environmental program.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [28]
Journalism & Media [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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