A hearing September 10, 2013, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform featured former EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and other Obama administration officials in a theatrical stare-down with House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA, pictured) that garnered buckets of news media coverage.
SEJ complained in an August 7 letter to CHP that the arrest of Willits News photog Steven Eberhard for attempting to document a protest was a violation of constitutionally guaranteed freedom of the press. CHP responded August 28, noting that its policies for news media access to the Willits highway bypass construction site had changed. However, several assertions in the letter are not true, according to Eberhard and a video of the incident. © Photo by Steve Eberhard: CHP arrests demonstrators Sept. 10, 2013, at the Willits, Calif., bypass construction site.
The Society of Environmental Journalists published this resource for journalists who want to address diversity concerns and practice more inclusive journalism. Authors Jennifer Oladipo and Talli Nauman created the guide, inspired by discussions by members of SEJ’s Diversity Task Force (now the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Committee).
"BP Plc faces the first of almost 48,000 toxic exposure claims from neighbors of a Texas refinery who say they’ll give the billions of dollars in punitive damages they’re seeking to charity if they win at trial."
"The Monsanto Co. has jumped into Washington state politics in a big way."
"MILWAUKEE -- Placing water retention structures in the St. Clair River may not be enough to counteract the effects of a warming climate and raise Lakes Huron and Michigan to their normal levels, experts said Monday."
"Publishers producing high school biology textbooks that could be used in classrooms across Texas are being pressured to water down lessons on evolution and climate change, a progressive watchdog group said Monday."
"As the State Department drags out the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, it is more likely President Barack Obama's final decision on the project to help link Canada's oil sands to U.S. refineries will slip into 2014, experts said."
"A fast-moving wildfire ripped through rolling hills and ranch land in rural northern California on Tuesday, after destroying 30 homes overnight and prompting more than 500 area residents to evacuate, fire officials said."
"Hurricane Sandy and the havoc it wreaked on New York City and the rest of the Northeast in 2012 could prove to be a turning point in how people think about the way electricity is produced and distributed, particularly in storm-prone areas, with some states and cities starting to turn to what are known as microgrids."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/lisa-jackson-emails-transparency-crisis-or-political-nothingburger
[2] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/calif-highway-patrol-sort-backs-down-questions-remain
[3] https://www.sej.org/library/books/sej-guide-diversity-environmental-reporting
[4] https://www.sej.org/headlines/bp-texas-refinery-neighbors-seek-billions-toxin-trial
[5] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-09/bp-texas-refinery-neighbors-seek-billions-at-toxin-trial.html
[6] https://www.sej.org/headlines/monsanto-pours-46-million-anti-gmo-labeling-campaign
[7] http://kuow.org/post/monsanto-pours-46-million-anti-gmo-labeling-campaign
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/experts-climate-primary-factor-lake-levels
[9] http://www.contracostatimes.com/environment/ci_24053775/experts-climate-primary-factor-lake-levels
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/tx-group-says-textbook-publishers-pressured-change-climate-lessons
[11] http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Group-Says-Textbook-Publishers-Pressured-to-Adjust-Evolution-Climate-Change-Lessons-223105521.html
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-decision-keystone-xl-pipeline-likely-slip-2014
[13] http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/69727
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/california-wildfire-destroys-30-homes-hundreds-more-threatened
[15] http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/69731
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/microgrids-sandy-forced-cities-rethink-power-supply
[17] http://www.climatecentral.org/news/microgrids-hurricane-sandy-forced-cities-to-rethink-power-supply-16426
[18] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[19] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3564
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3561
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3562
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3563
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3566
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3567
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3568
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3569
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4968