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SEJournal Relaunches WatchDog with a ‘Voice,’ Plus Coronavirus and More [1]

SEJournal welcomes back from hiatus our WatchDog feature, now recast as an opinion column from Joseph A. Davis, Society of Environmental Journalists’ veteran freedom of information advocate and longtime SEJournal contributor. In part one of a two-parter, find out why we’re relaunching the new column, plus get Davis’ take on government openness (or lack thereof) around coronavirus, as well as more on SEJ’s deep commitment to open information and a rundown of its recent FOI activities. And watch for part two next week.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Air [5]
Biodiversity [6]
Chemicals [7]
Climate Change [8]
Consumer [9]
Disasters [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Food [17]
Forests [18]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Military [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
Other or All [26]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Policy [29]
Pollution [30]
Science [31]
Technology [32]
Transportation [33]
Waste [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Wildlife [36]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [37]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
California [39]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [41]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
Northwest (OR WA) [45]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
International [48]
Canada [49]
Mexico [50]
Africa [51]
Antarctica & Arctic [52]
Asia [53]
Australia & Oceania [54]
Central America & the Caribbean [55]
Europe [56]
Middle East [57]
South America [58]
Visibility: 
Public [59]
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Emerald Corridor Tries Flipping the Switch on C02 [60]

The latest entry in our ongoing “Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor [61]” special report looks at what the Pacific Northwest is doing to mitigate climate change, including reducing carbon emissions, limiting sprawl and congestion, pushing energy efficiency and pursuing carbon sequestration. Read the new tipsheet, plus check out our earlier report on climate impacts [62] and our opening backgrounder. [63] 

SEJ Publication Types: 
Special Reports [64]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Air [5]
Climate Change [8]
Consumer [9]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Forests [18]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [24]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Science [31]
Technology [32]
Transportation [33]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [37]
Northwest (OR WA) [45]
International [48]
Canada [49]
Visibility: 
Public [59]
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"Watchdog Raises Concerns Over Trump Energy Regulator" [65]

"A watchdog group is spotlighting concerns about James Danly, a new Republican commissioner on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), over his connections to projects the agency regulates."

Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [59]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: The Hill [66], 03/16/2020
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"Oil Industry Push For Trump Bailout Draws Political Headwinds" [67]

"Independent U.S. oil companies suffering from the meltdown in crude prices are pressing President Donald Trump for financial help, but the political blowback is likely to thwart any significant action to help the industry."

Climate Change [8]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [59]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: Politico [68], 03/13/2020
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White House Mulls Aid For Shale Companies Hit By Oil Shock [69]

"The White House is strongly considering pushing federal assistance for oil and natural gas producers hit by plummeting oil prices amid the coronavirus outbreak, as industry officials close to the administration clamor for help, according to four people familiar with internal deliberations."

Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Public [59]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: Washington Post [70], 03/11/2020
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"Oil Prices Dive as Saudi Arabia Takes Aim at Russian Production" [71]

"Saudi Arabia slashed its export oil prices over the weekend in what is likely to be the start of a price war aimed at Russia but with potentially devastating repercussions for Russia’s ally Venezuela, Saudi Arabia’s enemy Iran and even American oil companies."

Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Public [59]
International [48]
Source: NY Times [72], 03/09/2020
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"Americans Are Paying $34 Billion Too Much for Houses in Flood Plains" [73]

"Researchers assembled a historical database of U.S. flood maps and home prices to estimate how much bad communication costs homebuyers." "At least 3.8 million U.S. homes lie in flood plains. Together, they may be overvalued by $34 billion."

Climate Change [8]
Economy & Business [11]
Water & Oceans [35]
Public [59]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: Bloomberg Green [74], 03/04/2020
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Chemical Industry Executive Nominated to Lead Consumer Watchdog Agency [75]

"President Trump has tapped Nancy B. Beck, a former chemical industry executive, to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission, an independent federal agency charged with protecting the public against dangers like toxic substances in products."

Chemicals [7]
Consumer [9]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [59]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: NY Times [76], 03/04/2020
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"Cronyism and Conflicts of Interest in Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force [77]

"Alex Azar, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, admitted Wednesday that a vaccine for the coronavirus might not be affordable for all Americans."

Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Science [31]
Public [59]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: The Intercept [78], 03/02/2020
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‘TAP’ Into One-Stop Shop for Public Data [79]

Newsroom resources may be tighter than ever, but accountability journalism just got a big boost. A guest Reporter’s Toolbox outlines a massive new database of databases collected by the Investigative Reporting Workshop. See how it can be used for your environmental reporting (such as to look up contributions by actor/activist Mark Ruffalo [80], pictured). Plus, pitch your own ideas for additional datasets [81].

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Economy & Business [11]
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Government [19]
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