Energy & Fuel

Environmental Politics [6]

Government [7]

Journalism & Media [8]

Other or All [10]

Policy [11]

Science [12]

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Asia [13]

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Public [14]

Read more about What’s Coming in Energy? Veteran Reporters Look Ahead [1]

Is Environmental Journalism Ready for the Path Ahead? [15]

As SEJournal editors started to put together seemingly disparate stories for this issue on climate change and energy policy, we began to see how deeply interconnected they actually were. To help our readers reflect on their interlocking facets, we’ve grouped a series of stories together in this special report to help make your reporting on energy and climate change more effective.

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Features [2]

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Climate Change [3]

Journalism & Media [8]

Nuclear Power & Radiation [17]

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Public [14]

Read more about Is Environmental Journalism Ready for the Path Ahead? [15]

White House Met in Secret with Industry Before Frack Rule [18]

Government rulemaking takes place with everything on the record in a public docket, right? Well ... actually not. EnergyWire reporter Mike Soraghan revealed in an April 12, 2013 story that presidential aide Heather Zichal met more than 20 times with industry groups lobbying on the proposed rule for fracking on federal lands.

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WatchDog TipSheet [19]

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Government [7]

Environmental Politics [6]

Economy & Business [20]

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Public [14]

Read more about White House Met in Secret with Industry Before Frack Rule [18]

Voluntary Fracking Disclosure Database Gets 'F' from Harvard Study [21]

We told you so. But now a Harvard study also says it: the FracFocus registry designed and operated by the drilling industry (and its close friends) fails to meet the public's right to accountability and complete disclosure of chemicals pumped into underground formations that may impact people's drinking-water wells.

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WatchDog TipSheet [19]

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Water & Oceans [22]

Health [23]

Chemicals [24]

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Public [14]

Read more about Voluntary Fracking Disclosure Database Gets 'F' from Harvard Study [21]

"BP Delays $10 Billion Gulf of Mexico Project Due To Rising Costs" [25]

"BP's largest new oil project in the Gulf, called Mad Dog Phase 2, sits atop a 4 billion barrel oil field. BP blames 'market conditions and industry inflation' for delay."

Economy & Business [20]

Public [14]

National (U.S.) [26]

Source: Christian Science Monitor [27], 04/24/2013

Read more about "BP Delays $10 Billion Gulf of Mexico Project Due To Rising Costs" [25]

"Court Orders EPA to Impose Power Plant Water Pollution Rule" [28]

"WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must meet a court-ordered deadline to issue regulations that clean up power plant water pollution, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled [Tuesday]. The decision turns back an attempt by the utility industry to avoid the financial and operational burdens of the regulations."

Pollution [29]

Water & Oceans [22]

Public [14]

National (U.S.) [26]

Source: ENS [30], 04/24/2013

Read more about "Court Orders EPA to Impose Power Plant Water Pollution Rule" [28]

Wisc. Utilities Settle for $1.2B with EPA On Coal Plant Air Pollution [31]

"Wisconsin Power & Light Co. and three other utilities will spend $1.2 billion to clean up coal-fired power plants and shut down older plants under a settlement announced Monday with federal regulators."

Air [32]

Public [14]

Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [33]

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [34], 04/23/2013

Read more about Wisc. Utilities Settle for $1.2B with EPA On Coal Plant Air Pollution [31]

Ark. Oil Spill Probe Falls to Understaffed Agency With Industry Ties [35]

"Underfunded agency faces the challenge of finding answers to key questions: When did Exxon's pipeline rupture and when did the company learn of the spill?"

Disasters [36]

Pollution [29]

Public [14]

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]

Source: InsideClimate News [38], 04/23/2013

Read more about Ark. Oil Spill Probe Falls to Understaffed Agency With Industry Ties [35]

"Coal-Backed Research Takes on Mining Health Studies" [39]

"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Scientists backed by a $15 million industry-funded research project are picking apart -- and trying to disprove -- a series of studies that found coalfield residents near mountaintop-removal mining operations face greater risks of serious illness and premature death."

Economy & Business [20]

Environmental Politics [6]

Science [12]

Public [14]

National (U.S.) [26]

Source: Charleston Gazette [40], 04/23/2013

Read more about "Coal-Backed Research Takes on Mining Health Studies" [39]

SEJournal Spring 2013, Vol. 23 No. 1 [16]

In this issue: Special report on energy and climate change; first installment of new column 'Freelance Files' on goal setting; database helps track illegal parkland conversions; members cover sprawl, science and chickens; annual Sundance Film Festival report; and six book reviews.

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SEJournal Online [41]

Topics on the Beat:

Agriculture [42]

Climate Change [3]