Government

Public [5]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]

Source: AP [7], 07/27/2012

Read more about Court Tosses Pa. Ban on Zoning Limits To Shale Drilling [1]

Indiana Steel Mill Waste Clean-Up Deal Raises Questions [8]

"A settlement reached between environmentalists, the state's pollution regulators and the state's largest steel mill raises questions about the agency's actions -- and invites scrutiny of its leader."

Pollution [9]

Waste [10]

Public [5]

Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]

Source: Indianapolis Star [12], 07/26/2012

Read more about Indiana Steel Mill Waste Clean-Up Deal Raises Questions [8]

PEER Charges Secrecy in Denials of National Park System Status to 3 Trails [13]

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is charging the National Park Service with duplicity for multiple reasons regarding demotion of the North Country, Ice Age, and New England Trails, which collectively span 6,020 miles.

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Topics on the Beat:

Natural Resources [15]

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Public [5]

Read more about PEER Charges Secrecy in Denials of National Park System Status to 3 Trails [13]

FDA E-Mail Tracking Included Reporters [16]

The Food and Drug Administration secretly captured e-mails of FDA employees suspected of whistleblowing for agency laxity in protecting the public — but ended up also reading correspondence with reporters, lawyers, and Congress.

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Journalism & Media [17]

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Public [5]

Read more about FDA E-Mail Tracking Included Reporters [16]

Got Corruption? Data on State Lawmaker Conflicts Hard To Get [18]

A large and diverse array of businesses have an interest in the environmental and energy laws that state legislatures consider: including coal, oil, plastics, chemicals, mining, forest products, and others. The possible financial stake lawmakers may have in the bills before them is fertile ground for investigation. Here's help in finding story ideas.

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Natural Resources [15]

Forests [19]

Energy & Fuel [2]

Chemicals [20]

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Public [5]

Read more about Got Corruption? Data on State Lawmaker Conflicts Hard To Get [18]

"Local Leaders Sue for Right To Control Location of Gas Wells" [21]

"When Pennsylvania passed a state law that stripped local authority over where potentially hazardous natural gas wells could be drilled, cities and townships decided to take matters into their own hands."

Environmental Politics [22]

Public [5]

National (U.S.) [23]

Source: iWatch News [24], 06/28/2012

Read more about "Local Leaders Sue for Right To Control Location of Gas Wells" [21]

"Canada's New Budget 'Guts' Environmental Protections" [25]

"OTTAWA -- Late [Monday] night, Canada's House of Commons passed Bill C-38, the budget of the majority Conservative government, ignoring thousands of Canadians who spoke up for nature and democracy."

Environmental Politics [22]

Public [5]

Canada [26]

Source: ENS [27], 06/21/2012

Read more about "Canada's New Budget 'Guts' Environmental Protections" [25]

Directory of Open Access Journals a Boon for Environmental Reporters [28]

The rebellion against commercial and subscription-only publishers over public access to articles based on taxpayer-funded research is gaining ground. The Directory — free, searchable and online — already includes some 819742, full-text, scientific or scholarly articles in 7885 journals.

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Science [29]

People & Population [30]

Journalism & Media [17]

Visibility:

Public [5]

Read more about Directory of Open Access Journals a Boon for Environmental Reporters [28]

June 11, 2012

Free Webinar on Rio+20 Summit : A Primer on U.S. Issues Designed for Reporters in Advance of a Critical International Environmental Event [31]

Join this hour-long webinar with speakers John C. Dernbach, co-director of the Widener Environmental Law Center and author, ELI's Carl Bruch, and Jacob Scherr, NRDC, for story ideas, helpful background, trend alerts, source building, and their take on what will be the hot topics at the upcoming summit. The hour will include 30 minutes for journalist questions.

News Events & Press Conferences [32]

Visibility:

Public [5]

Topics on the Beat:

Wildlife [33]

Water & Oceans [34]

Waste [10]

Transportation [35]

Technology [36]

Science [29]

Pollution [9]

Policy [37]

Planning & Growth [38]

People & Population [30]

Natural Resources [15]

Journalism & Media [17]

Environmental Politics [22]

Energy & Fuel [2]

Climate Change [39]

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South America [40]

Weather Service Head Retires After Audit Finds Misspending of Millions [41]

"The head of the National Weather Service retired last week after an internal investigation found that the agency had reallocated millions of dollars without required congressional approval."