Published on SEJ (https://www.sej.org)

Home > Journalism & Media

SEJ Objects to EPA "No Attribution" Presser [1]

[1]

The Society of Environmental Journalists has objected to the Environmental Protection Agency's "no attribution" ground rule for a press teleconference that was part of its June 2, 2014, roll-out of its carbon emissions rule for existing power plants. The background briefing — which supplemented Administrator Gina McCarthy's on-record statement — made questions difficult on this complex rule. The text of SEJ's June 6 letter to McCarthy is here. [2] The text of EPA's June 10 response to SEJ's letter is here. [3]

Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Initiatives: 
Freedom of Information [5]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]

The War On Coal Miners: How Companies Hide The Threat Of Black Lung [8]

"Whistleblower Justin Greenwell told regulators that his company, Armstrong Coal, was misreporting the dust levels in his mine, potentially putting miners in danger of black lung disease."

Activism [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Huffington Post [12], 05/30/2014

"Photographer Captures Tar Sands 'Destruction' From Above" [13]

"Photographer and pilot Alex MacLean wanted to learn more about the Keystone XL pipeline, which if approved will carry oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, so he decided to take pictures from above of the tar sands that will supply oil to the project. What he found shocked him."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Journalism & Media [4]
Pollution [14]
Public [6]
Canada [15]
Source: Huffington Post [16], 05/30/2014

Coal Magnate’s Lawsuit Tossed—But Ohio Can Do More To Defend Free Press [17]

"Michael Stark, a contributor to The Huffington Post. Ken Ward, a reporter for The Charleston Gazette. Margaret Newkirk, a former reporter for the Akron Beacon Journal. What do they have in common? Murray Energy, the largest privately owned coal company in the United States—which has accused them all of publishing defamatory articles about the company or its founder and president, Robert E. Murray."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [18]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: CJR [19], 05/30/2014

"Air Quality Monitors Targeted By NC Lawmakers" [20]

"State lawmakers who have been cutting environmental regulations in their quest for to streamline government have a new target: cutting the number of air quality monitors around the state."

Air [21]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [18]
Journalism & Media [4]
Pollution [14]
Science [22]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: Raleigh News & Observer [24], 05/30/2014

"SPJToolbox" Catalogues Vast Gumshoe Resources [25]

If you are a serious journalist and have not yet discovered the "SPJ Toolbox," you are in for a treat. The website offers useful sources for a wide range of topics of interest, especially to investigative reporters. Topics include protecting sources, privacy, data visualization, digital verification, transcription tools, rights-free photos, mobile journalism, public records, copy-editing, and more.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

Reporters Curious About Tar Sands Not Very Welcome in Canada [27]

Reporter Emily Atkin of the Climate Progress blog told recently of flying into Fort McMurray, Alberta to see the tar sands and being hassled for some 45 minutes by "security" officials because she was a journalist — including being told "We might have to send you back to the States."

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [18]
Journalism & Media [4]
Natural Resources [28]
Region: 
Canada [15]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

"‘A Government Of Thugs’: How Canada Treats Environmental Journalists" [29]

The Canadian government treats journalists reporting on the tar sands as if they were the enemy.

Climate Change [30]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Politics [18]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [6]
Canada [15]
Source: Climate Progress [31], 05/26/2014

Wash Post Fact Checkers Give Coal Industry Ad 4 Pinocchios [32]

"This is a case study of how a trade group takes a snippet of congressional testimony and twists it out of proportion for political purposes."

Energy & Fuel [10]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Wash Post [33], 05/26/2014
May 31, 2014 to June 1, 2014

Journalism School Hackathon at UNC [34]

Can journalism and communications schools help shape the next generation of media entrepreneurs? PBS MediaShift is producing its first Journalism School Hackathon, co-produced and hosted by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill's School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The focus for the Hackathon will be on creating sustainable business models and revenues for news outlets.

Other Events [35]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]

Pages

The Society of Environmental Journalists
1629 K Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 558-2055
Email: sej@sej.org
© 2026 The Society of Environmental Journalists. All Rights Reserved.
All graphics © SEJ, unless otherwise stated.
Source URL:https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=442

Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-objects-epa-no-attribution-presser [2] https://www.sej.org/sites/default/files/SEJ%20EPA%20Attribution%20June%206%202014.pdf [3] https://www.sej.org/publications/epa-response-sej-letter [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [5] https://www.sej.org/category/initiatives/foia [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/war-coal-miners-how-companies-hide-threat-black-lung [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [12] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/29/black-lung-disease-kentucky-coal-dust_n_5368878.html?utm_hp_ref=green&ir=Green [13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/photographer-captures-tar-sands-destruction-above [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [15] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada [16] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/29/photos-keystone_n_5404159.html?utm_hp_ref=green [17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/coal-magnate%E2%80%99s-lawsuit-tossed%E2%80%94-ohio-can-do-more-defend-free-press [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [19] http://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/murray_energy_defamation_lawsuits_huffington_post.php [20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/air-quality-monitors-targeted-nc-lawmakers [21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [23] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [24] http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/05/29/228742/obama-to-bypass-congress-to-cut.html?sp=/99/200/260/ [25] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/spj-toolbox-catalogues-vast-gumshoe-resources [26] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/watchdog-tipsheet [27] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/reporters-curious-about-tar-sands-not-very-welcome-canada [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/%E2%80%98-government-thugs%E2%80%99-how-canada-treats-environmental-journalists [30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [31] http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/05/23/3428984/canada-war-on-environmentalists/ [32] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wash-post-fact-checkers-give-coal-industry-ad-4-pinochios [33] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/wp/2014/05/23/a-bogus-claim-that-electricity-prices-will-nearly-double-because-of-clean-coal-technology/ [34] https://www.sej.org/calendar/journalism-school-hackathon-unc [35] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/other-events [36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=441 [37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=438 [38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=439 [39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=440 [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=443 [41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=444 [42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=445 [43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=446 [44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=565