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SEJ Member Spotlight: Wendee Holtcamp [1]

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Houston-based freelance writer and photographer Wendee Holtcamp has covered conservation, adventure travel, environmental issues and science for magazines and websites since 1997. She offers an online writing class, teaching aspiring and established writers everything from improving one's writing through observation journaling to crafting killer queries to the business end of building a successful and lucrative freelance career. Next class starts June 2.

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Public [2]
International [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]
Wildlife [5]
Water & Oceans [6]
Transportation [7]
Science [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Biodiversity [11]

Independent Receptions at SEJ's 22nd Annual Conference [12]


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Public [2]
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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]

SEJ's 22nd Annual Conference Speaker Information [13]


Topics on the Beat: 
Other or All [14]
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Public [2]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]

SEJ's 22nd Annual Conference Agenda — Sunday [15]


Topics on the Beat: 
Other or All [14]
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Public [2]
Region: 
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]

SEJ's 22nd Annual Conference Agenda — Thursday [16]


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Other or All [14]
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Public [2]
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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]

New Arizona Law Limits Disclosure of Companies' Environmental Self-Audits [17]

The information would still have to be provided to the state. Companies would not gain immunity from enforcement merely by auditing themselves.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [19]
Economy & Business [20]
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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]
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Public [2]

"Burnam: 'Top Secret' Documents Show Risks of Radioactive Waste Dump" [21]

"With a manila envelope labeled 'TOP SECRET' propped up in front of him, state Rep. Lon Burnam, a Fort Worth Democrat, called on the Texas Attorney General to allow the public release of confidential information related to a West Texas radioactive waste dump owned by Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [22]
Journalism & Media [9]
Environmental Politics [23]
Environmental Health [10]
Public [2]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]
Source: Texas Observer [24], 04/17/2012

"Growth Prospects for Uranium Stir Concerns" [25]

"HOBSON, Texas -- At the back of a South Texas uranium processing facility, a few dozen black container drums stood outside, waiting to be shipped. Each was filled with about $50,000 worth of yellowcake, a powdery substance created from raw uranium."

Nuclear Power & Radiation [22]
Public [2]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]
Source: Texas Tribune [26], 04/16/2012

"AZ House OKs Secrecy for Environmental Reports" [27]

"Mining companies and other businesses will be allowed to keep environmental studies secret, even if they detail possible pollution problems, under industry-backed legislation that gained final House approval Monday."

Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [9]
Public [2]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]
Source: AP [28], 04/10/2012

"Hundreds of Donkeys Abandoned in Lingering Drought" [29]

"With pastures withered from a lingering drought, farmers in Texas and northwest Louisiana have abandoned donkeys by the hundreds, turning them into wandering refugees that have severely tested animal rescue groups."

Climate Change [30]
Public [2]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [4]
Source: AP [32], 03/29/2012

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