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SEJournal Summer 2006, Vol. 16 No. 2 [1]

In this issue: A dozen (or more) TV stories to sell your news manager for sweeps; Old-fashioned reporting turns good stories to gold...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, lick on the journal cover.

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SEJournal Fall 2006, Vol. 16 No. 3 [4]

In this issue: The 'unreadable' thing: John McPhee on the craft of writing; Top TV reporters don't fear the technical...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

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SEJournal Winter 2006-07, Vol. 16 No. 4 [5]

TRI tension: Pollution database is imperfect, but a great source; Top e-beat reporter: Make readers regain curiosity...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

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Use It or Lose It: EPA Releases Toxics Data Feb. 24 [6]

EPA made public the latest year's data from the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) February 21, 2008, catching a few journalists by surprise, as usual.

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Pollution [8]

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Court Reverses Ban on Farm Data Releasees [11]

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, ruled Feb. 15, 2008, that the public had a legitimate interest in data from some previously unreleased Agriculture Department databases - clearing the way for their release.

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EPA Would Suppress Info on Toxic Gases From Feedlots at Industry Urging [13]

Large feedlots would no longer have to report toxic emissions under a rule proposed Dec. 21, 2007, by EPA.

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Food [14]

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SEJ Voices Concern Over Muzzling of Environment Canada Scientists [15]

The Society of Environmental Journalists has asked Environment Canada for its written policies on staff communication with news media.

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Canada [16]

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BLM Proposal May Limit Transparency, Public Input On Its NEPA Actions [17]

The Bureau of Land Management has proposed changing its rules for complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

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EPA Greeenhouse Reporting Rules Goes Forward Despite White House [18]

Congress mandated a mandatory "registry" of greenhouse gas emissions with $3.5 million tucked into the final fiscal 2008 omnibus appropriations bill it passed late in 2007.

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New Jersey Sues EPA Over NSR Air Pollution Reporting Cutbacks [20]

New Jersey filed a lawsuit Feb. 19, 2008, challenging the US-EPA's December 2007 rule that utilities could decide for themselves whether their air pollution increases are significant enough to require detailed record-keeping.

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