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Are PAOs a Help or Hindrance? Press Club Debates [1]

Journalists of all stripes heard a panel debate: "Government Public Affairs Offices: More Hindrance Than Help?" August 12, 2013, at the National Press Club, with unsurprising results. The real news may have been presentation of results of a survey conducted by an assistant professor at Kennesaw State University. To risk summarizing in a headline: things are as bad as SEJ members have complained they are.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [3]
Government [4]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

SEJ Protests Calif. Highway Patrol's Arrest of Photojournalist [6]

SEJ formally objected to the CHP's July 23, 2013, arrest of Willits News' Steve Eberhard for covering an environmental protest of highway bypass construction, saying the arrest is "unacceptable" and "directly contravenes the right to gather news that derives from the First Amendment."

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [3]
Region: 
California [7]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

Notes for Additional Climate Media [8]

Climate media to add to list


John Abraham and Dana Nuccitelli in the Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013... [9]

climate nexus
http://climatenexus.org/ [10]

climate communication
http://www.climatecommunication.org/ [11]

Skeptical Science

Visibility: 
Public [5]
International [12]
Climate Change [13]
Journalism & Media [3]

Chemical Safety: Right-To-Know? No — Not Exactly [14]

The system for informing Americans about the threats to their health and safety posed by chemical plants is seriously broken, a Reuters investigation revealed August 10, 2013. Facilities often misidentify chemicals or their location, or fail to report the existence of the substances. But there are tools to help reporters.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [15]
People & Population [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Health [18]
Disasters [19]
Chemicals [20]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

"Climate-Denier Politicians Under Attack By New Ad Campaign" [21]

"Here comes more bad PR for climate change–denying politicians.

Climate Change [13]
Environmental Politics [22]
Science [23]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: Grist [25], 08/14/2013

"Ambivalent Coverage of Climate Change's 'New Normal'" [26]

"Considering the importance of the information, the mainstream press provided surprisingly limited analysis."

Climate Change [13]
Journalism & Media [3]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: CJR [27], 08/14/2013

Tests Show High Cancer-Causing Pollution at Canadian Train-Crash Site [28]

"MONTREAL -- Tests conducted by an environmental group suggest last month’s Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, train disaster had a devastating impact on water quality and soil in the affected area."

Chemicals [20]
Disasters [19]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Pollution [31]
Transportation [32]
Public [5]
Canada [33]
Source: Canadian Press [34], 08/14/2013

"Retail Garden Plants Intended To Draw Bees May Harm Them" [35]

"Well-meaning home gardeners who buy plants to attract pollinators might be harming honeybees, according to a study that an environmental group released Wednesday."

Agriculture [36]
Chemicals [20]
Wildlife [37]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [24]
Source: McClatchy [38], 08/14/2013

"Feds Declare Fishery Disaster For Florida Oyster Industry" [39]

"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Federal officials are declaring a fishery disaster for Florida's oyster industry in the Gulf of Mexico.

The collapse of the oyster industry last year followed a drought that reduced freshwater into Apalachicola Bay. But state officials have also blamed the lack of freshwater flow due to increased consumption in Georgia.

Environmental Politics [22]
Fish & Fisheries [40]
Water & Oceans [41]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [42]
Source: AP [43], 08/14/2013

"Insight: California Aims To 'Bottle Sunlight' in Energy Storage Push" [44]

"California, whose green ambitions helped the solar and wind industries take root, is taking an essential next step by proposing a sharp rise in energy storage to better integrate renewable power with the rest of the grid."

Energy & Fuel [29]
Public [5]
California [7]
Source: Reuters [45], 08/14/2013

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