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- Inspection reports on badly maintained dams - or information on what homes would be swept away if they failed?SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:
Obama Orders Rollback of Bush Secrecy on 1st Day
President Barack Obama signalled that open access to information will be a top priority for his administration, issuing two memos to all executive agencies and one executive order at a January 21, 2009, session open to reporters and cabinet members.SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:Earmarks 101: All Pork Is a Local Story
In every Congressional district - including yours - there are dozens of "pork barrel" politics stories.SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:"Diagnosis: Mercury, Money, Politics & Poison"
SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Visibility:House and Senate Leadership Begins To Shape Up
The heads of Obama administration Congressional committees and subcommittees will likely be in the spotlight in the coming months. This overview will help you get a feel for who these people are, or who will soon be chosen.
SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:Oversight Report: Agency Inspectors General Often Ignored
A US House Oversight Committee report released in January 2009 found that federal agencies frequently ignore the findings and recommendations of their inspectors general.SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:Concern Resurfaces for Drinking Water and Food Contaminant
In one of many last-minute actions, the Bush administration delayed a decision on a drinking water standard for the contaminant perchlorate (used in rocket fuel, explosives, fireworks, and many other industrial products, and also occurs naturally), but issued a temporary advisory recommendation. This has immediate implications for at least 31 large US utilities, and perhaps hundreds more.SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Region:Visibility:SEJournal Spring 2000, Vol. 10 No. 1

In this issue: Smog lingers over Houston–media muddle Bush's record as air progress slows; Green space may calm and cool us; Journalists probe environmental justice issues; Land use in the West; The award-winning beryllium story; Montana mine's toxic legacy; Tracking campaign cash; What was behind EPA blackout? and more. Download the PDF here.
SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Visibility:The Biz: Change Most Definitely Has Come. Now What?
Journalists by their very nature love change. Change is news. Change is good. And now change is everywhere. Bud Ward reports.
SEJ Publication Types:Topics on the Beat:Visibility:Nation's Energy Future Holds Promise for E-Journalists

SEJ's annual conference helps reporters understand complex subjects like coal, nuclear power and climate change — and the Obama administration's stance thereon. SEJ President Christy George explains.
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