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Catch Share: Fisheries Management Policy Controversy Heats Up

NOAA's proposal to apply quotas to individual fishing operations, rather than across an entire fishery, lands support from environmental groups, draws opposition from many US fishing operations.
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TipSheet
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Fish & Fisheries
Policy
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National (U.S.)
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Agencies Post "Openness" Pages on Web per Obama Order

EPA, Interior, DOE, USDA and others now provide "clearing points" intended to engage the public in their efforts for greater public transparency, participation, and collaboration, and in development of an "Open Government Plan."
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WatchDog TipSheet
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Government
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National (U.S.)
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Enviros Seek Disclosure of Household Cleaning Product Ingredients

A court case involving a 1971 NY law may force manufacturers to make public unlisted toxic chemicals in products like stain remover, dish soap and laundry detergent. The cleanser industry says the action is "unwarranted, and that fears about health risks are misinformed," according to the AP.
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WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals
Health
Laws & Regulations
Environmental Health
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National (U.S.)
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Public
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Getting to Disclosure: SPJ Offers FOIA Negotiating Tips

An Online Quill article by David Cuillier offers advice from William Ury, co-founder of Harvard’s Program on Negotiation and co-author of “Getting to Yes,” to effectively help reporters move from defeatism to successful disclosure.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Government
Journalism & Media
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National (U.S.)
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Public
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EPA Reveals More High-Hazard Coal-Ash Sites

Disclosure of 22 electric-utility plans for handling coal-ash waste is a good start... but EPA also released the identities of some 40 more — previously undisclosed — scary ash impoundments.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel
Waste
Government
Environmental Health
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National (U.S.)
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Public
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Sunshine Week Starts March 14 with Focus on Local Heroes

Journalism groups, including key organizer American Society of News Editors, will honor individuals whose open-government work in 2009 has made their communities better places to live.
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WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Government
Journalism & Media
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National (U.S.)
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Public
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Feb. 16 Briefing Helps Prep for Release of New US Ocean Policy

RSVP by 4:00 p.m. February 12, 2010, to learn about the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force's proposed marine spatial planning framework for coordinating many ocean and coastal activities by multiple agencies and actors.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth
Water & Oceans
Government
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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MIT Crowdsources "Landmen" Reports on Oil, Natural Gas Agents

Billed as "a resource to support citizens negotiating with big energy," this brand new Center for Future Civic Media service could become a useful tool for energy and environment reporting.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel
Natural Resources
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National (U.S.)
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100s of New Federal Datasets Released, Many Environmental

Environmental reporters who use databases to find and build stories have a fresh windfall, including three new datasets from EPA, plus many others relevant to the EJ beat.
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TipSheet
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Government
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National (U.S.)
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Study Shows Managed Turf Is Net Greenhouse Gas Loser

A study by Univ. of California-Irvine researchers has found that while grass itself acted as a carbon sink, when other factors are taken into account — fuel burned to maintain the lawn, emissions from fertilizer spread to help it grow, etc. — four times as much carbon was emitted than was absorbed.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change
Science
Environmental Health
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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