SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues
See the latest actions taken by SEJ advocating access to environmental information and supporting the media's right to know on behalf of the public.
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2002 Archives: SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues
November 18, 2002
SEJ Task Force voices concern over FOIA exemptions in Homeland Security Act to key U.S. senators
On Monday, November 18, 2002, the SEJ Task Force again voiced its concern over the FOIA exemptions contained in the Homeland Security Act. SEJ President Dan Fagin, board liaison Jim Bruggers and SEJ Freedom of Information Task Force chair Ken Ward, Jr. signed a letter sent to several key senators, urging them to support compromise language that had previously been agreed to.
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Utilities Say Public Can't Handle the Truth About Drugs in Water
When water providers find pharmaceuticals in drinking water, they rarely tell the public.
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Soybean Groups Pull Funding for Biofuel Research Over Climate Findings
Two soybean industry groups temporarily suspended about $1.5 million in grants to the University of Minnesota for biofuel research after it found using food crops for fuel could worsen global warming and cause other environmental harm.
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Federal Shield Law Awaits Senate Action-Blocked by Sen. Kyl
Judiciary Committee leaders urged Senate leaders March 6, 2008, to schedule a floor vote on a bill to create a federal "shield law" for journalists.
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TOOLBOX: Wilileaks Offers Offshore Protection for Disclosure of Wrongdoing
Virtually unknown until the Swiss bank Julius Baer tried to censor it for publishing allegations of financial hanky-panky, a website called Wikileaks has catapulted to fame as a potential tool for journalists... and those who leak to them.
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AP Water Series Highlights Information Blackout
Can the public be trusted with information about drugs in their drinking water?
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It's Sunshine Week-Do you Know Where Your City's Secrets Are?
"News is what people want to keep hidden - and everything else is publicity." Bill Moyers made famous that maxim he gleaned from a Texas mentor.
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Non-SEJ Environmental Journalism Awards and Grants
Browse a broad array of non-SEJ journalism awards and grants, most but not all environmental.
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Use It or Lose It: EPA Releases Toxics Data Feb. 24
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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