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SEJournal Relaunches WatchDog with a ‘Voice,’ Plus Coronavirus and More [1]

SEJournal welcomes back from hiatus our WatchDog feature, now recast as an opinion column from Joseph A. Davis, Society of Environmental Journalists’ veteran freedom of information advocate and longtime SEJournal contributor. In part one of a two-parter, find out why we’re relaunching the new column, plus get Davis’ take on government openness (or lack thereof) around coronavirus, as well as more on SEJ’s deep commitment to open information and a rundown of its recent FOI activities. And watch for part two next week.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Air [5]
Biodiversity [6]
Chemicals [7]
Climate Change [8]
Consumer [9]
Disasters [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Food [17]
Forests [18]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Military [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
Other or All [26]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Policy [29]
Pollution [30]
Science [31]
Technology [32]
Transportation [33]
Waste [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Wildlife [36]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [37]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
California [39]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [41]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
Northwest (OR WA) [45]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
International [48]
Canada [49]
Mexico [50]
Africa [51]
Antarctica & Arctic [52]
Asia [53]
Australia & Oceania [54]
Central America & the Caribbean [55]
Europe [56]
Middle East [57]
South America [58]
Visibility: 
Public [59]
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Emerald Corridor Tries Flipping the Switch on C02 [60]

The latest entry in our ongoing “Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor [61]” special report looks at what the Pacific Northwest is doing to mitigate climate change, including reducing carbon emissions, limiting sprawl and congestion, pushing energy efficiency and pursuing carbon sequestration. Read the new tipsheet, plus check out our earlier report on climate impacts [62] and our opening backgrounder. [63] 

SEJ Publication Types: 
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Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Air [5]
Climate Change [8]
Consumer [9]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Forests [18]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [24]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Science [31]
Technology [32]
Transportation [33]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [37]
Northwest (OR WA) [45]
International [48]
Canada [49]
Visibility: 
Public [59]
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"Justice Department Ends Use of Environmental Settlements Tool" [65]

"The Justice Department has ended a nearly 30-year practice of letting companies make amends for pollution-related violations by performing environmentally beneficial projects, according to a memo posted Friday on the agency’s website."

Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [66]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [59]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [67], 03/16/2020
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Trump DOI Downplayed Coronavirus -- Then Praised His ‘Decisive’ Response [68]

"Interior Secretary David Bernhardt Friday tweeted a video of President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency and lauded his boss for taking “decisive — even unprecedented — actions to protect the American people” from the coronavirus. But just two days earlier, Bernhardt’s office had sent talking points to Interior officials that downplayed the virus threat."

Disasters [10]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [21]
Public [59]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: LA Times [69], 03/16/2020
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Senate Democrats Unveil $20B Bill To Battle PFAS Chemical Contamination [70]

"A new bill from Senate Democrats would roll out $20 billion in funding to remove cancer-linked “forever chemicals” from water as it contaminates supplies across the country."

Chemicals [7]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [59]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: The Hill [71], 03/16/2020
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"Revealed: Monsanto’s Secret Funding For Weedkiller Studies" [72]

"Monsanto secretly funded academic studies indicating “very severe impacts” on farming and the environment if its controversial glyphosate weedkiller were banned, an investigation has found."

Agriculture [4]
Chemicals [7]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Science [31]
Public [59]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: Guardian [73], 03/13/2020
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"How Testing Failures Allowed Coronavirus To Sweep The U.S." [74]

"The Trump administration’s decision to forgo a World Health Organization test and create its own had fateful consequences, experts say."

Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Science [31]
Public [59]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: Politico [75], 03/13/2020
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Parts of Hanford Nuclear Cleanup Could Be Shelved For 10 Years [76]

"Richland, WA -- The Department of Energy appears to be backpedaling on moving highly radioactive capsules to safer storage at Hanford anytime soon."

Environmental Health [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
Pollution [30]
Public [59]
Northwest (OR WA) [45]
Source: Tri-City Herald [77], 03/12/2020
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"Electricity: Grid Overseer Issues Warning On Coronavirus" [78]

"The top U.S. grid security monitor urged power utilities to prepare for the new coronavirus in a rare alert yesterday, adding to a chorus of warnings from federal and private organizations."

Disasters [10]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Public [59]
National (U.S.) [37]
Source: EnergyWire [79], 03/12/2020
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"WHO Declares Novel Coronavirus Outbreak A Pandemic" [80]

"The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic."

Environmental Health [13]
Health [20]
Science [31]
Public [59]
International [48]
Source: CNN [81], 03/12/2020
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