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New Jersey Sues EPA Over NSR Air Pollution Reporting Cutbacks

New Jersey filed a lawsuit Feb. 19, 2008, challenging the US-EPA's December 2007 rule that utilities could decide for themselves whether their air pollution increases are significant enough to require detailed record-keeping.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Air
Pollution
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT)
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Great Lakes Study Suppressed

For more than seven months, the nation's top public health agency has blocked the publication of an exhaustive federal study of environmental hazards in the eight Great Lakes states.
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WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution
Water & Oceans
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI)
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Public
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Access to Congress: A Few Coverage Tips and Tricks

The U.S. Congress can be even more frustrating to cover than executive agencies.

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WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Government
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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SEJournal Fall 2007, Vol. 17 No. 3

In this issue: Editors focus new attention on climate change, environment...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

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SEJournal Winter 2008, Vol. 17 No. 4

In this issue: Covering coal country; Three decades on the beat; Photography for reporters; Network news going green; Undersea reporting...for the complete hotlinked table of contents click, on the journal cover.

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SEJournal Spring 2008, Vol. 18 No.1

In this issue: Tarbell: first to take on big oil; Environment books of the year; Oil on the Brain tracts crude to gas; Conference agenda sneak peek; FOIA successes...for complete hotlinked table of contents, click the journal cover.

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FERC Slightly Eases Some Secrecy Requirements

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has slightly relaxed some requirements for secrecy on decisions it makes on "critical energy infrastructure."

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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CRS PUBLISHES BACKGROUNDER ON JOURNALISTS' PRIVILEGE

The Oct. 18, 2007 issue of Congressional Research Service has published a useful backgrounder on the current lack of a "shield law" protecting reporters from legal penalties, including jail, when they refuse prosecutors' requests to disclose the identities of confidential sources.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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PENNSYLVANIA FORBIDS LABELING OF MILK PRODUCED WITHOUT ARTIFICIAL HORMONES

Consumers who want to choose milk produced without the use of artificial hormones are out of luck - if they live in Pennsylvania. That is not a choice the state will allow them.
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV)
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Public
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Artist Sues Local Cops Over Right To Photograph Power Lines

Shirley E. Scheier, a University of Washington fine-arts professor, was handcuffed, frisked, and detained for 44 minutes when she took some art photos of powerlines against the sky in Snohomish County, Washington.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations
Region:
Northwest (OR WA)
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Public
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