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Climate Documentarian Motivated by the Heart

“Gasland” filmmaker Josh Fox is back with what may be the longest film title in recent documentary history — “How to Let Go of the World (and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change).” And it looks like another game-changer. JoAnn Valenti reviews the film

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Activism
Climate Change
Journalism & Media
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Toxic Chemicals in a Pinch: Some Help for Journalists

If you are an environmental reporter, it is only a matter of time before a reader asks you, "What's up with pentachlorophenol?" Or a grouchy editor demands to know, "What's the difference between trichloroethylene and trichloroethane?" Help is on the way. Read on.

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WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals
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Pavillion, Wyo., Fracking Study Unplugged with FOIA

In 2011, EPA produced — and subsequently buried — a draft report on fracking contamination at Pavillion, Wyoming. Now one of the authors of the original draft has co-published a review of the research in the independent journal Environmental Science & Technology. The new study, based on FOIA'd documents, links fracking and polluted wells.

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WatchDog TipSheet
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Energy & Fuel
Environmental Politics
Pollution
Water & Oceans
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY)
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Nine Years After Request for FEMA Katrina Records: Nothing

The Project on Government Oversight FOIA'd FEMA/DHS in 2006 for documents that might reveal hanky-panky with billions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina recovery contracts. In December 2015, DHS finally wrote POGO to say that disclosing the records would constitute an "unwarranted invasion of privacy."

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters
Economy & Business
Environmental Politics
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN)
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Did Big Food Just Lose the GMO Disclosure War?

Tens of millions have been spent on lobbying and advertising by the mainstream food industry to defeat a series of state-by-state measures requiring food labels to disclose GMO content. Now, Vermont is poised to implement a GMO-labelling law.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Food
Laws & Regulations
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT)
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Senate Passes FOIA Improvement Bill

The Senate March 15, 2016, unanimously passed a bill (S 337) improving the 50-year-old Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). But the appearance of bipartisan consensus may belie a rocky road to final enactment in a highly politicized election year.

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WatchDog TipSheet
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Laws & Regulations
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The Path to Better Investigative Science Reporting

In the latest Reporter's Toolbox, Climate Central senior science writer John Upton defines investigative science reporting’s major role, and shares his personal nine ways to do the job better.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change
Forests
Journalism & Media
Region:
National (U.S.)
Europe
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Finding the Right Fit for Journalism Fellowships

For this edition of EJ Academy, MU journalism master's grad Caleb O'Brien surveyed SEJ academics and current and former students to get tips on finding the best internships — and making the most of the experience. Excerpted from the Spring 2016 SEJournal.

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Will Journalists Heed the Lessons of Flint?

SEJ’s WatchDog Project director Joseph A. Davis analyzes local and regional media's role in reporting — or not — the Flint water debacle.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals
Environmental Politics
Health
Water & Oceans
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI)
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Public
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Environmental Sleuthing Toolbox

This special issue of SEJ's WatchDog celebrated "Sunshine Week," the national reminder that freedom of information and open government are essential for a working democracy. Lots of info is available for environmental reporters about pollutants and hazards that can harm people. Our Sunshine toolbox is ... well ... full of flashlights — environmental databases that can help you see things. Categories include chemicals, disasters, energy, health and pollution. Shine on!

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