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Judge Allows Pool Video, Audio Coverage of WV Monsanto Trial

In response to a request for live-streaming of the trial, the judge has expanded the gag order for the case, a class-action lawsuit seeking medical monitoring for people who may have been exposed to hazardous chemicals produced at Monsanto's former plant in Nitro, W.V.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations
Health
Environmental Health
Chemicals
Agriculture
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV)
Visibility:
Public
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Who Are Your Local "Sunshine" Heroes?

Somewhere near you there is probably an activist who has been doggedly seeking documents from a local, state, or federal agency which has been reluctant to provide them. Their story might well be worth telling. Sunshine Week, March 11-17, 2012, will celebrate "Local Heroes" with a roundup of such stories.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Government
Visibility:
Public
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House Adopts Online Publication Standard

It remains to be seen how successful the House will be in timely posting of electronic versions of bills — especially when they are thousand-page appropriations bills being rammed through at the last minute. The WatchDog will be watching to see if bills are published electronically well before subcommittee markups begin.
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WatchDog TipSheet
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Laws & Regulations
Government
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Public
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Big Canadian Fish Farm Firm Seeks to Criminalize, Silence Environmental Critics

Mainstream Canada, the nation's second-largest farmed-salmon producer — and a subsidiary of an even more gargantuan Danish transnational holding company — will try to crush and silence environmental activist Don Staniford, who has had the temerity to criticize their operations publicly.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans
Fish & Fisheries
Activism
Region:
Canada
Visibility:
Public
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Is Documenting Cruelty to Animals a Federal Terrorist Crime?

According to the Los Angeles Times, recent directives from the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force suggest that merely filming commercial acts of cruelty to animals could be a terrorist offense — something that now can lead to indefinite military detention without trial.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations
Food
Economy & Business
Visibility:
Public
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Drug Researchers Routinely Risk Public Health by Withholding Info: Study

It's a common practice, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal. Researchers even do it when the work is government-funded. Environmental reporters should be asking questions.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Health
Chemicals
Visibility:
Public
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EPA Greenhouse Data Site Offers Bounty of Local Stories

The searchable database is finally being published online for the first time after Congress mandated it in a rider to the 2008 omnibus appropriations bill. EPA compromised after protests from industry, limiting it to only the largest emitters. Pick only emitters in certain states. Focus on emissions of each of the six greenhouse gases it includes — or to customize views according to size of emission or emitting industry.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Technology
Pollution
Climate Change
Visibility:
Public
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It’s Time To Say Goodbye, Thank You and, Hey, We Can Get Through This Together

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change
Journalism & Media
Visibility:
Public
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"Early Warming: Crisis and Response in the Climate-Changed North"

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change
Region:
Alaska and Hawaii
Visibility:
Public
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"Changing Planet, Changing Health: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Our Health and What We Can Do About It"

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change
Environmental Health
Health
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Public
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Publication Items

Judge Allows Pool Video, Audio Coverage of WV Monsanto Trial

Who Are Your Local "Sunshine" Heroes?

House Adopts Online Publication Standard

Big Canadian Fish Farm Firm Seeks to Criminalize, Silence Environmental Critics

Is Documenting Cruelty to Animals a Federal Terrorist Crime?

Drug Researchers Routinely Risk Public Health by Withholding Info: Study

EPA Greenhouse Data Site Offers Bounty of Local Stories

It’s Time To Say Goodbye, Thank You and, Hey, We Can Get Through This Together

"Early Warming: Crisis and Response in the Climate-Changed North"

"Changing Planet, Changing Health: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Our Health and What We Can Do About It"

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