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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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WatchDog TipSheet
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Journalism & Media
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National (U.S.)
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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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WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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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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WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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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.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution
Journalism & Media
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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Court Reverses Ban on Farm Data Releasees

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, ruled Feb. 15, 2008, that the public had a legitimate interest in data from some previously unreleased Agriculture Department databases - clearing the way for their release.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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EPA Would Suppress Info on Toxic Gases From Feedlots at Industry Urging

Large feedlots would no longer have to report toxic emissions under a rule proposed Dec. 21, 2007, by EPA.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Food
Pollution
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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SEJ Voices Concern Over Muzzling of Environment Canada Scientists

The Society of Environmental Journalists has asked Environment Canada for its written policies on staff communication with news media.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics
Region:
Canada
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Public
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BLM Proposal May Limit Transparency, Public Input On Its NEPA Actions

The Bureau of Land Management has proposed changing its rules for complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
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WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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EPA Greeenhouse Reporting Rules Goes Forward Despite White House

Congress mandated a mandatory "registry" of greenhouse gas emissions with $3.5 million tucked into the final fiscal 2008 omnibus appropriations bill it passed late in 2007.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Government
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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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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Public
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