SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues
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2002 Archives: SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues
November 18, 2002
SEJ Task Force voices concern over FOIA exemptions in Homeland Security Act to key U.S. senators
On Monday, November 18, 2002, the SEJ Task Force again voiced its concern over the FOIA exemptions contained in the Homeland Security Act. SEJ President Dan Fagin, board liaison Jim Bruggers and SEJ Freedom of Information Task Force chair Ken Ward, Jr. signed a letter sent to several key senators, urging them to support compromise language that had previously been agreed to.
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DOT Stifles Report on How Climate Change Will Affect Gulf Coast Infrastructure
It wasn't exactly a secret that climate change will have drastic and often harmful impacts on the roads and causeways, chemical plants and oil/gas pipelines, and shipping facilities along the Gulf Coast. Two reports released in March had already said so.
But another report on the same subject from the Department of Transportation was buried deep in the bureaucracy - as has been the case with many reports on climate change impacts during the past eight years.
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Utilities Say Public Can't Handle the Truth About Drugs in Water
When water providers find pharmaceuticals in drinking water, they rarely tell the public.
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Soybean Groups Pull Funding for Biofuel Research Over Climate Findings
Two soybean industry groups temporarily suspended about $1.5 million in grants to the University of Minnesota for biofuel research after it found using food crops for fuel could worsen global warming and cause other environmental harm.
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Federal Shield Law Awaits Senate Action-Blocked by Sen. Kyl
Judiciary Committee leaders urged Senate leaders March 6, 2008, to schedule a floor vote on a bill to create a federal "shield law" for journalists.
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Read It Now: Suppressed CDC Great Lakes Toxics Report
After Congressional Democrats criticized them for suppressing a report on toxic substances in the Great Lakes, and after an independent investigative journalism group published excerpts, the Centers for Disease Control finally published it March 12, 2008.
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SEJournal Fall 2004, Vol. 14 No. 2
In this issue: Looking at the mundane agencies of your beat may startle; Great Lakes series shows big picture of everyday issue; Bush's "Healthy Forests" lacks solid science frounding; following the money; anatomy of the 9/11 risk-communication fiasco; national reports better define GMO threats; teflon chemical (not in pots and pans but probably in you); and more.
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SEJournal Winter 2004-05, Vol. 14 No. 3
In this issue: 'Get the story talking': making connections between people and the altered land; The enormous task of writing about consumption...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.
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SEJournal Fall 2005, Vol. 15 No. 2
In this issue: And the nominees are...SEJ announces finalists in annual journalism awards; The Lesson: You must get some answers on your own...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.
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