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Winners: SEJ 7th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment

Here are the finalists for the year 2007 in SEJ's Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment. This year a new category for Books is included.

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Online FOIA Resources

Lots of Freedom-of-Information help is available online

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Environmental Books by SEJ Members (2008)

Environmental books authored, co-authored or edited by SEJ members, and published in 2008.

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21 US Cities Join Carbon Disclosure Project

Some cities are joining big companies in disclosing publicly their greenhouse emissions.

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Is EPA's Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Program Working?

EPA and states may be cutting companies slack if they "audit" their own violations. Here's a database that will help you audit whether local polluters are abusing the program.

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Researchers Predict Local-Scale Climate Change Shifts

A research team led by Purdue claims in a soon-to-be-published article to have mapped local U.S. climate change more precisely than has been done before.

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SEJ Lists New Rolodex of Regional Climate Change Info Sources

Reporters: you now have a contact list of expert sources of climate information in or about your region.

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Judge Rules City Can't Keep Ties With Utility Secret

Great Falls, Montana, wouldn't let its citizens know details of its contracts with a utility. But a judge stopped that.

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Shield Law Stalled in Senate by GOP Drilling Drive

GOP Senators blocked a bill to shield journalists trying to protect confidential sources before heading home for August recess.

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Energy Attack Group Emerges From Shadows

Who are the "American Energy Alliance" — and what does Burson-Marsteller think they need to hide about funding from major oil, utility, and business lobbies?

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