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Lejeune Secrecy May Have Caused Dead Marines

CDC's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry has been investigating a Navy cover-up of cancer-causing drinking water at its Lejeune, NC, base. Now, Project on Government Oversight has released a January 5, 2012, letter from Marine Major General J.A. Kessler asking ATSDR to redact its report in the name of "force protection."

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Obama Highlights Energy in State of Union

President Obama called for more offshore drilling, disclosure of fracking chemicals, more energy development on public lands, more clean-energy jobs, more infrastructure upgrades, and an "all of the above" national energy strategy in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. And he pledged to do as much of it as possible with executive authority if Congress persists in inaction and "obstruction."

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Fund for Environmental Journalism Announces Winter 2011 Awards

SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism (FEJ) will grant $11,707 to seven journalism projects in Round Four, to cover travel, soil-testing, survey, telecommunications, and document-access expenses for print, audio, video, photo and online news. Photo: Winner Brian Sewell, Appalachian Voices.

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SEJ's Environmental Events Calendar: Featured Event

Our Calendar lists professional meetings, press conferences, awards/fellowships/workshops deadlines and more. Submit yours. Jan 30-31, 2012, deadline: The annual Aquifer Recharge Conference will take place in Ontario, CA, presented by American Ground Water Trust and Association of Ground Water Agencies.

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WatchDog TipSheet

E-Mail: White House Ordered Scientists To Lowball BP Spill Rate Estimate

01/25/2012 – The e-mail pressuring agency scientists was written by USGS Director Marcia McNutt, and was never meant to be made public. Against strong agency resistance, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility forced disclosure of the e-mail with a Freedom-of-Information-Act lawsuit.

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Checking Local Water Use and Scrutinizing Those Big Water Projects Can Benefit Your Community

01/15/2012 – Read this excerpt from the Winter issue of SEJournal: Author Cynthia Barnett explains water-use truths and fallacies, offers tips for investigating water projects proposed for your audience area, and reports how some of the country’s most progressive engineers and local governments are showing that it’s absolutely possible to live with far less water.

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Table of Contents: SEJournal Winter 2011-12

01/15/2012 – New issues of SEJournal are available to members and subscribers only. Non-members and non-subscribers can view the Table of Contents of the current SEJournal issue (Winter), read an excerpt, and get information on how to join or subscribe.

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