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"Sticking With the Truth"
Columbia Journalism Review, 05/09/2013"How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism"
Research Council’s Makeover Leaves Canadian Industry Setting Agenda
Toronto Globe & Mail, 05/09/2013"The National Research Council, which gave the country canola and the atomic clock, will now be taking its scientific cues from Canadian industry as part of a makeover of the country’s flagship research labs."
"Arkansas Residents Sick From Exxon Oil Spill Are on Their Own"
InsideClimate News, 05/09/2013"The Arkansas Department of Health says people with dizziness, nausea and headaches have the option to leave, and it is their personal choice."
"Coal Mines' Methane Curbs Fall Victim to EPA Budget Cuts"
Bloomberg, 05/08/2013"Methane emissions from coal mines escaped being curbed by the Environmental Protection Agency, which said mandatory U.S. budget cuts didn't leave it with the resources to determine if the pollution is a significant risk."
Foreign Food Inspections Decline as Illnesses From Imported Goods Rise
NY Times, 05/08/2013"NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Inside a warehouse near the Canadian border, boneless hams bound for Philadelphia are coming off a tractor-trailer from Toronto under the gaze of a federal food inspector. Each week, about 20 of the 150 food trucks from Canada are rejected because of paperwork problems or contaminated meat."
"Bass Fishing Beats Billions From TVA Sale for Tennessee"
Bloomberg, 05/08/2013"Scott Lee, an ardent fisherman from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, has an opinion as to whether Barack Obama should sell the federally chartered Tennessee Valley Authority to private investors: Don't do it."
Enviros Pull Facebook Ads in Response to Zuckerberg Political Push
Huffington Post, 05/08/2013"A coalition of progressive groups is pulling its ads from Facebook in protest over political positions taken by the organization started by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg."
Judges Skeptical of States Challenging EPA Climate Rule Authority
Greenwire, 05/08/2013"Federal judges wrestled today with whether U.S. EPA ran afoul of the law in directing states to implement regulations to address climate change."
Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown Proposes Prop. 65 Changes
San Francisco Chronicle, 05/08/2013"Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday that he intends to change California's landmark consumer-safety law in an attempt to reduce frivolous lawsuits and give the public clearer information about toxic chemicals."
"When Science Goes Silent"
Maclean's, 05/07/2013"With the muzzling of scientists, Harper’s obsession with controlling the message verges on the Orwellian."
"JPMorgan Chase Accused of Rigging Energy Markets"
Christian Science Monitor, 05/07/2013"JPMorgan Chase developed schemes to sell electricity at falsely attractive prices in Michigan and California, according to The New York Times. The market manipulation could result in JPMorgan Chase receiving penalties from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission."
"EPA Adds Safeguards To Spotlight Conflicts on Scientific Panels"
Center for Public Integrity, 05/06/2013"The Environmental Protection Agency announced new safeguards Friday to prevent conflicts of interest or bias from tainting its science, including efforts to assess the dangers of toxic chemicals."
"The Big Stories Then in the Clear Light of Now" -- The Garbage Barge
NY Times, 05/06/2013"Dan Rather called it 'the most watched load of garbage in the memory of man.' It was 1987. A small town businessman had what seemed like a promising idea, to transport New York trash by barge to a landfill in North Carolina, where it would be converted into methane to heat homes. And then the news media latched on to the story."
Analysis: "Calming The West's Water Wars"
LA Times, 05/03/2013"The founders never expected to live in the desert; the Constitution's primary mechanism for divvying up shared water doesn't work."
"Australia’s Top Attorney to Argue Japan Whaling Case"
ENS, 05/03/2013"CANBERRA -- Australian Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus will argue Australia’s whaling case against Japan in a three week hearing before the International Court of Justice in the Hague beginning on June 26."

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