New Smithsonian Head Pleads To Keep FOIA Exemption

September 10, 2008–The Smithsonian Institution, a federal agency with many environment-related research and public education activities, opposes a Congressional move that would subject it to the same open-records law that applies to other executive branch agencies.

WV Claims Tax Breaks for Coal-To-Liquid Plant Should Be Secret From Taxpayers

August 13, 2008–Should a deal for $200 million in tax breaks for a West Virginia coal-to-liquids plant be kept a secret from taxpayers and voters?

Pennsylvania Reverses Ban On "Hormone-Free" Milk Labeling

January 30, 2008–Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) overruled a ban by the state's Department of Agriculture on the labelling of milk as "hormone free."

PENNSYLVANIA FORBIDS LABELING OF MILK PRODUCED WITHOUT ARTIFICIAL HORMONES

November 28, 2007–Consumers who want to choose milk produced without the use of artificial hormones are out of luck - if they live in Pennsylvania. That is not a choice the state will allow them.

It's Hurricane Prime-Time in Gulf and Atlantic States

August 22, 2001–The next 6 weeks or so will see the peak of the hurricane season along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

Coal Remining: One Way to Clean Up Acid Drainage?

August 8, 2001–Acid mine drainage from abandoned coal mines is the biggest water-quality problem in the Appalachian states.