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July 29, 2009
DOE Closes Door To Journos
July 29, 2009–Journalists were told to leave the room before Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Poneman spoke to a group of lobbyists and private-industry representatives at the June 2009 meeting of the Energy Facility Contractors Group in Washington.POGO Jumps on Environmental Contractor Misconduct
July 29, 2009–The Project on Government Oversight celebrated Earth Day blogging interesting facts gleaned from its Federal Contractor Misconduct Database.SEJ, J-Groups Urge High Court To Toss Curb on Speech in Wildlife Case
July 29, 2009–Sloppy legal draftsmanship resulted in a 1999 law that could put journalists and publishers in jail for doing investigative exposés of animal cruelty.Toolbox: Website Offers Profusion of Government Science Links
July 29, 2009–In one handy spot, you'll find hundreds of rarely visited Web pages published by a vast variety of federal offices and programs doing science on environmental and other topics.TVA IG Says Agency Let Lawyers Stifle $3 Million Study on Coal-Ash Spill Causes
July 29, 2009–An investigation by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee indicates the Tennessee Valley Authority opted not to make changes that could have prevented the massive December 2008 spill.Without Warning System, Communities Blind to Toxic Disaster
July 29, 2009–A July 26 McClatchy story about an ammonia spill that killed one in South Carolina is similar to others that could be told in other U.S. states.July 15, 2009
Court Upholds Park Police Chief Fired for Talking to Press
July 15, 2009–The federal Appeals Court for the D.C. Circuit has reinstated a lawsuit by former National Park Police Chief Teresa Chambers, who was fired in 2004.Dole Sues "Bananas!" Film-Maker For Defamation
July 15, 2009–Showing of the film, depicting purported harm and claims of sterility by Nicaraguan plantation workers, went ahead at the Los Angeles Film Festival, even though an April 2009 Superior Court ruled that those claims were fraudulent.
EPA's Jackson Calls for More Transparency on Water Quality, Enforcement
July 15, 2009–Jackson ordered staff to make existing information more accessible and understandable to the public, including posting on the Web state performance reports under the Clean Water Act.In B.C., Freedom of Information May Not Be Free
July 15, 2009–"Crown copyright" may be emerging in British Columbia as a way for a government claiming openness to subvert freedom-of-information law.
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