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March 12, 2008
AP Water Series Highlights Information Blackout
March 12, 2008–Can the public be trusted with information about drugs in their drinking water?Court Reverses Ban on Farm Data Releasees
March 12, 2008–The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, ruled Feb. 15, 2008, that the public had a legitimate interest in data from some previously unreleased Agriculture Department databases - clearing the way for their release.It's Sunshine Week-Do you Know Where Your City's Secrets Are?
March 12, 2008–"News is what people want to keep hidden - and everything else is publicity." Bill Moyers made famous that maxim he gleaned from a Texas mentor.TOOLBOX: Wilileaks Offers Offshore Protection for Disclosure of Wrongdoing
March 12, 2008–Virtually unknown until the Swiss bank Julius Baer tried to censor it for publishing allegations of financial hanky-panky, a website called Wikileaks has catapulted to fame as a potential tool for journalists... and those who leak to them.Use It or Lose It: EPA Releases Toxics Data Feb. 24
March 12, 2008–EPA made public the latest year's data from the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) February 21, 2008, catching a few journalists by surprise, as usual.February 27, 2008
Access to congress: A Few Coverage Tips and Tricks
February 27, 2008–The U.S. Congress can be even more frustrating to cover than executive agencies.BLM Proposal May Limit Transparency, Public Input On Its NEPA Actions
February 27, 2008–The Bureau of Land Management has proposed changing its rules for complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).EPA Greeenhouse Reporting Rules Goes Forward Despite White House
February 27, 2008–Congress mandated a mandatory "registry" of greenhouse gas emissions with $3.5 million tucked into the final fiscal 2008 omnibus appropriations bill it passed late in 2007.EPA Would Suppress Info on Toxic Gases From Feedlots at Industry Urging
February 27, 2008–Large feedlots would no longer have to report toxic emissions under a rule proposed Dec. 21, 2007, by EPA.Great Lakes Study Suppressed
February 27, 2008–For more than seven months, the nation's top public health agency has blocked the publication of an exhaustive federal study of environmental hazards in the eight Great Lakes states.
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