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July 17, 2008
National Academies Study Calls for Restoration of Climate Sensors
July 17, 2008–How can you tell whether global warming is happening if the White House shuts down the satellites needed to sense it by cutting their budgets?Study: FOIA Reforms Haven't Brought Better Performance -- Yet
July 17, 2008–Despite a Bush Executive Order ostensibly aimed at improving agency FOIA performance, most agencies have little to show two years later.TOOLBOX: Environmental Databases Rich With Reporting Tools -- Despite Limits
July 17, 2008–There are lots of good databases out there to help environmental reporters. Here are a few more you may not know.White-House-Suppressed Climate 'Endangerment Finding' Released
July 17, 2008–How did the White House suppress an EPA finding that human-induced greenhouse warming was a threat to human health (and thus subject to regulation)? By refusing to read it. But you can read it here.July 3, 2008
Bill Would End Sneaky FOIA Exemptions by Congress
July 3, 2008–A Senate bill would require members of Congress who add FOIA exemptions to legislation to flag them.Corps Withholds Dam Inventory Data
July 3, 2008–The Army Corps of Engineers has stopped giving the public access to a database that shows how well federal agencies are doing at dam safety.House Passes Bill To Open Up Federal Advisory Committees
July 3, 2008–The House passed a bill that would do more to ensure open records and meetings of federal advisory committees.Justice Settles Hatfill Case, Locy Jail Threat Still Pends
July 3, 2008–With the Hatfil anthrax case settled, why is a court still threatening reporter Toni Locy with jail and fines for refusing to reveal the identity of confidential sources?Press Releases Could Get Security Stamp From White House
July 3, 2008–Here's an embargo that a federal employee could face charges for breaking.June 18, 2008
House Probes OMB Suppression of Chemical Risk Assessments
June 18, 2008–The House Science Committee is investigating charges that a White House political arm with no scientific expertise is suppressing EPA information about the toxic risks of commercial products.
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