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January 2, 2008
Bush Signs FOIA Bill Into Law
January 2, 2008–President Bush has signed into law a measure aimed at strengthening the Freedom of Information Act.Conservation Group Sues for Documents on Resigned Interior Official
January 2, 2008–The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), a conservationist group that litigates wildlife-protection issues, has filed suit challenging Interior Department secrecy on a political scandal.EPA Proposes Feedlot Toxics Release Reporting Exemption
January 2, 2008–EPA has proposed exempting farms from a law protecting the public from toxic air pollutants. Environmental groups have objected.Senate Passes Farm Bill With Softened Secrecy Language
January 2, 2008–The Senate passed a five-year Farm Bill Dec. 14, 2007, that softened a provision imposing draconian penalties for publication of information from a federal database for tracking food animals.TOOLBOX: New Resources for Tracking FED Spending Now Out
January 2, 2008–Some new, sharper tools are available for reporters who want to investigate patterns of federal spending or specific cases of interest.Waxman to Get EPA Climate Waiver Documents
January 2, 2008–Henry Waxman (D-CA), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has vowed to investigate EPA's decision to prohibit states from regulating greenhouse emissions.December 12, 2007
NIEHS Follow-Up: Assurances of a Robust, Independent Journal?
December 12, 2007–Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), the embattled flagship journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has a new editor-in-chief - Hugh A. Tilson. But will he have the editorial independence NIEHS leaders have promised him?EPA HIDES INDUSTRY DATA ON ATRAZINE RISK
December 12, 2007–An EPA database that has not been made public shows alarming levels of the pesticide atrazine are showing up in water bodies around the U.S.REVISED FOIA BILL MAY BE SET FOR FAST TRACK
December 12, 2007–Senate sponsors of a bipartisan Senate bill to strengthen agency compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) have crafted a compromise version and reintroduced it in hopes of speeding Congressional action.SEJ PRESIDENT TESTIFIES AT INTERIOR PHOTO-FEE HEARING
December 12, 2007–SEJ President Timothy B. Wheeler testified before a full committee oversight hearing of the House Natural Resources Committee, that a proposed rule governing photography in National Park System units and Wildlife Refuges could restrict media access to these public lands and limit their coverage of natural resource issues.
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