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Utah Governor Signs Controversial Bill Cutting Public Access to Info [1]

Former National Freedom of Information director Coalition Charles N. Davis said the bill "puts Utah in a class of one, alone in an anti-democratic zone in which the governors enjoy almost carte blanche over what information they deign to share with the rabble.”
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
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Public [5]
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"The Death & Life of Monterey Bay: A Story of Revival" [6]

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BookShelf [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
California [10]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Photojournalist Asks Court for Access to Wild Horse Operations [11]

A wild horse journalist, photojournalist and correspondent for Horseback Magazine is petitioning the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to redress the inaction of a federal district court in Nevada on her request that restrictions on her access to the roundups and warehouses be lifted.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [12]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Wikileaks Cables Confirm Secret US-China Climate Talks [13]

The massive trove of diplomatic cables disclosed by Wikileaks disclosed one of the Obama administration's darkest environmental secrets — that the U.S. held secret diplomatic talks on climate change during the run-up to the December 2009 Copenhagen meeting.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [14]
Climate Change [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Asia [17]
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Public [5]
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Meetings Set for Getting Public Feedback on Solar Sites [18]

The federal government has released its draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for identifying and evaluating the best areas on public lands for building utility-scale solar plants. A 90-day public comment period ends March 17, 2011, preceded by 14 meetings in 6 Western states and Washington, D.C.
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TipSheet [19]
Topics on the Beat:
People & Population [20]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [23]
California [10]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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AAAS Meeting: Source for Cutting-Edge Enviro News [24]

Topics at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Feb. 17-21, 2011 in Washington, D.C., include climate change, energy, health, oceans, national security, nanotechnology, GMOs, religion, space weather and many more.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [25]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [23]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Feds Document Core Areas for Decimated Sage-Grouse [26]

The map and report on known greater sage grouse high-density breeding populations is a starting point that can be refined with the input of state fish and wildlife agencies. But you can use it right away as you cover various land use and environmental issues.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [27]
Science [25]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Biodiversity [28]
Region:
Canada [29]
Northwest (OR WA) [30]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [31]
California [10]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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EPA Won't Disclose Alternative Study on Spruce Mine MTR Permit [32]

Despite promises of transparency, the US Environmental Protection Agency has denied a Freedom-of-Information request by Charleston Gazette reporter Ken Ward Jr. for the contractor study, which apparently outlines less harmful options for this West Virginia mountaintop-removal project.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [12]
Government [3]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [23]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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A Surge of Stories Spews from the Darkness of the Deep Ocean BP Oil Leak [33]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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"Manatee Insanity: Inside the War over Florida's Most Famous Endangered Species" [36]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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