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Is EPA's Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Program Working? [1]

EPA and states may be cutting companies slack if they "audit" their own violations. Here's a database that will help you audit whether local polluters are abusing the program.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Government [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Researchers Predict Local-Scale Climate Change Shifts [7]

A research team led by Purdue claims in a soon-to-be-published article to have mapped local U.S. climate change more precisely than has been done before.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Researchers Predict Local-Scale Climate Change Shifts [7]
SEJ Lists New Rolodex of Regional Climate Change Info Sources [9]

Reporters: you now have a contact list of expert sources of climate information in or about your region.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about SEJ Lists New Rolodex of Regional Climate Change Info Sources [9]
Judge Rules City Can't Keep Ties With Utility Secret [10]

Great Falls, Montana, wouldn't let its citizens know details of its contracts with a utility. But a judge stopped that.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [4]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [12]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Judge Rules City Can't Keep Ties With Utility Secret [10]
Shield Law Stalled in Senate by GOP Drilling Drive [13]

GOP Senators blocked a bill to shield journalists trying to protect confidential sources before heading home for August recess.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Environmental Politics [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Shield Law Stalled in Senate by GOP Drilling Drive [13]
Energy Attack Group Emerges From Shadows [16]

Who are the "American Energy Alliance" — and what does Burson-Marsteller think they need to hide about funding from major oil, utility, and business lobbies?
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [14]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [12]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Energy Attack Group Emerges From Shadows [16]
WV Claims Tax Breaks for Coal-To-Liquid Plant Should Be Secret From Taxpayers [17]

Should a deal for $200 million in tax breaks for a West Virginia coal-to-liquids plant be kept a secret from taxpayers and voters?
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Environmental Politics [14]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [21]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about WV Claims Tax Breaks for Coal-To-Liquid Plant Should Be Secret From Taxpayers [17]
TOOLBOX: Reginfo.gov Offers Beat Reporters a Powerful Mischief Detector [22]

Reginfo.gov helps reporters track regulatory mischief — and deregulatory mischief too — government-wide.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about TOOLBOX: Reginfo.gov Offers Beat Reporters a Powerful Mischief Detector [22]
Labor Dept. Uses OMB To Aid Secret OSHA Midnight Deregulation [23]

The Bush White House is rushing through — secretly — a midnight regulation that would hobble the next administration's efforts to regulate workplace environmental risks.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [24]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Labor Dept. Uses OMB To Aid Secret OSHA Midnight Deregulation [23]
USDA Raises Barriers to Disclosure of Predator Control Info [25]

The Department of Agriculture has stopped reporting publicly how many animals it kills for farmers and ranchers in its predator control program.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [26]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about USDA Raises Barriers to Disclosure of Predator Control Info [25]

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