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Congress Orders EPA to Reopen Libraries: EPA Balks [1]

Omnibus 2008 Appropriations Bill (PL 110-161) signed by President Bush Dec. 26, 2007, ordered him to reopen EPA libraries shuttered by his administration and earmarked some $3 million to restore them.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [6]
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Peer Files FOIA Suit Against Interior [7]

The Interior Department is responding to allegations of corruption and political interference with wildlife law enforcement by clamming up.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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Conservation Group Sues for Documents on Resigned Interior Official [8]

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.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Biodiversity [9]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [6]
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TOOLBOX: New Resources for Tracking FED Spending Now Out [10]

Some new, sharper tools are available for reporters who want to investigate patterns of federal spending or specific cases of interest.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Journalism & Media [4]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [6]
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Waxman to Get EPA Climate Waiver Documents [11]

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.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Air [12]
Pollution [13]
Environmental Politics [3]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [6]
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EPA Proposes Feedlot Toxics Release Reporting Exemption [14]

EPA has proposed exempting farms from a law protecting the public from toxic air pollutants. Environmental groups have objected.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Air [12]
Pollution [13]
Environmental Politics [3]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [6]
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Senate Passes Farm Bill With Softened Secrecy Language [15]

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.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Agriculture [16]
Consumer [17]
Food [18]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [6]
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Bush Signs FOIA Bill Into Law [19]

President Bush has signed into law a measure aimed at strengthening the Freedom of Information Act.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Environmental Politics [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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MUCKRAKING NOT DEAD, NIEMAN REPORTS DECLARES [20]

Feeling discouraged about the erosion of journalists' traditional role as watchdogs? Lighten up with the Spring 2008 issue of Nieman Reports, published by the foundation at Harvard University. Titled "21st Century Muckrakers: Who Are They? How Do They Do Their Work?" the issue includes nearly 50 articles chronicling the "Muckraker" tradition of American investigative journalism and documenting that muckraking is alive and well, even in today's digital age.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Journalism & Media [4]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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EPA Scientists Complain of Being Gagged, Political Pressure To Alter Science [21]

Hundreds of EPA scientists are complaining that they are being pressured by political appointees who run EPA to alter their scientific findings to support the administration's deregulatory agenda, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Government [22]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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- Read more about EPA Scientists Complain of Being Gagged, Political Pressure To Alter Science [21]

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