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High Court Mulls Public's Right To Know of Threats to Its Safety [1]

In the case of Milner v. Navy, a Puget Sound resident and activist sought information that would identify the locations and potential blast ranges of explosive ordnance stored at Washington’s Naval Magazine Indian Island.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
People & Population [3]
Military [4]
Government [5]
Disasters [6]
Activism [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Court OKs USDA Secrecy on Wolf Killings of Livestock [9]

The environmental groups' request for GPS information about where the introduced, protected Mexican grays had killed livestock was denied on grounds that data collected by Wildlife Service personnel visiting private ranch property is exempt from FOIA requests.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [10]
Government [5]
Biodiversity [11]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Earmark Database Now Covers Fiscal 2011 [12]

The downloadable, Zipped Excel spreadsheet, produced by Taxpayers for Common Sense, WashingtonWatch.com, and Taxpayers Against Earmarks, contains 39,294 requested earmarks, worth $130 billion.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [5]
Environmental Politics [13]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Earmark Database Now Covers Fiscal 2011 [12]
Cancun Roundup: A Modest Deal's a Deal (Updated) [14]

"Negotiators from about 190 countries reached a modest set of agreements early Saturday in Cancun on how to tackle global warming but punted some of the most controversial questions for a later date." Here's a roundup of the news, analysis, and reaction from some major international news organizations.
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [15]
Region:
International [16]
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Public [8]
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Election and Oil and Gas Drilling May Shape Sage-Grouse Story [17]

The timing of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to propose listing of the greater sage-grouse as a threatened or endangered species is coinciding with the presidential election and the rapid expansion of the influential oil and gas industry.
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TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [11]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Wildlife [10]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Evidence Showing Threat Posed by Medusahead Grows [20]

This invasive grass that already has a grip on about 2 million acres in the West makes the rangeland it invades virtually worthless for grazing, harms many animals that contact it or try to eat it, increases wildfire risk, and creates monocultures that have very low biodiversity and crowd out numerous native plant and animal species.
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TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [21]
Economy & Business [22]
Biodiversity [11]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Feds Document Core Areas for Decimated Sage-Grouse [23]

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.
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TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [10]
Science [24]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Biodiversity [11]
Region:
Canada [25]
Northwest (OR WA) [26]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [27]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [28]
California [29]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Can Environment Sustain Quest for Valuable "Rare Earth" Materials? [30]

A US Geological Survey report offers a perspective on the global situation and an assessment of known US deposits. There may be about 13 million metric tons available in 14 states — with the sites generally posing the usual environmental challenges associated with mining and refining.
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TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Waste [31]
Natural Resources [32]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Economy & Business [22]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Global Study Shows Large Lakes Are Warming [33]

NASA researchers have found the 104 selected lakes are warming by an average of 0.81 degrees Fahrenheit each decade (with some lakes increasing by up to 1.8 degrees F), and the temperature increase tends to be larger as you work toward the North Pole.
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TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [34]
Environmental Studies [35]
Climate Change [15]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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EPA Won't Disclose Alternative Study on Spruce Mine MTR Permit [36]

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]
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Natural Resources [32]
Government [5]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
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Public [8]
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