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WHITE HOUSE EDITS OF CLIMATE TESTIMONY CAUSE FLAP [1]

White House edits of testimony delivered Oct. 24 to the Senate Environment Committee by Centers for Disease Control director Julie Gerberding have brought consternation from Democrats and environmentalists and a circling of wagons at the White House.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Government [3]
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Interior Dept. FOIA Logs Published Online [6]

The group Governmentattic.org has published on its Website the FOIA request logs for the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining, U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Land Management, and Minerals Management Service through Oct. 2007.

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Government [3]
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GROUP WINS ACCESS TO FOREST SERVICE RECORDS ON OFF-ROAD VEHICLE DAMAGE [7]

The AP reports that the conservation group Wildlands CPR has won a 2-year battle to get U.S. Forest Service records on damage caused by off-road vehicles and unmaintained roads in the West.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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SECRECY ON ANIMAL ID SYSTEM CHALLENGED, WRITTEN INTO FARM BILL [9]

The Senate Agriculture Committee has written an exemption from the Freedom of Information Act for records in the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). The language, which is in the draft version of the Farm Bill and would prevent American meat eaters from knowing about any problems with their meat was introduced by farmers and members of the food industry.
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Laws & Regulations [10]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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SEJ, J-Groups Urge Interior To Loosen Limits on Filming [11]

SEJ and 18 other journalism groups urged the Department of the Interior Oct. 19, 2007, to revise a proposed rule that would keep freelancers and documentarians from covering news in National Parks, Wildlife Refuges, and other DOI lands.

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Laws & Regulations [10]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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HOUSE PANEL TO HOLD HEARING ON PARK PHOTO FEES DEC. 12 [12]

The House Resources Committee will hold a hearing Dec. 12, 2007, to air concerns that proposed Interior Department rules requiring fees and permits for photography and sound recording on public lands could limit freedom of the press.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Government [3]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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SEJournal Spring 2001, Vol. 11 No. 1 [13]

In this issue: The environment beat bounces back: Moyers: Did Ida Tarbell seek industry response? Controversial "Trade Secrets": just the first of more on the environment...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

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SEJournal Winter 2001-02, Vol. 11 No. 3 [15]

In this issue: Why pay a journalist to think?; Coping with 9/11-on the beat and at home; 'Poison in your backyard': Exposing the hidden dangers of treated lumber...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

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SEJournal Summer 2001, Vol. 11 No. 2 [16]

In this issue: Green rights cases return: Courts, EPA grapple with environmental justice; Becoming your own publisher; 'The secret history of lead'...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

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SEJournal Winter 2002-03, Vol. 12 No. 3 [17]

Rachel Carson: 'No peace for me if I kept silent'; It's best to prepare for the worst; New federal security act threatens FOI; Archives as a source of news; and more.

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