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Groups FOIA Federal Rules for Allowing Petroleum Export Ban Exceptions [1]

For decades, U.S. politicians have made energy independence a patriotic platitude — with one result being a ban on exporting crude oil produced in the U.S. Now some oil companies are getting exceptions to the export ban for a product called "condensate," and the Commerce Department won't say why. So a coalition of environmental groups have filed a Freedom of Information Act request to find out.

Sunshine Week Highlights Open Government March 15-21 [2]

News media and open-government groups across the country will field events March 15-21, 2015, to emphasize the importance of freedom of information to democratic government. Here is a short preliminary list of some major Sunshine Week events already scheduled.

Is Your Audience in an Oil Train Blast Zone? [3]

After a February 16, 2015, oil train derailment and explosion in West Virginia, new concerns have arisen over the public's right to know about the dangers oil trains pose to communities. Now trackside communities have some data and maps to help them protect themselves. Image: AP Photo/ Office of the Governor of West Virginia, Steven Wayne Rotsch.

"New York’s Fluoridation Fuss, 50 Years Later" [4]

"In March 1957, as Elvis was buying Graceland and the Soviets were preparing to shock the world with Sputnik, Robert F. Wagner, the famously cautious mayor of New York, was having trouble taking a stand."

Source: NY Times [5], 02/25/2015

"Supreme Court Rules Neb. Must Pay Kan. in Interstate River Battle" [6]

""The Supreme Court today ruled that Nebraska "recklessly gambled" in taking more water from the Republican River than it was allowed. A majority of the justices held that Nebraska knowingly violated an interstate compact governing the river, depriving Kansas of water that should have flowed over the states' border."

Source: Greenwire [7], 02/25/2015

"House Dems: Did Big Oil Seek To Sway Scientists in Climate Debate?" [8]

"A key Democratic lawmaker is seeking an expanded inquiry into whether fossil-fuel companies have been secretly underwriting the research of some of the country’s most prominent scientific skeptics of climate change."

Source: Wash Post [9], 02/25/2015

"Oil Refinery Strike Spreads Across US" [10]

"An oil refinery strike continues to spread across California, Texas, and elsewhere across the US. It is now the largest US oil refinery strike in nearly 35 years."

Source: Christian Science Monitor [11], 02/25/2015

"Corruption, Climate Could Trigger Water Wars: UN Report" [12]

"NEW YORK – Cleaning up widespread corruption in the water supply industry is crucial to avert looming water conflicts born of desperation, warns a new United Nations report based on case studies in 10 countries.

“In many places … corruption is resulting in the hemorrhaging of precious financial resources,” siphoning an estimated 30 percent of funds earmarked for water and sanitation-related improvements, the report states.

Source: ENS [13], 02/25/2015

"A Whale of a Fight Is Brewing Over Atlantic Coastal" [14]

"Oil and gas companies hoping to drill in the Atlantic Ocean will have to contend with a new federal proposal to declare waters off the Carolinas and Georgia as critical for endangered whales."

Source: McClatchy [15], 02/25/2015

"Florida Environment To Get Billions, But How To Spend It" [16]

"After years of deep cuts to environmental programs, Florida voters last November overwhelmingly approved Amendment 1, which changed the state constitution to earmark billions for conservation. But the measure left it up to the Legislature and governor to determine the details of how the money will be spent, and that has led to a heated debate."

Source: AP [17], 02/25/2015

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