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U.S. Advances Plan To Reintroduce Wild Bison Herds Outside Yellowstone [1]

"New herds of genetically pure wild bison may once again roam vast expanses of the American West where the iconic animal has been absent since the end of the 19th century, under a tentative plan federal officials advanced on Wednesday."

Source: Reuters [2], 07/31/2014

"Religious Conservatives Embrace Pollution Fight" [3]

"WASHINGTON — The Rev. Lennox Yearwood punched his fist in the air as he rhythmically boomed into the microphone: 'This is a moment for great leadership. This is a moment for our country to stand up. This is our moment.'"

Source: NY Times [4], 07/31/2014

"PG&E Charged With Obstruction Over San Bruno Blast" [5]

"SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric was charged Tuesday with lying to regulators in connection with a fatal pipeline explosion that killed eight people and leveled a suburban Northern California neighborhood in 2010."

Source: AP [6], 07/31/2014

"Administration Unveils Actions To Curb Methane Emissions" [7]

"Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced new actions Tuesday aimed at curbing methane emissions form the nation's natural gas systems."

Source: The Hill [8], 07/31/2014

"Report: Feds Failed To Inspect Chemical Plants With High Terror Risk" [9]

"Government officials have failed to inspect nearly all of the chemical plants considered to be at high risk for terrorist attacks, according to congressional investigators."

Source: The Hill [10], 07/31/2014

Company Subpoenas Journalists in "Pink Slime" Suit [11]

Four journalists and a food writer have had their notes subpoenaed in a company's $1.2-billion defamation lawsuit against ABC News for calling its product, a common hamburger additive, "pink slime."

Fresh Secret Reports from the Congressional Research Service [12]

Here are some recent explainers of interest to environmental journalists from the CRS, which Congress does not allow to be released to the taxpaying public who paid for them. The WatchDog thanks those who leaked them and the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy for publishing them.

Support Mounts for FOIA Upgrade Bill in Senate [13]

Pressure to bring a bipartisan power-boost bill for the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to the Senate floor mounted June 26, 2014, when a coalition of some 50 groups urged action. The bill would narrow a broad exemption that has in some cases shielded from disclosure almost anything not published in official and final form.

EPA Press Office Obfuscation Keeps Complaints Boiling [14]

If you want to interview an EPA official about a drinking water pollution catastrophe or a controversy about air pollution from fracking, the press office may do its best to stop you. Examples abound. But, there are ways for journalists to push back. Read about them here.

What the Public Isn't Allowed To Know Could Kill You [15]

The federal government has not only done very little to protect the public from the mass-casualty threats chemical facilities present to neighboring communities, they've focused efforts on keeping the public from knowing about those threats or the government's own failures to keep them safe. Now the U.S. EPA has signaled that it is about to revise a key rule governing chemical facility safety and security.

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