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"EPA, Industry Square Off in Battle Over Clean Water Act Veto" [1]

"U.S. EPA will head to court [Thursday] to defend its authority under the Clean Water Act to revoke a strip mining permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers."

Source: Greenwire [2], 03/14/2013

"Obama Admin Placing Big Bet on Small Reactors" [3]

"The Obama administration is promoting a bold, long-range plan for building dozens of small, factory-built reactors capable of replacing coal-fired power plants that are expected to be retired in the coming decades, a Department of Energy official said yesterday."

Source: Greenwire [4], 03/14/2013

"Calvert Cliffs Reactor License Denied Over Foreign Ownership" [5]

"ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has upheld the denial of a construction and operating license for a third nuclear reactor at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland because the company proposing the reactor is owned by the French government."

Source: ENS [6], 03/14/2013

"U.S. Approves 1,100 Megawatts of Wind, Solar Projects" [7]

"The U.S. approved three renewable- energy projects to be built on federal land in California and Nevada."

Source: Bloomberg [8], 03/14/2013

New FOIA Bill Would Speed Federal Response, Ease Tracking [9]

A bipartisan House bill was released March 12, 2013, marking Sunshine Week with proposed steps forward in implementing the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The bill, sponsored by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Elijah Cummings (D-MD), was put out in draft form for discussion and has yet to be formally introduced.

AP Analysis: Feds Cite Security More Often As Reason for Withholding Information [10]

An Associated Press analysis of data on Freedom of Information Act requests showed little increase in the number of FOIA requests from the public, a slight increase in rejection of such requests, and an increase in federal claims that such rejections were justified by security and internal deliberations.

Effort To Reform Secret Federal Advisory Committees Soldiers On [11]

Secret meetings and conflicts of interest for experts on federal advisory committees are still problems, openness advocates told Congress during Sunshine Week 2013. The searchable Federal Advisory Committee Act online database is a great aid for reporters in searching for this type of information on a particular beat.

Canada, Not Content To Gag Its Own Scientists, Urges US To Do Same [12]

Some U.S. scientists are refusing to sign nondisclosure agreements called for by the Canadian government's Fisheries and Oceans department on an Arctic science project. The story was reported by Margaret Munro for Postmedia News.

Recent Secret CRS Reports Liberated [13]

Now you can read reports on key topics on the environmental beat — compiled by the Congressional Research Service and paid for with your tax dollars. Congress does not allow CRS to release them to the public. Thanks to the Government Secrecy Project at the Federation of American Scientists for making them available.

GOPers Call for Probe of Alleged EPA FOIA Blockage [14]

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and David Vitter (R-LA) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) on March 7, 2013, released an e-mail exchange they suggest shows EPA lawyers delaying responses to requests for controversial information. They also charge EPA with incompetence and urge U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate.

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