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Massey Mine Disaster Raises Openness Issues [1]

Several journalists have raised questions about why more was not known publicly about the safety defects that led to the deaths of 29 miners at Massey's Upper Big Branch Mine in April 2010.

Local Officials, Residents, in Dark on Nearby Hazardous Rail Cargoes [2]

Sixty-two U.S. urban areas are threatened by hazardous rail cargoes, but federal agencies still refuse to let many firefighters, governments, and citizens know the rail routes used to transport cargoes that could kill tens or hundreds of thousands.

Supreme Court Tosses Overbroad Cruelty Video Law [3]

SEJ and other journalism groups had urged the court to strike down the sweeping law that could criminalize ordinary journalistic investigations meant to expose and end animal cruelty.

"Mill Creek Ash Pond Considered 'High Risk'" [4]

"U.S. Environmental Protection Agency inspectors say a large ash pond at LG&E's Mill Creek power plant is close enough to homes and a school to be classified as high risk."

Source: Louisville Courier-Journal [5], 04/21/2010

"Iconic Status Can't Spare Grand Canyon From Myriad Threats" [6]

An in-depth look at the Grand Canyon ecosystem reveals an unprecedented convergence of threats.

Source: Greenwire [7], 04/21/2010

Senate GOPers Move to Bar NEPA Analysis of Climate Change Impacts [8]

"Republican senators introduced legislation today that would block White House efforts to require federal agencies to consider climate change in environmental analyses of proposed projects."

Source: Greenwire [9], 04/21/2010

Foes of CA Global Warming Law Pour Money Into a Campaign To Delay It [10]

"Opponents of the law, largely oil firms and conservative activists, miss a signature-gathering target date for putting an initiative on the November ballot, but get a cash infusion to keep trying."

Source: LA Times [11], 04/21/2010

"Albuquerque Sees No Let Up In Pollen Despite Law" [12]

"When you combine Albuquerque's few trees with the city's hot, dry and often windy weather, it could mean big problems for allergy sufferers. This despite a 1994 pollen-control ordinance that bars residents from planting certain types of trees."

Source: NPR [13], 04/21/2010

"Bolivian President Blames Capitalism for Global Warming" [14]

"Bolivian President Evo Morales said capitalism is to blame for global warming and the accelerated deterioration of the planetary ecosystem in a speech today opening an international conference on climate change and the 'rights of Mother Earth.'"

Source: ENS [15], 04/21/2010

"Obama Admin Looks to Cast a Line With Anglers" [16]

"The Obama administration is launching a significant new effort to reach out to marine recreational fishermen, an economically and politically powerful group that has previously felt shut out by the new administration."

Source: Greenwire [17], 04/21/2010

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