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Congress Pushing Mining Law Update [1]

Another effort to revamp the US General Mining Act of 1872 is under way. The House on Nov. 1, 2007, passed by a 244-166 margin a bill that for the first time would collect for the U.S. Treasury royalties for mining "hard rock" minerals on federally owned lands.

New Orleans, LA 2003 [3]

The 13th annual conference, held September 10-14, blended incredible live music, tours and the usual fully-loaded roster of panels. Topics ranged from the Dead Zone to Mississippi River history.

Pittsburgh, PA 2004 [4]

SEJ's 14th annual conference, hosted by Carnegie Mellon University, took place October 20-24.

Austin, TX 2005 [5]

The 15th annual conference, hosted by The University of Texas at Austin, brought hundreds of SEJ'ers together September 28-October 2 for a mix of entertainment, education, soul-searching and tributes.

Burlington, VT 2006 [6]

The Burlington conference, SEJ's 16th annual, was co-hosted by the University of Vermont in Burlington and Vermont Law School in South Burlington, October 25-29.

Terrorism Database Speaks of Environmental Secrecy [8]

For the past decade, federal and state officials have put an immense amount of environmental information behind a veil of secrecy, justifying it on the grounds that the information could help terrorists. A look at the most comprehensive open-source terrorism database offers strong evidence that such fears are ill-founded.

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[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/congress-pushing-mining-law-update [2] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/ten-key-stories-2002-that-may-be-overlooked [3] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/new-orleans-la-2003 [4] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/pittsburgh-pa-2004 [5] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/austin-tx-2005 [6] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/sej-annual-conferences/burlington-vt-2006 [7] https://www.sej.org/publications/sejournal/actress%E2%80%99-persistence-brings-rachel-carson-film [8] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/terrorism-database-shows-environmental-secrecy-unfounded [9] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/pacer-online-access-court-records-turns-20 [10] https://www.sej.org/publications/environmental-politics/federal-workers-union-wants-burrowers-list [11] https://www.sej.org/search_results [12] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4887 [13] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4884 [14] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4885 [15] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4886 [16] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4889 [17] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4890 [18] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4891 [19] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4892 [20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4910