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"U.S. Senate Passes GMO Labeling Bill" [1]

"The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would for the first time require food to carry labels listing genetically-modified ingredients (GMOs)."

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Source: Huffington Post [7], 07/08/2016
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African Officials Appalled As EU Opposes A Total Ban On Ivory Trade [8]

"European commissions’ opposition to a proposed global ban will spell the beginning of a mass extinction of African elephants, warn officials from 29 African states".

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Wildlife [9]
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Africa [10]
Europe [11]
Source: Guardian [12], 07/07/2016
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Canada’s Pipeline Watchdog Secretly Talks Safety With Industry [13]

"Canada’s pipeline watchdog has given two of North America’s largest energy companies up to six months to fix what industry insiders have described as a series of 'ticking time bombs.'"

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Canada [16]
Source: National Observer [17], 07/07/2016
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"Agency OK With Race Through Nevada Desert; Critics Cry Foul" [18]

"Conservationists are crying foul over U.S. land managers' initial conclusion that there are no environmental concerns with an off-road race that will cross 650 miles of Nevada desert and cut through a new national monument."

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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [20]
Source: AP [21], 07/07/2016
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TCEQ: Contested Coal Mine Can Release Wastewater Into Drinking Supply [22]

"The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved expanding a wastewater permit for a South Texas coal mine over vocal opposition from locals Wednesday."

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Environmental Health [23]
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Pollution [25]
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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Source: Texas Observer [28], 07/07/2016
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"The Alabama Landfill That Brought Noise, Health Woes, and a Lawsuit" [29]

"The mostly working-class, black neighborhood of Uniontown, Ala., claimed a coal ash landfill was ruining their community. They got sued for it."

Environmental Health [23]
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Laws & Regulations [4]
People & Population [30]
Pollution [25]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: InsideClimate News [32], 07/07/2016
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"GMO Labeling Bill Advances In The Senate Over Dem Objections" [33]

"A bill to block states from issuing mandatory labeling laws for products that contain genetically modified ingredients overcame a major hurdle in the Senate on Wednesday."

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Source: The Hill [34], 07/07/2016
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Reporters Committee Calls for Federal Anti-SLAPP Law [35]

"Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation" are legal bullying, using the resources of well-heeled business or political groups to harass smaller citizens' groups or (sometimes) news media who can barely afford lawyers. Now some are calling for a federal law to counter them.

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U.S. Appeals Court Rules Private Emails Not Always Exempt from FOIA [37]

When a government official sends work-related emails over a private or personal email account, the emails are not necessarily exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, a federal appeals court ruled July 5, 2016.

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Obama Signs FOIA Improvement Legislation into Law [38]

Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the original Freedom of Information Act, President Obama June 30, 2016, signed into law a package of amendments to strengthen it. The bill codifies the "presumption of openness."

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