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"New EPA Permitting System Moves Forward Haltingly for Coal Mines" [1]

"Environmental and industry advocates say a proposed air emissions reporting permit issued last week for BHP Billiton Ltd.'s San Juan Coal Mine in northwestern New Mexico is the first -- or among the first -- ever proposed for a coal mine."

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Source: Greenwire [8], 12/06/2013
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"Texas Supreme Court to Mull Underground Trespassing" [9]

"A case involving the disposal of industrial wastewater pits two interests that are dear to many Texans against each other: oil and gas resources versus private property rights."

Water & Oceans [10]
Pollution [5]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [11]
Source: Texas Tribune [12], 12/06/2013
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Animal Rights Activist Charged for Video Exposing Cruelty [13]

Reporting on abuse of animals is now officially a crime — at least under Colorado law. Animal-rights activist Taylor Radig was charged after she made public a video showing employees of a Colorado ranch abusing calves. 

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Senate GOPers Seek To Hide Silica Science Funding [18]

OSHA's proposed silica rule "requests" (not requires) that commenters state clearly who paid for any research they cite and declare whether there may be possible conflicts of interest or whether the funder of the research may have influenced its findings. But 16 Senate Republicans have complained of OSHA's request for funding disclosure.

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Mich. May Force Enbridge To Boost Pipeline Safety After Violations [23]

"After being caught on video allowing oily water to flow into a creek while it was testing its 6B pipeline, Enbridge seen agreeing to deal with officials."

Energy & Fuel [22]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [5]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [24]
Source: InsideClimate News [25], 12/03/2013
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"Reverend Billy Faces Year in Jail For JPMorgan Chase Toad Protest" [26]

"Billy Talen to stand trial for preaching on bank's environmental record accompanied by choir members wearing toad hats"

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Consumer [27]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Politics [21]
Journalism & Media [29]
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National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Guardian [30], 11/25/2013
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EPA Faces Challenges To Air Pollution Authority In Supreme Court Cases [31]

"The U.S. government's authority to regulate air pollution nationwide, often against the wishes of Republican-leaning states, could face new curbs when the U.S. Supreme Court takes on two high-stakes cases in coming months."

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Source: Reuters [32], 11/25/2013
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"Anti-Obama Nonprofit Tells IRS It's Not 'Political'" [33]

"Swing state voters in Virginia and Ohio last fall were bombarded with television advertisements encouraging them to 'stand with coal' and 'vote no on Obama's failing energy policy.' But the sponsor of these ads — a pro-business nonprofit advocacy group called the American Energy Alliance — says the messages weren’t designed to aid Republican Mitt Romney in his bid to unseat President Barack Obama."

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Source: Center for Public Integrity [34], 11/25/2013
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"These Members of Congress Are Bankrolled by the Fracking Industry" [35]

"The growing fracking industry is 'yielding gushers' of campaign donations for congressional candidates—particularly Republicans from districts with fracking activity—according to a new report from the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington."

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Source: Mother Jones [36], 11/21/2013
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Congress Inches Toward Enacting DATA Act [37]

Some hope for more open government at the federal level emerged November 18, 2013, when the House passed a bill known as the Digital Accountability and Transparency (DATA) Act aimed at improving public data about federal spending. The hope was bolstered by the fact that the bill passed the House by a bipartisan 388-1 recorded vote.

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