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Source: AP [8], 03/11/2015

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Activists, Scientists Blast Scott for "Orwellian" Ban on Climate Talk [9]

"Climate change activists blasted Florida Governor Rick Scott on Monday for leading an 'Orwellian' campaign to ban employees of the state's lead environmental agency from using such terms as 'global warming' and 'climate change.'"

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Source: Reuters [11], 03/10/2015

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"China Arrests Anti-Smog Campaigners" [12]

"Activists are thought to have been inspired by a viral documentary that tried to highlight China's toxic smog problem but was censored by Beijing"

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Source: Telegraph [15], 03/10/2015

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Groups FOIA Federal Rules for Allowing Petroleum Export Ban Exceptions [16]

For decades, U.S. politicians have made energy independence a patriotic platitude — with one result being a ban on exporting crude oil produced in the U.S. Now some oil companies are getting exceptions to the export ban for a product called "condensate," and the Commerce Department won't say why. So a coalition of environmental groups have filed a Freedom of Information Act request to find out.

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Sunshine Week Highlights Open Government March 15-21 [20]

News media and open-government groups across the country will field events March 15-21, 2015, to emphasize the importance of freedom of information to democratic government. Here is a short preliminary list of some major Sunshine Week events already scheduled.

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‘Anti-Petroleum’ Movement a Growing Security Threat To Canada: Mounties [21]

"The RCMP has labelled the 'anti-petroleum' movement as a growing and violent threat to Canada’s security, raising fears among environmentalists that they face increased surveillance, and possibly worse, under the Harper government’s new terrorism legislation."

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Source: Toronto Globe & Mail [25], 02/19/2015

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Legislators from Both Parties Move FOIA Bills Despite Bank Lobby, FTC [26]

The Senate Judiciary Committee, despite changing from Democrat to Republican control, unanimously approved a FOIA bill (S 337) on February 5, 2015. A similar House bill (HR 653) was introduced February 2 and awaits action by the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

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"Anti-Oilsands Activists In The U.S. Are Getting Visits From The FBI" [27]

"WASHINGTON - Unexpected visitors have been dropping in on anti-oil activists in the United States — knocking on doors, calling, texting, contacting family members. The visitors are federal agents."

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Source: Canadian Press [28], 02/09/2015

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Greens Fume Over Obama’s Bid To Divert Gulf Restoration Funding [29]

"National environmental groups today blasted an Obama administration proposal to divert more than $3 billion in future oil and gas revenues due to Gulf Coast states to pay for land conservation, rural counties, wildlife grants, coastal restoration or other 'national priorities,' warning that such a move would stymie coastal restoration projects in Louisiana."

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