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NY: "Cuomo Picks 'Open Space' Advocate for Environment Chief" [1]

"Gov. Andrew Cuomo is receiving plaudits from environmental groups for nominating Joseph Martens as the new commissioner of New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation."

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Source: St. Petersburg Times [6], 01/05/2011
January 12, 2011

EJ at the EPA: Legal Impacts of the New Priorities [7]

Panelists at this free Environmental Law Institute event will discuss the potential impacts of US EPA’s Interim Guidance on Considering Environmental Justice During the Development of an Action and Draft Plan EJ 2014. RSVP by Jan. 7 to attend or participate by audio webcast/teleconference.

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"Arizona Greenhouse-Gas Rules To Be Enforced by EPA" [13]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will directly enforce new greenhouse-gas rules in parts of Arizona after the state refused to submit its own program for controlling the pollutants."

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Source: Arizona Republic [15], 01/03/2011

"US-Japan Discussed 'Action' Against Anti-Whalers" [16]

"Japanese and American officials discussed taking action to weaken a prominent anti-whaling group, with Tokyo insisting that Sea Shepherd's confrontations on the high seas actually hurt efforts to reduce whaling, U.S. diplomatic cables show."

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Source: AP [18], 01/03/2011

"Environmentalists Claim EPA Overstates Coal Waste's Value" [19]

"Environmentalists claim the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has overestimated by more than 20 times the value of recycling coal burning wastes."

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Source: Louisville Courier-Journal [20], 12/30/2010

Senate Passes Whistleblower Protection Bill; House Pending [21]

The bill (S 372) would beef up the weakened protections for federal whistleblowers against retaliation for revealing fraud, waste, and abuse.

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High Court Mulls Public's Right To Know of Threats to Its Safety [23]

In the case of Milner v. Navy, a Puget Sound resident and activist sought information that would identify the locations and potential blast ranges of explosive ordnance stored at Washington’s Naval Magazine Indian Island.

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Court OKs USDA Secrecy on Wolf Killings of Livestock [27]

The environmental groups' request for GPS information about where the introduced, protected Mexican grays had killed livestock was denied on grounds that data collected by Wildlife Service personnel visiting private ranch property is exempt from FOIA requests.

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Earmark Database Now Covers Fiscal 2011 [30]

The downloadable, Zipped Excel spreadsheet, produced by Taxpayers for Common Sense, WashingtonWatch.com, and Taxpayers Against Earmarks, contains 39,294 requested earmarks, worth $130 billion.

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December 15, 2010

White House Environmental Justice Forum [31]

This event, planned by EPA's Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice, will "bring together environmental justice community leaders, state, local and tribal government officials, Cabinet members, and other senior Federal officials for a discussion on creating a healthy and sustainable environment for all Americans." 

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