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EPA Releases Bush-Suppressed Endangerment Finding [1]

Persistence pays off for Greenwire reporter Darren Samuelsohn who filed his first Freedom of Information Act request for it back in July 2008, re-filed it in January 2009 at the start of the Obama administration, and finally received it October 13, 2009.

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"Inquiry to Focus on Royalty Rates for Oil Shale Program" [7]

"The Interior Department said Tuesday that it would investigate a decision made by the Bush administration to grant low royalty rates for oil shale development in the Rocky Mountains."

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Source: NYTimes [8], 10/21/2009

"Top Official: 'The EPA Is Back On The Job'" [9]

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson declares in an NPR interview: "EPA is back on the job working on behalf of the American people for public health, for environmental quality."

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Source: NPR [10], 10/19/2009

EPA Names 31 Areas Not Meeting Fine Particulate Air Standards [11]

These communities will have to come up with plans for reducing fine particle pollution. Is yours one of them?
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USGS Offers Early Warning On Wildlife Die-Offs [15]

You may find a local wildlife story by keeping your eye on the US Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center which keeps constant surveillance on outbreaks of wildlife disease and posts the information online as it comes in.
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"A Vigorous Push From Federal Regulators" [17]

"The Obama administration is taking on Cheerios. And popular cold remedies and swimming pool drains and rhinestones on children's clothing."
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Source: Wash Post [18], 10/13/2009

FOIA Not Fixed Yet: Senate Panel [19]

Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) says Congress has to do more to fix the Freedom of Information Act — especially stemming the hundreds of special exemptions created by Congress itself.

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Sen. Schumer Pushes Back Against WH Effort To Weaken Shield Law [21]

A federal law protecting reporters who maintain the confidentiality of their sources is currently stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee as Obama breaks campaign promise.
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Supreme Court Hears Animal Video Case [22]

Some justices skeptically questioned a 10-year-old law, intended to outlaw "crush videos," making it a criminal offense to possess or publish many depictions of cruelty to animals.
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CRS Publishes Cost-Benefit Analysis of House Climate Bill [23]

A report prepared by the Congressional Research Service is likely to be one key focus of an upcoming Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing.
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