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If Pollution Cleanup Sounds Too Good To Be True, Maybe It Is [1]

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Inside Story [2]
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Government [3]
Pollution [4]
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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [5]
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Public [6]

WHITE HOUSE EDITS OF CLIMATE TESTIMONY CAUSE FLAP [7]

White House edits of testimony delivered Oct. 24 to the Senate Environment Committee by Centers for Disease Control director Julie Gerberding have brought consternation from Democrats and environmentalists and a circling of wagons at the White House.
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WatchDog TipSheet [8]
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Government [3]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [6]

Interior Dept. FOIA Logs Published Online [10]

The group Governmentattic.org has published on its Website the FOIA request logs for the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining, U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Land Management, and Minerals Management Service through Oct. 2007.

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WatchDog TipSheet [8]
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Government [3]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [6]

GROUP WINS ACCESS TO FOREST SERVICE RECORDS ON OFF-ROAD VEHICLE DAMAGE [11]

The AP reports that the conservation group Wildlands CPR has won a 2-year battle to get U.S. Forest Service records on damage caused by off-road vehicles and unmaintained roads in the West.
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WatchDog TipSheet [8]
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Government [3]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [12]
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Public [6]

HOUSE PANEL TO HOLD HEARING ON PARK PHOTO FEES DEC. 12 [13]

The House Resources Committee will hold a hearing Dec. 12, 2007, to air concerns that proposed Interior Department rules requiring fees and permits for photography and sound recording on public lands could limit freedom of the press.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [8]
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Government [3]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [6]

2003 Archives: SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues [14]

November 12, 2003
SEJ letter re: withdrawal of web access to Congressional Research Service reports

The SEJ Freedom of Information Task Force wrote letters today to congressmen Christopher Shays (R-CT) and Mark Green (R-WI) protesting the withdrawal of web access to Congressional Research Service reports.

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Laws & Regulations [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Government [3]
Initiatives: 
Freedom of Information [17]
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Public [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]

2004 Archives: SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues [18]

September 10, 2004
SEJ opposes rider with new FOIA exemption for satellite data and studies on Earth resources

The Society of Environmental Journalists joined other journalism groups September 10, 2004, urging Congressional leaders to strip a new FOIA exemption for certain satellite data on the Earth's resources from the 2005 Defense Authorization Bill (S 2400).

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Government [3]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Military [19]
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Freedom of Information [17]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]

A Federal Superfund Site Near You May Hold a Great Story [20]

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Government [3]
Policy [22]
Pollution [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [6]

2005 Archives: SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues [23]

November 15, 2005
SEJ joins call for post-Katrina FEMA contract disclosure

SEJ joined a number of open-government groups in urging President Bush to post online full copies of all contracts and other paperwork authorizing spending for relief and recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina.

Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Government [3]
Disasters [24]
Chemicals [25]
Initiatives: 
Freedom of Information [17]
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Public [6]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [26]
National (U.S.) [9]

2006 Archives: SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues [27]

November 29, 2006
SEJ urges NIEHS not to privatize environmental health magazine

SEJ wrote the director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences today, asking him to abandon plans to downgrade and privatize its flagship, open-access journal, Environmental Health Perspectives. The magazine is renowned for publishing free online cutting-edge research on relevant and timely topics — in non-technical terms and in multiple languages.

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Government [3]
Journalism & Media [16]
Laws & Regulations [15]
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Freedom of Information [17]
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Public [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]

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