Environmental Politics

Energy Attack Group Emerges From Shadows [1]

Who are the "American Energy Alliance" — and what does Burson-Marsteller think they need to hide about funding from major oil, utility, and business lobbies?

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]

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Environmental Politics [3]

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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]

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WV Claims Tax Breaks for Coal-To-Liquid Plant Should Be Secret From Taxpayers [6]

Should a deal for $200 million in tax breaks for a West Virginia coal-to-liquids plant be kept a secret from taxpayers and voters?

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]

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Economy & Business [7]

Energy & Fuel [8]

Natural Resources [9]

Environmental Politics [3]

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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [10]

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Public [5]

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WV Coal-to-Liquids Plant Gets $200 Million in Secret Tax Breaks [11]

West Virginia's governor is giving $200 million in tax breaks to a coal-to-liquids plant -- but the public is not allowed to know.

Energy & Fuel [8]

Environmental Politics [3]

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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [10]

Source: Charleston Gazette [12], 08/08/2008

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Midnight Regs: Many Environmental Items on Final Bush Agenda [13]

The rush to deregulate whatever can be deregulated before President Bush leaves the White House is on. Part 2.

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TipSheet [14]

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Laws & Regulations [15]

Government [16]

Environmental Politics [3]

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National (U.S.) [17]

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Public [5]

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White-House-Suppressed Climate 'Endangerment Finding' Released [18]

How did the White House suppress an EPA finding that human-induced greenhouse warming was a threat to human health (and thus subject to regulation)? By refusing to read it. But you can read it here.

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]

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Climate Change [19]

Environmental Politics [3]

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National (U.S.) [17]

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Public [5]

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Cheney's Office Censored Warming Testimony [20]

Vice President Cheney's office blacked out scientific testimony to Congress on the public health consequences of climate change

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]

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Environmental Politics [3]

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National (U.S.) [17]

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Public [5]

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Iron Curtain / Green Corridor [21]

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Nearly 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, SEJ member Ashley Ahearn reports from Europe on the Iron Curtain and conservation efforts along it. It's a multimedia journalism blog, including audio, text, and pictures.

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International [23]

People & Population [24]

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