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"Green Groups Too White And Too Male Compared To Other Sectors: Report" [1]

"Survey of 300 US environmental groups show lower percentage of jobs held by ethnic minorities than in science and engineering"

Environmental Politics [2]
People & Population [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Guardian [6], 07/31/2014
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"EPA: Proliferation of Top-Job Vacancies And No End in Sight" [7]

"U.S. EPA is on the verge of having more vacancies than Senate-confirmed officials in its top jobs."

Environmental Politics [2]
Government [8]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Greenwire [9], 07/31/2014
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"Religious Conservatives Embrace Pollution Fight" [10]

"WASHINGTON — The Rev. Lennox Yearwood punched his fist in the air as he rhythmically boomed into the microphone: 'This is a moment for great leadership. This is a moment for our country to stand up. This is our moment.'"

Environmental Politics [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NY Times [11], 07/31/2014
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EPA Press Office Obfuscation Keeps Complaints Boiling [12]

If you want to interview an EPA official about a drinking water pollution catastrophe or a controversy about air pollution from fracking, the press office may do its best to stop you. Examples abound. But, there are ways for journalists to push back. Read about them here.

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Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [8]
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What the Public Isn't Allowed To Know Could Kill You [15]

The federal government has not only done very little to protect the public from the mass-casualty threats chemical facilities present to neighboring communities, they've focused efforts on keeping the public from knowing about those threats or the government's own failures to keep them safe. Now the U.S. EPA has signaled that it is about to revise a key rule governing chemical facility safety and security.

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Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [16]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [18]
People & Population [3]
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Public [4]
  • Read more about What the Public Isn't Allowed To Know Could Kill You [15]

Canada: "Emails Show Secrecy on Federal Oilsands Probe" [19]

"Proposed answers from Environment Canada to questions about a 2013 oilsands leak triggered emails suggesting the ministry 'limit information' given to media."

Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [20]
Pollution [21]
Public [4]
Canada [22]
Source: Toronto Star [23], 07/30/2014
  • Read more about Canada: "Emails Show Secrecy on Federal Oilsands Probe" [19]

Lawmakers, Corporations Gather For Secret Meeting Against Clean Energy [24]

"Going into their annual meeting in Dallas, Texas on Wednesday, ALEC — the secretive organization that brings together conservative politicians and major corporate interests — is looking to recalibrate their approach to repealing or obstructing a range of clean energy initiatives after a year of state-level defeats."

Environmental Politics [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Climate Progress [25], 07/30/2014
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"U.S. Lawmakers Got Cash From Alberta’s Keystone Lobbyists" [26]

"One of Washington’s most influential lobbying firms made thousands of dollars in political contributions to U.S. lawmakers as it worked on behalf of the Alberta government to promote Keystone, documents reveal."

Environmental Politics [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Canada [22]
Source: Toronto Star [27], 07/30/2014
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"Energy Week Ahead: Sold-Out Hearings for EPA Climate Plan" [28]

"The nation gets its chance this week to blast or praise the Environmental Protection Agency’s sweeping plan to cut climate-warming emissions by 2030."

Climate Change [29]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Bloomberg [31], 07/29/2014
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Group Says Poll Shows Small Business Owners Support Clean Water Rules [32]

"WASHINGTON — A progressive business advocacy group said that small business owners from around the country support greater efforts by the federal government to protect the nation’s water, according to a poll the group commissioned."

Economy & Business [30]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Water & Oceans [33]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: McClatchy [34], 07/28/2014
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