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Shield Law Stalled in Senate by GOP Drilling Drive [8]

GOP Senators blocked a bill to shield journalists trying to protect confidential sources before heading home for August recess.

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Energy Attack Group Emerges From Shadows [11]

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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WV Claims Tax Breaks for Coal-To-Liquid Plant Should Be Secret From Taxpayers [13]

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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WV Coal-to-Liquids Plant Gets $200 Million in Secret Tax Breaks [18]

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.

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Midnight Regs: Many Environmental Items on Final Bush Agenda [20]

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

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White-House-Suppressed Climate 'Endangerment Finding' Released [21]

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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Cheney's Office Censored Warming Testimony [23]

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

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Iron Curtain / Green Corridor [24]

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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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