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"Pentagon Weighs Cleanups as It Plans Iraq Exit" [1]

"As the U.S. military prepares to leave Iraq, the Pentagon is wrestling with questions about environmental cleanup on the bases it plans to transfer to the Iraqi Army by December 2011."

Pollution [2]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [4]

Source: Greenwire [5], 01/14/2010

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"New FDA Deputy To Lead Food-Safety Mandate" [6]

As Congress moves ahead with legislation to beef up federal regulation of food safety, the Obama administration has appointed Michael Taylor to head the food safety effort at the Food and Drug Administration.

Food [7]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [4]

Source: Wash Post [8], 01/14/2010

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"Common Chemical May Affect Liver at Low Levels" [9]

"A new study suggests that a synthetic chemical that is ubiquitous in the environment and in people's blood may affect the liver -- though the significance for human health remains unclear."

Chemicals [10]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [4]

Source: Reuters [11], 01/14/2010

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"U.S. Government Ditches Transportation Funding Limits" [12]

"The Obama administration is broadening the standards for how the U.S. government funds public transportation projects in order to disburse money quickly and improve the environment."

Transportation [13]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [4]

Source: Reuters [14], 01/14/2010

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"Monsanto GMO Ignites Big Seed War" [15]

"Even though deep snowdrifts cover his fields in eastern Kansas, Luke Ulrich, a corn and soybean farmer here, is thinking about spring. It's time to buy seed again, but hundreds of seed companies have gone under in the past two decades."

Agriculture [16]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [4]

Source: NPR [17], 01/14/2010

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Sunlight Tool Makes Tracking White House Visitors Easier [18]

Sunlight Foundation took the raw data of White House visitor logs, matched the names to those in OpenSecrets.org, FollowTheMoney.org, LittleSis.org, Google and Wikipedia, and created a searchable online database.

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WatchDog TipSheet [19]

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Government [20]

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Calls for Input on Openness [21]

Secrecy News reports the NRC, responding to a Dec. 2009 White House OMB directive, has asked the public what information it should post online and how else it might improve transparency and collaboration with the public.

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WatchDog TipSheet [19]

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Nuclear Power & Radiation [22]

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National (U.S.) [4]

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DOE Lists Its Environmental Impact Statements Online [23]

A handy research tool for investigative reporters is a full list of all the recent Environmental Impact Statements issued by the Department of Energy.

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WatchDog TipSheet [19]

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Environmental Studies [24]

Government [20]

Environmental Health [25]

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National (U.S.) [4]

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White House Moves To Reinstate Bush-Suppressed Climate Reports [26]

Katharine Jacobs, chair of the forthcoming National Academy of Sciences report on Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change and a professor at the University of Arizona, will head up the effort to reinstate the National Assessment — with new emphasis on adaptation.

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WatchDog TipSheet [19]

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Climate Change [27]

Government [20]

Science [28]

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Will Off-Record White House Meetings with Coal Lobby Stifle Ash Regs? [29]

After an October 2009 EPA proposal to regulate coal ash, documents show coal industry officials started meeting with OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and soon EPA announced it was postponing proposal of the coal-ash regulation.

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WatchDog TipSheet [19]

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Energy & Fuel [30]

Laws & Regulations [31]

Government [20]

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