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National Academies Reports Urge a Price on Climate Emissions [1]

"The best way to curb global warming is to put a price on climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions, according to a trio of reports from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences released on Wednesday."

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Source: Reuters [5], 05/20/2010

"Arctic Drilling Proposal Advanced Amid Concern" [6]

"A proposal to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean as early as this summer received initial permits from the Minerals Management Service office in Alaska at the same time federal auditors were questioning the office about its environmental review process."

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Source: NYTimes [8], 05/20/2010

Jindal: 'The Day That We've Been Fearing Is Upon Us' [9]

A blanket of thick oil smothered Louisiana's life-giving wetlands as the BP oil spill finally moved ashore.

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Source: AP [10], 05/20/2010

TOOLBOX: A Compilation of State Lawyer Licensing Databases [11]

One tool to help tell shady lawyers from shiny is the recently updated, free, searchable online compilation at llrx.com.

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TOOLBOX: Senate Expenditures Now Online [15]

Expenditure data are not yet available for all Senators but you can search for the person you are interested in on the Center for Responsive Politics' campaign data site OpenSecrets.org.

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TOOLBOX: EPA Adds 6,300 Chemicals and 3,800 Facilities to Database [17]

Find out more about potentially toxic chemicals in public commerce in the Envirofacts database, updated by EPA with previously unavailable information it collects under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

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Did Justice Dept. Prevent Abramoff from Appearing in Abramoff Film? [19]

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed FOIA requests for information, alleging that the Justice Department refused to let the incarcerated super-lobbyist do on-camera interviews.

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Forest Service Gags Employees, Belies Obama Openness Vow [20]

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility obtained and disclosed a USFS memo ordering its law enforcement personnel not to talk to reporters about anything without first getting clearance from its Washington director and press office.

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Bush EPA Suppressed NM Waste Records To Sidestep FOIA [22]

EPA Region 6 officials deliberately stopped creating written records related to their oversight of a New Mexico waste facility in order to thwart Freedom of Information Act requests from a citizens' group, according to an EPA Inspector General's report.

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"Denial-Palooza Round 4: ...Groups Funded by Exxon, Koch Industries" [25]

The Heartland Institute's fourth annual gathering of climate change deniers May 16-18 in Chicago, organized by groups funded by the oil and coal industries, drew little media attention.

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Source: DeSmogBlog [26], 05/19/2010

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