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Court Upholds Park Police Chief Fired for Talking to Press [1]

The federal Appeals Court for the D.C. Circuit has reinstated a lawsuit by former National Park Police Chief Teresa Chambers, who was fired in 2004.

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SEC Poised To Mandate Climate Risk Disclosure by Firms [7]

Federal regulators may require corporations to assess and reveal how the effects of climate change may impact their financial health.
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EPA's Jackson Calls for More Transparency on Water Quality, Enforcement [10]

Jackson ordered staff to make existing information more accessible and understandable to the public, including posting on the Web state performance reports under the Clean Water Act.
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Water & Oceans [11]
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August 12, 2009

DEADLINE: McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on Energy Solutions [13]

This all-expenses-paid conference will convene September 20-22 at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Co-hosted by the Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism, the John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Ohio State's Institute for Energy and the Environment, and Battelle.
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Economy & Business [15]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [18]
April 30, 2025

DEADLINE: USC Annenberg National Health Journalism Fellowship [19]

USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's annual reporting grants and health journalism fellowships will be held June 23-26, 2025. Preference given to reporters pursuing collaborative projects between mainstream and ethnic news outlets. Deadline is Apr 30.

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California [23]

"New Heights for Water Recycling" [24]

NASA is taking water recycling -- something necessary for space travel -- to new heights.
Technology [25]
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National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Environment Report [26], 07/15/2009

Survivors of Attacks Fight to Save Sharks [27]

Survivors of shark attacks are in Washington lobbying for new fishing restrictions to protect sharks.
Biodiversity [28]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Wash Post [29], 07/15/2009

"Exxon to Invest Millions to Make Fuel From Algae" [30]

"The oil giant Exxon Mobil, whose chief executive once mocked alternative energy by referring to ethanol as “moonshine,” is about to venture into biofuels."
Energy & Fuel [16]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NYTimes [31], 07/15/2009

"NOAA Bans Commercial Harvesting Of Krill" [32]

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has published a final rule in the Federal Register prohibiting the harvesting of krill in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington."
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: SPX [33], 07/15/2009

"White House Begins Rewriting Army Corps' Project Guidelines" [34]

"The White House is rewriting standards for federal water projects, widening 26-year-old rules that guide the Army Corps of Engineers in an effort to consider environmental and social goals as well as economic ones."
Laws & Regulations [9]
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Source: Greenwire [35], 07/15/2009

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