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House Committees Eye Climate Bill Under Deadline [1]

"House Natural Resources Chairman Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) hopes to add a major oil and gas title to the Democratic energy and climate bill, but it remains unclear whether he will get the chance as House leaders aim to speed the bill's progress."
Climate Change [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [5], 06/05/2009

Senators Push for More Nuclear Power in Energy Bill [6]

While the Senate Energy Committee has so far resisted counting nuclear power in mandated "renewables" quotas, it adopted an amendment allowing nuclear plants to up their output.
Nuclear Power & Radiation [7]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Reuters [8], 06/05/2009

"Portable Classrooms Get a Makeover" [9]

Modular classrooms -- cheap trailers, essentially -- may be an ideal solution when it comes to energy savings.
Other or All [10]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Environment Report [11], 06/04/2009

"House Panel Begins Work on Food Safety Overhaul" [12]

"A House committee began work Wednesday on a comprehensive overhaul of food safety rules that includes more inspections and new fees on producers to pay for them."
Agriculture [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: CQ [14], 06/04/2009

EPA Studies Used-Tire Playground Risks [15]

"The federal government is reconsidering whether sports fields and playgrounds made from ground-up tires could harm children's health after some Environmental Protection Agency scientists raised concerns,"
Chemicals [16]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: AP [17], 06/04/2009

"Recycled Radioactive Metal Contaminates Consumer Products" [18]

"Thousands of everyday products and materials containing radioactive metals are surfacing across the United States and around the world."
Nuclear Power & Radiation [7]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Scripps [19], 06/04/2009

New EPA Procedure Improves Transparency on Air Standards [20]

The Obama EPA partially reverses a Bush-era procedure for setting health-based standards under the Clean Air Act.
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List of Nuclear Sites Released in Flub [25]

The Government Printing Office web site apparently took down the publication after discovery of the mistake -- but the entire report is still available on the site of the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy.
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Nuclear Power & Radiation [7]
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FDA Mulls Putting Public's Health Above Companies' Trade Secrets [26]

NYT: "The goal is to open up a system in which the agency failed to inform the public that a widely prescribed heartburn drug was especially toxic to babies; that a diabetes medicine and a painkiller increased heart attack risks; and that antidepressants increased suicidal thoughts and behavior in children and teenagers."
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Chemicals [16]
Health [23]
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Obama Openness Promise Still Unfulfilled at MSHA [27]

The Mine Safety and Health Administration still denies FOIA requests, including one filed in Oct. 2008 by mine safety attorney Tony Oppegard for some witness statements.
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Natural Resources [28]
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