Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV)

Top 10 Endangered Southern Areas [1]

The Southern Environmental Law Center's top 10 places in America's South that face "immediate, potentially irreparable threats in 2009" represent a cross-section of the major environmental issues facing these states.

SEJ Publication Types:

TipSheet [2]

Topics on the Beat:

Planning & Growth [3]

Energy & Fuel [4]

Forests [5]

Natural Resources [6]

Transportation [7]

Water & Oceans [8]

Biodiversity [9]

Region:

National (U.S.) [10]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [12]

Visibility:

Public [13]

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PENNSYLVANIA FORBIDS LABELING OF MILK PRODUCED WITHOUT ARTIFICIAL HORMONES [14]

Consumers who want to choose milk produced without the use of artificial hormones are out of luck - if they live in Pennsylvania. That is not a choice the state will allow them.

Topics on the Beat:

Laws & Regulations [15]

Region:

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]

Visibility:

Public [13]

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Pennsylvania Reverses Ban On "Hormone-Free" Milk Labeling [16]

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) overruled a ban by the state's Department of Agriculture on the labelling of milk as "hormone free."

SEJ Publication Types:

WatchDog TipSheet [17]

Region:

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]

Visibility:

Public [13]

Read more about Pennsylvania Reverses Ban On "Hormone-Free" Milk Labeling [16]

New Smithsonian Head Pleads To Keep FOIA Exemption [18]

The Smithsonian Institution, a federal agency with many environment-related research and public education activities, opposes a Congressional move that would subject it to the same open-records law that applies to other executive branch agencies.

SEJ Publication Types:

WatchDog TipSheet [17]

Topics on the Beat:

Laws & Regulations [15]

Government [19]

Region:

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]

Visibility:

Public [13]

Read more about New Smithsonian Head Pleads To Keep FOIA Exemption [18]

Baltimore, MD 2002 [20]

The 12th annual conference, October 9-13, included a searching examination of the environment beat's "blind spots", and a spirited exchange between two key members of Congress and President George W. Bush's top environmental advisor about politics and policy in the post-9/11 era. Among the more than 30 session topics: Rachel Carson's legacy, ten years after Rio, cancer clusters, "Frankenfish" and an insider's look at the "big ten" environmental groups.

Initiatives:

SEJ Annual Conferences [21]

Visibility:

Public [13]

Region:

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]

Read more about Baltimore, MD 2002 [20]

Smithsonian Adopts FOIA-Like Policies [22]

The Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents held its first public meeting in 162 years November 17, 2008. This marks a move away from existing policies that have made the institution's meetings and records less open to public scrutiny than other federal entities.

SEJ Publication Types:

WatchDog TipSheet [17]

Topics on the Beat:

Policy [23]

Region:

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]

Visibility:

Public [13]

Read more about Smithsonian Adopts FOIA-Like Policies [22]

Pittsburgh, PA 2004 [24]

SEJ's 14th annual conference, hosted by Carnegie Mellon University, took place October 20-24.

Initiatives:

SEJ Annual Conferences [21]

Visibility:

Public [13]

Region:

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]

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Roanoke, VA 2008 [25]

[25]

See and hear coverage of SEJ's 18th annual conference, October 15-19, hosted by Virginia Tech. The agenda provides descriptions of the tours and sessions, and lists of speakers with links to biographies.

Initiatives:

SEJ Annual Conferences [21]

Visibility:

Public [13]

Region:

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]