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Guns in Parks Bill Goes to Obama [1]

The House passed a measure that would allow visitors to carry loaded, concealed guns in National Parks. It passed 279 to 147, with 105 Democratic votes.

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Source: WashPost [5], 05/21/2009

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Warming May Be Twice as Bad as Thought [6]

An MIT study published in a major science journal predicts that global warming will be twice as severe as previous estimates.

Climate Change [7]

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International [8]

Source: USA TODAY [9], 05/21/2009

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WV Reporter Uses FOIA To Probe Drilling Waste [10]

Billy Wolfe, of the Clarksburg Exponent Telegram, learns more about the chemicals in the hydraulic fracturing fluid used by gas-drilling companies.

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WatchDog TipSheet [11]

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Chemicals [12]

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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]

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Canadian Court Takes up Shield Issue [18]

The Supreme Court of Canada will consider this week a request by the National Post, civil liberties and media groups to overturn an Appeal ruling that police investigations override the Charter guarantee of free expression.

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Canada [19]

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EPA Puts Status of FOIA Requests Online [20]

The browsable report lists the date the request was received, the date a response is due, and the status.

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WatchDog TipSheet [11]

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Government [15]

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Toolbox: RMP*Comp Projects Chemical Disaster Scenarios [21]

Use this free software tool, downloadable from EPA, to calculate how much injury a chemical spill could cause.

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WatchDog TipSheet [11]

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Chemicals [12]

Disasters [22]

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Forest Activists Drop Suit on Press-Conference Ejection [23]

After an appeals court ruling against them, and running out of funds, conservationists dropped their suit against the Forest Service for escorting them from a press conference on a Bitterroot National Forest timber sale.

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Forests [24]

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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]

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Analysis: Obama Openness Has Yet To Fulfill Promise [30]

Watchdog groups and the Associated Press report on federal agency foot-dragging in making a reality of Obama administration declarations that it would foster government transparency.

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