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"Is Drilling To Blame For Texas Quakes?" [1]

"People in North Texas worry about tornadoes, not earthquakes. That's not the case in the small town of Cleburne, just south of Fort Worth. They've had six quakes so far this month. Cleburne happens to sit on a huge, recently discovered natural gas deposit called Barnett Shale. There's been a lot of drilling, and some people wonder if that has triggered the earthquakes."
Disasters [2]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [4]
Source: NPR [5], 07/02/2009
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"Judge Tosses Bush-Era Forest Management Regulations" [6]

"A federal judge sided with environmentalists yesterday and threw out Bush-era Forest Service regulations that govern management plans for national forests."
Forests [7]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Greenwire [9], 07/02/2009
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The Story Group [10]

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SEJ members Leslie Dodson and Daniel Glick, along with photojournalist Ted Wood, are founding partners of this multimedia journalism consortium devoted to covering global energy, economic and environmental issues.
Useful Links [11]
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National (U.S.) [8]
Journalism & Media [12]
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Rockefeller Introduces Bill To Outlaw Bayer Chem-Secrecy Ruse [13]

Rockefeller's bill keeps FOIA exemptions for real security information, but forbids using the "sensitive security information" stamp.
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WatchDog TipSheet [14]
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Chemicals [15]
Disasters [2]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]
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Public [3]
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High Court To Rule on Whether "Animal Cruelty" Is Exempt From 1st Amendment [18]

This case may make it illegal for journalists to cover animal cruelty cases like the Michael Vicks dogfighting prosecution — or even to shoot investigative video of out-of-season fishing.
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WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [16]
Journalism & Media [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
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Bills Seek Disclosure of "Fracking" Chemicals That May Threaten Drinking Wells [19]

Proposed legislation would repeal a provision allowing secrecy over chemicals injected underground during high-tech gas drilling — such as benzene and toluene, which are known to be toxic.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [15]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
  • Read more about Bills Seek Disclosure of "Fracking" Chemicals That May Threaten Drinking Wells [19]

Coal-Waste Impoundment Database Offers Journalists a Tool [22]

A cooperative effort of federal and state agencies, coal companies, and environmental groups, the database lists coal-waste impoundments in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
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WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [20]
Pollution [23]
Waste [24]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
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EPA Relents, Releases List of 44 High-Hazard Coal-Ash Ponds [26]

FOIA requests and Congressional pressure got the Obama administration to reverse its decision to withhold key information about dangers to communities from coal-ash ponds operated by electric utilities.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [15]
Disasters [2]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
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"Food, Inc. Exposes Industry's Secrets" [27]

"A new film documentary that's hitting theaters now looks at the underbelly of the food industry."
Food [28]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Environment Report [29], 07/01/2009
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Kansas Coal Plant Deal Unraveling? [30]

Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson revived a Sunflower Electric coal-fired power plant when he replaced Katherine Sibelius. Now that deal may be unraveling.
Environmental Politics [31]
Public [3]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [32]
Source: SolveClimate [33], 07/01/2009
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