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High Court To Rule on Whether "Animal Cruelty" Is Exempt From 1st Amendment [1]

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 [2]
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Laws & Regulations [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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Bills Seek Disclosure of "Fracking" Chemicals That May Threaten Drinking Wells [7]

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.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [8]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [6]

Coal-Waste Impoundment Database Offers Journalists a Tool [11]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [9]
Pollution [12]
Waste [13]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
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EPA Relents, Releases List of 44 High-Hazard Coal-Ash Ponds [17]

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.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Chemicals [8]
Disasters [18]
Energy & Fuel [9]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [6]

"Food, Inc. Exposes Industry's Secrets" [19]

"A new film documentary that's hitting theaters now looks at the underbelly of the food industry."
Food [20]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Environment Report [21], 07/01/2009

Kansas Coal Plant Deal Unraveling? [22]

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 [23]
Public [6]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [24]
Source: SolveClimate [25], 07/01/2009

"'Last Man Standing' at Wake for a Toxic Town" [26]

Residents say goodbye to Picher, Oklahoma, a town undermined and polluted by mining operations.
Pollution [12]
Public [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Source: CNN [28], 07/01/2009

"El Nino Seems All But Certain: Australia" [29]

"An El Nino weather pattern this year appears almost certain, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said on Wednesday in a revised forecast, raising the prospect of drought in Australia and a even weaker monsoon in India."
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [6]
International [30]
Source: Reuters [31], 07/01/2009

Conservative Ire Rains on 8 'Aye' Republicans [32]

"In the wake of last week's landmark passage of the House climate bill, conservatives have focused their fury on the handful of Republicans who voted in favor of the sweeping legislation."
Environmental Politics [23]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NYTimes [33], 07/01/2009

Bill Seeks To Protect Drinking Wells from Fracking [34]

"A bill introduced earlier this month would bring federal oversight of hydraulic fracturing fluids -- chemical mixtures pumped at high pressure into oil and gas wells in order to unlock deposits trapped deep underground."
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NYTimes [35], 07/01/2009

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