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WV Claims Tax Breaks for Coal-To-Liquid Plant Should Be Secret From Taxpayers [1]

Should a deal for $200 million in tax breaks for a West Virginia coal-to-liquids plant be kept a secret from taxpayers and voters?
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Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [7]
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TOOLBOX: Reginfo.gov Offers Beat Reporters a Powerful Mischief Detector [9]

Reginfo.gov helps reporters track regulatory mischief — and deregulatory mischief too — government-wide.
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Labor Dept. Uses OMB To Aid Secret OSHA Midnight Deregulation [14]

The Bush White House is rushing through — secretly — a midnight regulation that would hobble the next administration's efforts to regulate workplace environmental risks.
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USDA Raises Barriers to Disclosure of Predator Control Info [16]

The Department of Agriculture has stopped reporting publicly how many animals it kills for farmers and ranchers in its predator control program.
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EPA, Union Ink Pact To Restore Closed Libraries — Even Chemical Risk Info [18]

EPA and an employees union have signed an agreement on procedures for reopening agency libraries closed by the Bush administration.
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SEJ Freedom of Information Task Force [20]

The Society of Environmental Journalists board of directors formed the task force in March 2002 "to address freedom-of-information, right-to-know, and other news gathering issues of concern to the pursuit of environmental journalism."

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The 2009 US Global Change Research Program report, Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, [25] summarizes current science and focuses on impacts in different regions of the U.S. and on various aspects of society and the economy such as energy, water, agriculture, and health.

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  • "Annals of Science: The Climate of Man," New Yorker, by Elizabeth Kolbert. Part I (4/25/06). [28] Part II (5/2/05).
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