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Judge Rules City Can't Keep Ties With Utility Secret [1]

Great Falls, Montana, wouldn't let its citizens know details of its contracts with a utility. But a judge stopped that.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Government [3]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
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Public [5]

Shield Law Stalled in Senate by GOP Drilling Drive [6]

GOP Senators blocked a bill to shield journalists trying to protect confidential sources before heading home for August recess.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Laws & Regulations [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [5]

Energy Attack Group Emerges From Shadows [11]

Who are the "American Energy Alliance" — and what does Burson-Marsteller think they need to hide about funding from major oil, utility, and business lobbies?
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [8]
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [4]
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Public [5]

WV Claims Tax Breaks for Coal-To-Liquid Plant Should Be Secret From Taxpayers [12]

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?
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Environmental Politics [8]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [16]
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Public [5]

TOOLBOX: Reginfo.gov Offers Beat Reporters a Powerful Mischief Detector [17]

Reginfo.gov helps reporters track regulatory mischief — and deregulatory mischief too — government-wide.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Laws & Regulations [7]
Government [3]
Journalism & Media [9]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [5]

Labor Dept. Uses OMB To Aid Secret OSHA Midnight Deregulation [18]

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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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Health [19]
Laws & Regulations [7]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [5]

USDA Raises Barriers to Disclosure of Predator Control Info [20]

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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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [21]
Government [3]
Journalism & Media [9]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [5]

EPA, Union Ink Pact To Restore Closed Libraries — Even Chemical Risk Info [22]

EPA and an employees union have signed an agreement on procedures for reopening agency libraries closed by the Bush administration.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Government [3]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [5]

SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues [23]

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Journalism & Media [9]
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Public [5]
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National (U.S.) [10]

SEJ Freedom of Information Task Force [24]

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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Journalism & Media [9]
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Freedom of Information [25]
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