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SEC Poised To Mandate Climate Risk Disclosure by Firms

Federal regulators may require corporations to assess and reveal how the effects of climate change may impact their financial health.
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Dole Sues "Bananas!" Film-Maker For Defamation

Showing of the film, depicting purported harm and claims of sterility by Nicaraguan plantation workers, went ahead at the Los Angeles Film Festival, even though an April 2009 Superior Court ruled that those claims were fraudulent.
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Rockefeller Introduces Bill To Outlaw Bayer Chem-Secrecy Ruse

Rockefeller's bill keeps FOIA exemptions for real security information, but forbids using the "sensitive security information" stamp.
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High Court To Rule on Whether "Animal Cruelty" Is Exempt From 1st Amendment

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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Beach Nourishment: Supreme Court To Decide Who Owns the New Sand

When governments or communities pay to replenish beaches along privately owned beachfront property — or create new beaches by trucking in sand — what does that mean for the landowners' waterfront rights and property value?
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Feds Boost Lead-Reduction Effort in Houses

About $100 million in funding is earmarked for 53 projects in 20 states and the District of Columbia by the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.
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Billions at Stake with Climate Change Legislation

The climate bill in Congress will impact hundreds of companies – some big in your area. Many are spending big bucks on lobbying. Here's how to follow the money.
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Cash for Clunkers Legislation Rolls Closer

Two competing bills before Congress would pay people to scrap old, inefficient vehicles. But some say the proposed legislation is not as green as it looks and other factors need to be taken into consideration.
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Toolbox: EPA's Pesticide Emergency Exemptions Database

There could be a story breeding behind the emergency pesticide exemptions — which could number in the hundreds — in your state.
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"Trade Secrets" — Largely Untested Grounds for Toxic Secrecy

Witnesses at a House Energy Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection hearing in February said excessive and unjustified claims of "confidential business information" dampen EPA's efforts to regulate commonly used chemicals.
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