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The Pollution in Your Drinking Well May Be Syngenta's "Trade Secret"

EPA says it can tell you how much of the herbicide atrazine may be in your drinking water - but you will have to swear not to tell anyone.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans
Region:
National (U.S.)
Visibility:
Public
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NYC May Outlaw Environmental Monitoring By Citizens

The New York City Council is considering a bill that would make it illegal for a citizen to test - without police permission - the environment for toxic or pathogenic conditions.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Waste
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT)
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Public
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The Beat: The Roots of Conservatives' Environmental View

When the journalist and author William F. Buckley Jr. died last February, much was written and said about his seminal role in the growth of the modern conservative movement after he founded National Review magazine in 1955. Read as The Beat checks in on a few of the most influential journalists and publications identified with the conservative and libertarian regions of the political spectrum to offer a sampling of their recent treatment of environmental matters.
Topics on the Beat:
Government
Environmental Politics
Region:
National (U.S.)
Visibility:
Public
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Congress Orders EPA to Reopen Libraries: EPA Balks

Omnibus 2008 Appropriations Bill (PL 110-161) signed by President Bush Dec. 26, 2007, ordered him to reopen EPA libraries shuttered by his administration and earmarked some $3 million to restore them.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics
Journalism & Media
Region:
National (U.S.)
Visibility:
Public
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Peer Files FOIA Suit Against Interior

The Interior Department is responding to allegations of corruption and political interference with wildlife law enforcement by clamming up.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Region:
National (U.S.)
Visibility:
Public
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Conservation Group Sues for Documents on Resigned Interior Official

The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), a conservationist group that litigates wildlife-protection issues, has filed suit challenging Interior Department secrecy on a political scandal.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity
Region:
National (U.S.)
Visibility:
Public
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TOOLBOX: New Resources for Tracking FED Spending Now Out

Some new, sharper tools are available for reporters who want to investigate patterns of federal spending or specific cases of interest.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media
Region:
National (U.S.)
Visibility:
Public
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Waxman to Get EPA Climate Waiver Documents

Henry Waxman (D-CA), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has vowed to investigate EPA's decision to prohibit states from regulating greenhouse emissions.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Air
Pollution
Environmental Politics
Region:
National (U.S.)
Visibility:
Public
- Read more about Waxman to Get EPA Climate Waiver Documents
EPA Proposes Feedlot Toxics Release Reporting Exemption

EPA has proposed exempting farms from a law protecting the public from toxic air pollutants. Environmental groups have objected.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Air
Pollution
Environmental Politics
Region:
National (U.S.)
Visibility:
Public
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Senate Passes Farm Bill With Softened Secrecy Language

The Senate passed a five-year Farm Bill Dec. 14, 2007, that softened a provision imposing draconian penalties for publication of information from a federal database for tracking food animals.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture
Consumer
Food
Region:
National (U.S.)
Visibility:
Public
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