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Journalist Sues AG Department Over Feedlot 'Phone Book' Secrecy

A freelance journalist is challenging in court the US Department of Agriculture's efforts to keep secret its data on who owns the feedlots Americans can see and smell, but whose pollution the food industry does not want USDA to regulate.
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WatchDog TipSheet
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Food
Pollution
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National (U.S.)
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House Probes OMB Suppression of Chemical Risk Assessments

The House Science Committee is investigating charges that a White House political arm with no scientific expertise is suppressing EPA information about the toxic risks of commercial products.
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WatchDog TipSheet
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Chemicals
Environmental Politics
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National (U.S.)
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TOOLBOX: Scanning Online For Nuclear, Chemical, Wildlife, and Other Incidents

In the old days, the newsroom at most local dailies had a police scanner squawking like a nervous parrot in the background, to get the jump in case something big happened. To get environmental news today, you need other tools.
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Journalism & Media
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National (U.S.)
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White House Issues Policy Keeping Much Unclassified Info Secret

Inspection reports on badly maintained dams - or information on what homes would be swept away if they failed?
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Government
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National (U.S.)
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SCIENTIST FINALLY GIVES ATRAZINE TESTIMONY HE WAS FIRED OVER

Paul Wotzka, a hydrologist with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, who was fired shortly after he asked permission to testify before the Minnesota legislature on Atrazine pollution of water finally had his say.
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WatchDog TipSheet
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Chemicals
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JUDGE DENIES MEDIA ACCESS TO MSHA PROBE OF CRANDALL CANYON

Federal district judge Dee Benson ruled Oct. 9, 2007, that a group of news media companies could not have access to an investigation by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) into the Crandall Canyon mine collapse in Utah Aug. 6, which killed six miners and three workers trying to rescue them.
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WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY)
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TOLEDO BLADE COVERS DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR COVER-UP TRIAL

A federal jury in Toledo may soon be deciding whether some company officials engaged in a cover-up of safety problems at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant. Although the story has gotten little national attention, the Toledo Blade's Tom Henry has covered the trial in detail.
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WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Nuclear Power & Radiation
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI)
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VETERANS' HOSPITALS WON'T SHARE CANCER DATA

Cancer registries, which are part of the public health system help physicians collect statistics on cancer incidence and help pinpoint "cancer clusters" that may be caused by environmental factors. the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) runs a surveillance system, which has a registry of cancer cases in almost every state. But the hospitals in the federal Veterans Affairs (VA) system are now saying they will not share cancer data with state registries unless the states sign restrictive agreements.
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Health
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National (U.S.)
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HOUSE PASSES SHIELD LAW 398-21; WHITE HOUSE THREATENS VETO

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Oct. 16, 2007, to create a federal shield law which would offer limited protection for reporters from being compelled to disclose confidential sources.
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Journalism & Media
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National (U.S.)
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INTERIOR PROPOSES FEE/PERMIT RULE FOR FILMING IN PARKS, REFUGES

The Interior Department has proposed codifying its rules on photography, filming, and sound-recording on public lands it administers. Some newsgatherers are worried that the rules would hurt their ability to do their jobs.
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WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations
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National (U.S.)
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