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Despite FOIA, EPA Press Policy Remains a Puzzle Palace

In response to the WatchDog's request for the U.S. EPA's press policy, EPA seems to be saying that it doesn't have one. Or that paradoxically EPA staff can talk to reporters but are forbidden to talk to reporters. Or that EPA does not respond to requests for information. Even though the WatchDog finally got a partial response to its June 10, 2014, FOIA request for EPA policies on news media access to EPA employees on April 29, 2015, nothing was revealed. Puzzled? So are we.

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Boston Airport Moves To Guard Against Effects of Climate Change

"Officials at Boston Logan International Airport have announced a broad multimillion-dollar plan to make the airport, which is almost surrounded by water, more environmentally sustainable and resilient in the face of climate change."

Source: NY Times, 05/06/2015

"California Regulators Approve Unprecedented Water Cutbacks"

"California water regulators adopted sweeping, unprecedented restrictions on how people, governments and businesses can use water amid the state's ongoing drought, hoping to push reluctant residents to deeper conservation."

Source: AP, 05/06/2015

EPA Regulator Set To Release Key Herbicide Report, Lauds Biopesticides

"The Environmental Protection Agency has wrapped up its review of the world's most widely used herbicide and plans to release a much-anticipated preliminary risk assessment no later than July, the regulator's chief pesticide regulator told Reuters."

Source: Reuters, 05/06/2015

"Duke Seeks Delay in Suit Over North Carolina Coal Ash Spill"

"A Delaware judge is considering Duke Energy's request for a six-month halt of a shareholder lawsuit prompted by a massive coal ash spill in North Carolina while the company tries to resolve related lawsuits and finalize a $102 million settlement of a federal criminal investigation."

Source: AP, 05/06/2015

"Grass-Roots Push in the Plains to Block the Keystone Pipeline’s Path"

A coalition of Native Americans, landowners and grass-roots groups seek to block construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in South Dakota and elsewhere.

Source: NY Times, 05/06/2015

"Sea Level Rise, Storm Surges And Bursting Dams Threaten Nuclear Plants

"Safety checks following the Fukushima disaster in Japan in March 2011, when a 10 metre-high sea wall was overtopped by a tsunami, have shown that nuclear plants are at greater risk of catastrophic flooding as a result of climate change."

Source: Climate News Network, 05/06/2015

Federal Solar Funding Shift Needed for Large-Scale Deployment: Report

"The United States must redirect spending from wasteful solar power tax credits and prepare the electricity grid for large-scale solar energy use if the industry is to play a significant role in lowering carbon emissions, a report led by MIT researchers said on Tuesday."

Source: , 05/06/2015

"Intense Wildfire Season Expected in West"

"Amid one the West’s worst droughts in centuries, more than 5,600 wildfires scorched more than 600,000 acres last year in California alone. It could happen again."

Source: Climate Central, 05/06/2015

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