"EPA Proposes Regulations To Cut Ship Pollution"
"The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing tougher rules to reduce air pollution from large oceangoing ships, including oil tankers and cargo vessels."
Source: AP, 07/02/2009
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"Judge Tosses Bush-Era Forest Management Regulations"
"A federal judge sided with environmentalists yesterday and threw out Bush-era Forest Service regulations that govern management plans for national forests."
Source: Greenwire, 07/02/2009
The Story Group
SEJ members Leslie Dodson and Daniel Glick, along with photojournalist Ted Wood, are founding partners of this multimedia journalism consortium devoted to covering global energy, economic and environmental issues.
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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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Bills Seek Disclosure of "Fracking" Chemicals That May Threaten Drinking Wells
Proposed legislation would repeal a provision allowing secrecy over chemicals injected underground during high-tech gas drilling — such as benzene and toluene, which are known to be toxic.
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EPA Relents, Releases List of 44 High-Hazard Coal-Ash Ponds
FOIA requests and Congressional pressure got the Obama administration to reverse its decision to withhold key information about dangers to communities from coal-ash ponds operated by electric utilities.
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"Food, Inc. Exposes Industry's Secrets"
"A new film documentary that's hitting theaters now looks at the underbelly of the food industry."
Source: Environment Report, 07/01/2009
Conservative Ire Rains on 8 'Aye' Republicans
"In the wake of last week's landmark passage of the House climate bill, conservatives have focused their fury on the handful of Republicans who voted in favor of the sweeping legislation."
Source: NYTimes, 07/01/2009
Bill Seeks To Protect Drinking Wells from Fracking
"A bill introduced earlier this month would bring federal oversight of hydraulic fracturing fluids -- chemical mixtures pumped at high pressure into oil and gas wells in order to unlock deposits trapped deep underground."
Source: NYTimes, 07/01/2009
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