August 31, 2009 OBAMA STRIP-MINING PICK BAD NEWS FOR COAL COUNTRY — Industry-Friendly State Regulator Signals There Will Be No Crackdown on Abuses
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August 17, 2009 BORDER AGENCY DENIES SEWAGE, FLOODING AND DAM BREAK DANGERS — Bush Holdovers Perpetuate Pattern of Abuse and Malfeasance without Oversight
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August 10, 2009 OBSCURE BORDER AGENCY WORST IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT — Chronic Mismanagement Threatens Flooding and Sanitation Catastrophes
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August 10, 2009 EPA TIMIDLY TIPTOES TOWARD TRANSPARENCY — Staff Ordered to Cooperate with Inspector General but Not Other Investigators
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July 9, 2009 FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE IN FLORIDA: PORTRAIT OF A FAILED AGENCY — Obama Pick Piecemeals Florida Panther and Other Endangered Species to Extinction
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June 25, 2009 ONE-THIRD OF WILDLIFE REFUGES USE GM CROPS IN SOUTHEAST — Genetically Modified Seeds Okayed by Obama Fish & Wildlife Service Director Pick Hamilton
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June 22, 2009 ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT FELL INTO DISUSE UNDER NOMINEE — Only One Jeopardy Opinion in Nearly 6,000 Consultations as Staff Told to Refrain
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June 15, 2009 POLITICAL MANIPULATION OF SCIENCE RIFE DURING NOMINEE’S TENURE — Fish & Wildlife Service Southeast Region Employees Saw Interference and Reprisal
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June 10, 2009 FEDERAL AGENT SACKED FOR REPORTING ILLEGAL COUGAR KILLS — Upcoming Whistleblower Hearing to Air Corruption in Nevada U.S. Wildlife Services
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June 9, 2009 INTERIOR SUED TO OBTAIN OIL ROYALTY REVENUE DATA — Feds Claim Prices Oil Company Paid for Royalty-In-Kind Oil Are Trade Secrets
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June 4, 2009 SAFETY OF SHREDDED TIRES IN PLAYGROUNDS UNDER QUESTION — EPA Endorsed Use without Analyzing Toxic Potential but Belated Studies in Limbo
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May 12, 2009 WHITE HOUSE GRAPPLES WITH HOW TO ENSURE SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY — New Whistleblower Protections and Other Rules Slated for President’s Desk by July
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May 1, 2009 NATIONAL PARKS SHOULD STICK TO THEIR GUNS ON LEAD AMMO BAN — Diverse Coalition Urges Secretary Salazar to Meet Goal of Going Lead-Free by 2010
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April 29, 2009 EPA RELEASES LIBBY CLEAN-UP REPORT — PEER Lawsuit Prompts Belated Disclosure of Major Unresolved Public Health Issues
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April 23, 2009 OBAMA TAPS BUSH APPOINTEE TO RUN SURFACE MINING AGENCY — Choice May Signal Administration Cave-In on Opposition to Mountain Top Removal
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April 21, 2009 SECRET EPA REPORT ON LIBBY CLEAN-UP SPARKS LAWSUIT — Early Test of Obama/Holder Doctrine on Freedom of Information Act Openness
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April 20, 2009 PARK SERVICE PROTESTS BIG SOLAR EXPANSION IN NEVADA DESERT — National Parks Will Suffer from Water Withdrawals, Pollution and Habitat Loss
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April 14, 2009 PLIGHT OF WHISTLEBLOWERS SHOWS NO IMPROVEMENT — Federal Employees Face Blackballing and Career Derailment for Reporting Problems
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April 8, 2009 CONSTITUTIONAL CLASH OVER DEFUNCT LAND EXCHANGE — Major Religious Establishment Case Rooted in Mojave Cross Deal
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April 7, 2009 DEMOCRATS PRESSURE EPA TO GREEN-LIGHT PORK — Rep. Frank Says EPA Will Bar Anyone with a “Record of Hostility” to Pet Project
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March 26, 2009 NATIONAL PARK LEAD AMMO BAN IN DOUBT — NRA Goes Ballistic on Gun-Shy Obama Administration
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March 23, 2009 $100 MILLION STILL OWED FROM EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL — U.S. and Alaska Fail to Collect $92 Million Damage Claim Filed Back in 2006
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February 23, 2009 WHY THE OBAMA CLIMATE CHANGE PLAN WON’T WORK — Political Support for Cap & Trade Will Not Overcome Its Practical Shortcomings
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January 29, 2009 DOW DIOXIN DEAL FLYING UNDER EPA RADAR — Contamination Case in Closed-Door Negotiations for “Non-Regulatory” Resolution
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January 28, 2009 GRAND CANYON FLOW FIGHT BURSTS INTO THE OPEN — Early Test for Interior Secretary Salazar Pledges of Ethics and Scientific Integrity
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January 26, 2009 LISA JACKSON SHOULD FULFILL EPA CONFIRMATION PROMISES NOW — Concrete, Enforceable Policies Needed to Back Scientific and Legal Reform Pledges
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January 6, 2009 TEN QUESTIONS THE SENATE SHOULD ASK LISA JACKSON — Committee Urged to Scrutinize Jackson’s Actions and Decisions in New Jersey
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December 8, 2008 WHY LISA JACKSON SHOULD NOT RUN EPA — Disastrous Record in New Jersey Bodes Ill for Reforming EPA
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