April 28, 2008 LAW PROFESSORS BLAST EPA LIBRARIES PLAN — EPA Asks Media and Others to Engage in “National Dialogue” on Information Needs
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March 28, 2008 EPA TO RE-OPEN LIBRARIES BY FALL— BUT THEY WON’T BE THE SAME — Library Holdings Beyond “Core Reference” Require Political Approval
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February 28, 2008 EPA LIBRARY CLOSURES HAMPERING AGENCY WORK, ARBITRATOR FINDS — EPA Guilty of Bad Faith and Unfair Labor Practice in Shutting Agency Libraries
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December 21, 2007 CONGRESS DIRECTS EPA TO RE-OPEN ITS LIBRARIES — Omnibus Appropriations Bill Earmarks Money for Restoration of Library Services
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July 17, 2007 PUBLIC ACCESS TO EPA LIBRARY HOLDINGS IN JEOPARDY — Agency Refuses to Consult with Its Own Scientists; Arbitration Hearing Scheduled
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May 2, 2007 EPA QUIETLY RESUMES DISMANTLING LIBRARY SYSTEM — Environmental Prosecutions at Risk from Loss of Original Documents and Cost
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February 8, 2007 EPA LIBRARY SYSTEM CONTINUES TO IMPLODE — Union Charges EPA with Unfair Labor Practice for Refusing to Consult on Closures
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January 31, 2007 EPA LIBRARY SYSTEM IN SHAMBLES — On-Line System Unworkable After Physical Collections Dispersed
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December 7, 2006 EPA SCRUBBING LIBRARY WEBSITE TO MAKE REPORTS UNAVAILABLE — Agency Sells $40,000 Worth of Furniture and Equipment for $350
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November 20, 2006 EPA IS HASTILY DISPOSING OF ITS LIBRARY COLLECTIONS — Orders to Trash Library Holdings Stirs Protests
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October 30, 2006 STEALTH CLOSURE OF PRINCIPAL EPA CHEMICAL LIBRARY — Unannounced Move Hampers Agency Scientists’ Review of New Chemicals
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October 9, 2006 EPA SCIENTISTS LOSING ACCESS TO JOURNALS — Cuts in Subscription Budgets Take Scientific Journals and Eco-News Offline
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September 21, 2006 EPA CLOSING ITS HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY OCTOBER 1 — Congress Asks for Review of Effects on Research, Regulation and Enforcement
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August 28, 2006 EPA ENFORCEMENT THREATENED BY LIBRARY CLOSURES — Prosecutions at Risk from Loss of Timely Access to Key Documents
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August 21, 2006 EPA BEGINS CLOSING LIBRARIES BEFORE CONGRESS ACTS ON PLAN — End of Public Access to Technical Holdings as Original Collections Shuttered
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June 29, 2006 10,000 EPA SCIENTISTS PROTEST LIBRARY CLOSURES — Loss of Access to Collections Will Hamper Emergency Response and Research
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March 16, 2006 EPA CLOSING ITS MIDWEST LIBRARY — Holding Will Be Stored Indefinitely; Public Access to Research Compromised
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February 10, 2006 BUSH AXING LIBRARIES WHILE PUSHING FOR MORE RESEARCH — EPA Set to Close Library Network and Electronic Catalog
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