May 8, 2008 IS IT TIME FOR CONGRESS TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL? — Criminal Investigation of Special Counsel May Maroon Whistleblowers Seeking Help
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May 7, 2008 NEW JERSEY WILL NOT CLOSE PARKS OR LAY OFF ECO-WORKERS — Governor Orders DEP to Explore Other “Funding Options”
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May 7, 2008 NEW JERSEY JETTISONS GROUNDWATER POLLUTION STANDARDS — Drinking Water Supplies for Half the State Vulnerable to Toxic Contamination
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May 6, 2008 EPA EXPERTS CAST DOUBTS ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TRADING — Verification and Enforcement Challenges May Cripple Global Warming Strategy
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April 29, 2008 ARIZONA GAME AGENCY SCAPEGOATS COUGARS FOR BIGHORN TRAVAILS — Agency Engages in “Biological McCarthyism” by Targeting Puma as Bighorn Gain
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April 29, 2008 NEW JERSEY DONS BLINDERS ON INDUSTRIAL SITE CLEAN-UP — State Retreats from Real Estate Transaction as Leverage for Toxic Remediation
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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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April 28, 2008 NEW JERSEY MODEL FOR PRIVATIZED TOXIC CLEAN-UPS FAILS AUDITS — Serious Violations Found in More than Two-Thirds of Audited Massachusetts Sites
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April 23, 2008 WHY NATIVE YELLOWSTONE BISON STAY IN THE PARK — Elusive Mountain Bison Fear Humans but Face More Intrusion on Shrinking Range
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April 22, 2008 HELICOPTER CRASHES IN NEVADA COYOTE HUNT — Accidents Mount as National Review of Aerial Gunning Safety Underway
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April 21, 2008 ARIZONA’S KOFA REFUGE COUGARS GET ONE-YEAR REPRIEVE — Government Halts “Lethal Removal” of Refuge Puma after PEER Intervention
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April 21, 2008 NEW JERSEY PARKS LOSE MILLIONS IN UNCOLLECTED LEASE PAYMENTS — Park Closures Could Be Averted by Reaping Concessionaire and Easement Revenue
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April 17, 2008 BUSH ORDER TO PROMOTE HUNTING MAY SPARK NEW OFF-ROAD CURBS — Rangers Want Agencies to Help Hunting & Fishing by Ending Reckless Off-Roading
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April 17, 2008 CORZINE EMBRACES FAST TRACK LAW HE VOWED TO REPEAL — Quietly Appoints Fast Track “Czar” to Speed Development Permits
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April 14, 2008 NEW JERSEY TO PRIVATIZE POLLUTION REGULATION TO SAVE MONEY — Outsourcing Clean-Ups Is Recipe for More Toxic Disasters, Legislature Told
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April 14, 2008 EPA OPENS CHEMICAL RISK ASSESSMENT TO CORPORATE LOBBYING — New Process Marginalizes Government Scientists and Promotes Industry Influence
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April 10, 2008 U.S. OFFSHORE LEASING PREMISED ON FUTURE OF CHEAP OIL — Planning Assumes $30 a Barrel Oil to Minimize Potential Environmental Impacts
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April 9, 2008 AUDIT FINDS MAJOR HAZARDS IN INTERIOR DEPARTMENT — 28% of HQ Workers Cite Health Threat – Modernization “Pause” for Evaluation
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April 7, 2008 YELLOWSTONE FEEDING BISON MULTIPLIES NEXT YEAR’S PROBLEM — Park Baiting Buffalo to Corrals Violates Its Own “Do Not Feed Wildlife” Policy
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April 7, 2008 NEW JERSEY TO CONSULT INDUSTRY ON ECO-REWRITES IN SECRET — “Efficiency” Task Force Members Not Barred from Self-Dealing with DEP
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April 2, 2008 WILDERNESS WATER WAR IN ARIZONA REFUGE OVER BIGHORNS — Former Long-Time Kofa Wildlife Refuge Biologist Says His Agency Is All Wet
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April 1, 2008 U.S. FOREST SERVICE FIELDING FLEET OF DRONES — Law Enforcement Wants “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” Hovering Above Forests
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March 31, 2008 LEAD-SAFE REPAIR RULES FOR PRE-1978 BUILDINGS ENACTED — Long Overdue Step Closes Main Pathway to Childhood Lead Poisoning in the U.S.
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March 31, 2008 RHODE ISLAND YACHT CLUB FINED FOR POLLUTING LOBSTER NURSERY — $40,000 Fine on Five Counts Involving Illegal Discharges and False Certifications
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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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March 27, 2008 LOUDOUN COUNTY STAFFER FIRED FOR FILING ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT — Warnings about Growth Dangers Suppression Sparks Free Speech Challenge
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March 26, 2008 EPA PUSHING PESTICIDE PROMOTIONS ON SAFETY LABELS — Environmental Agency Will be Entangled in Details of Marketing Campaigns
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March 25, 2008 ENVIRONMENTAL WHISTLEBLOWERS FARE POORLY UNDER BUSH — Chances of Success before Labor Department Plummets as Reversals Mount
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March 25, 2008 NEW JERSEY ASKS BUSINESS TO REWRITE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS — Developers See Slow Economy as Lever to Weaken Anti-Pollution Permit Rules
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March 20, 2008 OIL DEAL FOR ALASKA WILDLIFE REFUGE ON FAST TRACK — Yukon Flats Land Exchange Tied to Oil Development but No Time for Appraisals
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March 19, 2008 EPA DROPPED BALL ON PHARMACEUTICALS IN DRINKING WATER — Decade Behind Statutory Deadlines to Screen Chemicals from Drinking Water
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March 18, 2008 FEDERAL WILDLIFE SCIENTISTS CAUGHT IN ETHICS TUG-OF-WAR — Conflicting Orders Make Politically Sensitive Scientific Work a Career Minefield
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March 17, 2008 EAST COAST’S LARGEST UNDEVELOPED ISLAND SLATED FOR CARGO PORT — Development Scheme for Maine’s Sears Island Resurfaces Again after 12 Years
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March 13, 2008 KEY WITNESS AT OFF-ROAD CONGRESSIONAL HEARING PULLED — Deputy Sheriff Testimony Blocked as Anxiety Rises in Off-Roading Groups
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March 12, 2008 CONGRESS TO TAKE FIRST LOOK AT OFF-ROAD RAVAGES ON PUBLIC LAND — Rangers to Testify Situation Out-of-Control as Anniversary of Utah Riot Nears
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March 8, 2008 DRIVE TO AXE FEDERAL PREDATOR ERADICATION PROGRAM — $100 Million Agriculture Program Slaughters 1.6 Million Wild Animals a Year
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March 6, 2008 CONSERVATION GROUPS CHALLENGE SHRINKING HABITAT FOR RARE PLANT ON ALGODONES DUNES —
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March 3, 2008 GROWING NO CONFIDENCE CHORUS CONFRONTS EPA HEAD — Scientist Unions Pledge to Secede from Cooperative Forum, Citing Rising Distrust
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March 3, 2008 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT STAGES GRAND CANYON GREEN WASH — Exclusive Footage Offered to NBC “Today” Show to Profile High Flow Experiment
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February 28, 2008 U.S. FOREST SERVICE DROPS MASSIVE RESTRUCTURING — Avoiding “Additional Disruption and Confusion” Will Keep Biologists in the Forests
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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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February 27, 2008 ONE-TIME FLUSH OF GRAND CANYON SPARKS HIGH-LEVEL FRACAS — Park Service Environmental Objections Quashed to Cement 5-Year Power Deal
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February 26, 2008 LEGAL PETITION TO SAVE NEVADA’S AMARGOSA TOAD — Off-Road Traffic and Habitat Destruction May Doom Toad without Intervention
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February 26, 2008 SETTLEMENT IN WHISTLEBLOWER CASE OF INTERIOR LAWYER — Robert McCarthy Testified Against Government in Tribal Trust Accounts Trial
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February 25, 2008 NEW JERSEY AIDE GOT TOO CLOSE TO DEVELOPERS — Ethics Complaint Filed Against Personal Advisor to DEP Commissioner
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February 25, 2008 U.S. PARK POLICE FORCE LEVELS CONTINUE FALLING — Lowest Level in 20 Years Fuels Frustrations and Exodus of Officers
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February 21, 2008 FOREST SERVICE OUTSOURCING PROGRAM A FIASCO, GAO FINDS — Scathing Report Rips Firefighting Erosion, Illusory Savings and Law Violations
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February 20, 2008 EPA KISSES OFF FLORIDA’S WETLANDS — Developer Sway in EPA Breeds Algal Blooms and Aquifer Contamination
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February 19, 2008 BOWHEAD WHALE IMPERILED BY ARCTIC DRILLING PLANS — Scientific Warnings on Oil Spills and Seismic Noise Disregarded to Speed Lease Sales
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February 14, 2008 PEIRSON’S MILK-VETCH FURTHER SQUASHED BY FEDS — Shrinking Habitat Is Fragmented for Rare Plant
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February 14, 2008 TERESA CHAMBERS WINS APPEAL FOR PARK POLICE CHIEF JOB — Federal Court Holds Risk to Public Safety Is Protected by Whistleblower Act
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February 13, 2008 ARCTIC OCEAN OIL REVIEWS SOFT-PEDALED EXXON VALDEZ — Oil Spill Dangers to Wildlife Minimized to Keep Lease Sales on Schedule
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February 12, 2008 NRA GUNNING FOR FIREARMS POLICIES IN NATIONAL PARKS — Legislative Drive to Allow Armed Park Visitors Rooted in Misinformation
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February 11, 2008 MERCURY IN NEW JERSEY DAY-CARE CENTER 3,000 TIMES STANDARD — State Wants to Demolish Old Thermometer Plant but No Further Testing of Kids
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February 6, 2008 NEW JERSEY CUTS DEEPLY INTO PROTECTED STREAM BUFFERS — Commissioner Revokes Her Year-Old Order, Leaving Buffers at Mercy of Politics
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February 4, 2008 LEAKED E-MAILS MAY SINK ARCTIC OFFSHORE LEASE SALES — Officials Scramble to Suppress Scientific Dissent over Bush Arctic Oil Initiative
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February 1, 2008 WHISTLEBLOWER UNDERGOES ORDEAL BY APPEAL — Third Trip to U.S. Fourth Circuit for Park Service Asbestos Hero
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January 31, 2008 LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT SECURES LEAD-SAFE HOUSING RULES — Bush Administration Commits to Standards for Repairs of Older Buildings
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January 30, 2008 BLM DROPS DESERT ROAD PLAN FOR FURNACE CREEK — California Desert Wilderness Protected from Ravages of Off-Road Vehicles
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January 29, 2008 WETLANDS WHISTLEBLOWERS IN WESTPORT PROCEED TO TRIAL — Legal Defense Fund Established for “Westport Four” Conservation Commissioners
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January 28, 2008 SECRET TOWN MEETINGS TO PAVE RATTLESNAKE HILL RULED ILLEGAL — Sharon Selectman Repeatedly Violated Open Meeting Law for Luxury Development
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January 28, 2008 FLORIDA CLEAN WATER WHISTLEBLOWER LAWSUIT FILED — Ousted Lab Manager Cites Corruption by Top State Officials and Massive Data Loss
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January 24, 2008 EPA SCIENTISTS CONDEMN AGENCY’S GREENHOUSE GAS WAIVER DENIAL — EPA Staff Decry Hypocrisy of Johnson’s Pledges of Scientific Rigor and Openness
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January 24, 2008 INVASIVE SPECIES THREAT FROM ARCTIC OFFSHORE DRILLING IGNORED — Interior Purged Scientific Concerns about Introduction of Exotics in Arctic Waters
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January 24, 2008 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNDERCUTS PARK SYSTEM FOR MOJAVE CROSS — Administration Argues Park Service Lacks Authority on Private Land within System
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January 22, 2008 LAWSUIT TO FORCE FLORIDA MANATEE OVERSIGHT RECORD RELEASE — Boating Speed Limits, Warning Signs and Swim-With Harassment at Issue
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January 21, 2008 INTERIOR STIFLES POLAR BEAR PROTECTIONS FROM ARCTIC DRILLING — Listing Delay Blocks Safeguards Urged by Scientists Contrary to Agency Testimony
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January 17, 2008 INTERIOR WITHHOLDING KEY DOCUMENTS ON ARCTIC DRILLING — Shell Plans for LNG and Tanker Traffic in Chukchi Sea Barred from Lease Review
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January 15, 2008 MISSISSIPPI BARGE TRAFFIC DOWN YET AGAIN IN 2007 — 18-Year Downward Trend Undercuts Congressional Plan to Build Bigger Locks
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January 14, 2008 FOREST SERVICE TO PULL ITS SCIENTISTS AND PLANNERS FROM FIELD — Massive Consolidation of NEPA Functions Will Take Thousands Out of Forests
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January 14, 2008 TERESA CHAMBERS RETURNS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT — Appointment as Riverdale Park Police Chief Will Not Alter Legal Case
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January 10, 2008 FEDERAL WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT RECORDS SOUGHT IN LAWSUIT — Corruption in U.S. Fish & Wildlife Headquarters Targeted in Test of New FOIA Law
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January 9, 2008 LIVESTOCK LOBBY PRESSURES TO RETAIN WILDLIFE POISONS — Two Front Battle to Block Legislative Ban and EPA Registration Revocation
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January 8, 2008 EPA FIGHTS LEGAL BID TO RE-OPEN WORLD TRADE CENTER PROBE — Whistleblower Seeks Restoration of Independent EPA Ombudsman
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January 7, 2008 OUTSOURCING OF FEDERAL NATURAL RESOURCE JOBS BLOCKED — Congress Kills Key Bush Management Agenda Plank for Park and Forest Services
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