March 11, 2010 THE MYTH OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE OBAMA ERA — Agencies Continue to Cling to Internal Files Even in the Face of Litigation
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March 10, 2010 CALIFORNIA STATE WORKERS PROBED ON PERSONAL ACTIVITIES — Cal-OSHA Employees Ordered to Disclose All Outside “Presentations” and Materials
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March 9, 2010 ENDANGERED BAT CAPTIVE BREEDING PROJECT GOES TERRIBLY WRONG — Negligence Charged in Die-Off of Rare Virginia Big-Eared Bats at Smithsonian
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March 8, 2010 EPA SETS CLEAN WATER BAR FOR FLORIDA TOO LOW — Proposed Federal Standards Ignore EPA Guidelines and Bypass Peer Review
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March 5, 2010 OSHA PLAN TO REMOVE CHEMICAL WARNINGS MISGUIDED — Manufacturers Only Required to Display Uninformative Legal Exposure Limits
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March 4, 2010 WEAK WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS PRECLUDE OSHA REFORM — OSHA Cannot Protect Workers If It Retaliates Against its Own Truth-Tellers
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March 2, 2010 CHRISTIE DEEP-SIXES NEW JERSEY PERCHLORATE STANDARD — “Red Tape” Review Runs Out Clock on Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water Limit
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March 1, 2010 LAWSUIT FILED TO BAR GE CROPS FROM NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE — Delaware’s Bombay Hook Lacks Required Environmental Review and Justification
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February 24, 2010 CALL FOR INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW OF BISON RANGE OPERATIONS — Documents Show Poaching, Policing, Pesticide and Financial Problems on Refuge
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February 23, 2010 OSHA STANDARD-SETTING BROKEN AND MOVING IN WRONG DIRECTION — Backlog of Thousands of Chemicals Worsened by Constipated Process and Timidity
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February 23, 2010 COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF NEW JERSEY SCIENCE BOARD NOMINEES — Successful Open Records Suit to Reveal Industry Sponsorship of Science Board Picks
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February 18, 2010 LAWSUIT FILED TO WIN CRITICAL HABITAT FOR THE FLORIDA PANTHER — Groups Sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Failure to Protect Endangered Panther
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February 18, 2010 BISON KILLED IN ANNUAL BISON RANGE ROUNDUP — Tribal Workers’ Inability to Ride Horses Causes Safety and Management Headaches
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February 9, 2010 OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HIRED NATION’S TOP ANTI-LABOR LAW FIRM — Lawsuit to Find Out How Much Union-Busting Firm Is Paid and From What Funds
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February 8, 2010 NEW JERSEY DOWNPLAYS DISTURBING AIR TOXICS STUDY — DEP Mounts Messaging Campaign to Minimize Risk Findings in Paterson
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February 4, 2010 NEW JERSEY CLOSING ITS NOSE TO VAPOR INTRUSION CRISIS — Vapor Intrusion Rules Cast into Regulatory Limbo as Horror Stories Multiply
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February 3, 2010 INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS CONDEMN PURGE OF PROFESSOR — Scientific Commission Decries Oil Industry Influence at University of Alaska
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February 2, 2010 EPA-INDUSTRY COALITION BLUNTS TOUGHER STATE COAL ASH RULES — Coal Ash Industry Enlists EPA to Quash Tighter State Regulatory Proposals
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January 28, 2010 OBAMA GAG ORDER ON FEDERAL WORKERS LIKE THOSE UNDER BUSH — Forest Service Staff Forbidden from Talking to National Media or on National Issues
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January 27, 2010 COAL ASH INDUSTRY ALLOWED TO EDIT EPA REPORTS — Reports to Congress, Brochures, “Fact Sheets” Tailored to Allay Industry Concerns
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January 26, 2010 EPA INTERVENTION NEEDED FOR WEAK FLORIDA POLLUTION RESPONSE — Petition Filed for Federal Enforcement Takeover in Palm Beach Contamination Case
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January 21, 2010 NATIONAL PARK OIL DRILLING RULES SLATED FOR IMPROVEMENT — New Protections Should Be Extended Beyond Oil & Gas to All Mineral Extraction
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January 21, 2010 WILL NEW JERSEY OPEN UP ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION-MAKING? — Corzine Denial of DEP Transparency Rules Creates Opportunity for Christie
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January 20, 2010 NEW FISHING MONITOR SYSTEM SHIRKS MARINE PROTECTIONS — NOAA Plan May Doom Independent Observer Program for Commercial Alternative
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January 19, 2010 PRISON COMPUTER RECYCLING PUT STAFF AND INMATES AT RISK — High Toxic Levels at Three Federal Prisons but Lack of Records Masks Health Effect
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January 19, 2010 NEW SCIENCE RULES FOR OFFSHORE DRILLING SEND MIXED MESSAGE — MMS “Transparency” Mandate Riddled with Welter of Non-Release Categories
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