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
"Poisoned Patriots"
"From 1957 to 1987, hundreds of thousands of unprepared men, women and children who lived on or near Camp Lejeune, N.C., the largest Marine Corps base on the East Coast, were the unwitting victims of a decades-long water contamination disaster that is still claiming lives."
Source: NRNS, 07/01/2009
"Lake Algae and Lou Gehrig's Disease"
"There’s a kind of blue and green scum that can bloom in lakes and ponds across the nation. This scum is called cyanobacteria. For years, scientists have known that this stuff can produce dangerous toxins. Amy Quinton reports now researchers are studying whether there’s a link between cyanobacteria and Lou Gehrig’s disease."
Source: Environment Report, 06/30/2009
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