Environmental Politics

Spying on Environmental Journos No Longer Just Paranoid Fantasy

Industry groups and government agencies are outsourcing the job of spying confidentially on environmental journalists to firms that hire former NSA, CIA, and FBI investigators. You are not supposed to know this. For example, Wikileaks recently released documentation on for-hire intelligence agency Stratfor's spying on award-winning ProPublica reporter Abrahm Lustgarten.

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"One Million Protest Stripping Wolves of Endangered Listing"

"WASHINGTON, DC -- The public comment period closed today on a proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove federal protections for all gray wolves across the country. Close to one million Americans stated their opposition to the plan – the largest number of comments ever submitted on a federal decision involving endangered species."

Source: ENS, 12/18/2013
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White House Delayed Rules Ahead of 2012 Election To Avoid Controversy

"The White House systematically delayed enacting a series of rules on the environment, worker safety and health care to prevent them from becoming points of contention before the 2012 election, according to documents and interviews with current and former administration officials."

Source: Wash Post, 12/17/2013

Dems Ask Obama To Postpone KXL Decision Amid Conflict Of Interest Probe

"WASHINGTON –- Twenty-five House Democrats sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Thursday urging him to delay a decision on Keystone XL until the State Department's Inspector General finishes investigating the contractor that completed the environmental analysis of the proposed pipeline."

Source: Huffington Post, 12/13/2013

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