Company Subpoenas Journalists in "Pink Slime" Suit
Four journalists and a food writer have had their notes subpoenaed in a company's $1.2-billion defamation lawsuit against ABC News for calling its product, a common hamburger additive, "pink slime."
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Fresh Secret Reports from the Congressional Research Service
Here are some recent explainers of interest to environmental journalists from the CRS, which Congress does not allow to be released to the taxpaying public who paid for them. The WatchDog thanks those who leaked them and the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy for publishing them.
Support Mounts for FOIA Upgrade Bill in Senate
Pressure to bring a bipartisan power-boost bill for the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to the Senate floor mounted June 26, 2014, when a coalition of some 50 groups urged action. The bill would narrow a broad exemption that has in some cases shielded from disclosure almost anything not published in official and final form.
EPA Press Office Obfuscation Keeps Complaints Boiling
If you want to interview an EPA official about a drinking water pollution catastrophe or a controversy about air pollution from fracking, the press office may do its best to stop you. Examples abound. But, there are ways for journalists to push back. Read about them here.
What the Public Isn't Allowed To Know Could Kill You
The federal government has not only done very little to protect the public from the mass-casualty threats chemical facilities present to neighboring communities, they've focused efforts on keeping the public from knowing about those threats or the government's own failures to keep them safe. Now the U.S. EPA has signaled that it is about to revise a key rule governing chemical facility safety and security.
Canada: "Emails Show Secrecy on Federal Oilsands Probe"
"Proposed answers from Environment Canada to questions about a 2013 oilsands leak triggered emails suggesting the ministry 'limit information' given to media."
Source: Toronto Star, 07/30/2014
"California And Mexico Sign Pact To Fight Climate Change"
"California Governor Jerry Brown and Mexican environmental officials signed a pact on Monday aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, an agreement that could eventually expand the market for carbon credits."
Source: Reuters, 07/30/2014
"House Passes Bill To Amend Endangered Species Act"
"The House passed legislation Tuesday that would modify the Endangered Species Act."
Source: The Hill, 07/30/2014
"Caviar's Last Stand"
"How the international caviar underground ended up in the Ozarks"
Source: Medium, 07/30/2014
Mercury Survivors Neglected By Govt, Grassy Narrows First Nation Claims
"A northwestern Ontario First Nation has released a five-year-old report confirming the community suffers ongoing effects from mercury poisoning, but it says the government has never acted on the findings."
Source: CBC News, 07/30/2014
