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The Beat: The Roots of Conservatives' Environmental View

When the journalist and author William F. Buckley Jr. died last February, much was written and said about his seminal role in the growth of the modern conservative movement after he founded National Review magazine in 1955. Read as The Beat checks in on a few of the most influential journalists and publications identified with the conservative and libertarian regions of the political spectrum to offer a sampling of their recent treatment of environmental matters.

Congress Orders EPA to Reopen Libraries: EPA Balks

Omnibus 2008 Appropriations Bill (PL 110-161) signed by President Bush Dec. 26, 2007, ordered him to reopen EPA libraries shuttered by his administration and earmarked some $3 million to restore them.

Peer Files FOIA Suit Against Interior

The Interior Department is responding to allegations of corruption and political interference with wildlife law enforcement by clamming up.

Conservation Group Sues for Documents on Resigned Interior Official

The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), a conservationist group that litigates wildlife-protection issues, has filed suit challenging Interior Department secrecy on a political scandal.

TOOLBOX: New Resources for Tracking FED Spending Now Out

Some new, sharper tools are available for reporters who want to investigate patterns of federal spending or specific cases of interest.

Waxman to Get EPA Climate Waiver Documents

Henry Waxman (D-CA), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has vowed to investigate EPA's decision to prohibit states from regulating greenhouse emissions.

EPA Proposes Feedlot Toxics Release Reporting Exemption

EPA has proposed exempting farms from a law protecting the public from toxic air pollutants. Environmental groups have objected.

Senate Passes Farm Bill With Softened Secrecy Language

The Senate passed a five-year Farm Bill Dec. 14, 2007, that softened a provision imposing draconian penalties for publication of information from a federal database for tracking food animals.

Bush Signs FOIA Bill Into Law

President Bush has signed into law a measure aimed at strengthening the Freedom of Information Act.

MUCKRAKING NOT DEAD, NIEMAN REPORTS DECLARES

Feeling discouraged about the erosion of journalists' traditional role as watchdogs? Lighten up with the Spring 2008 issue of Nieman Reports, published by the foundation at Harvard University. Titled "21st Century Muckrakers: Who Are They? How Do They Do Their Work?" the issue includes nearly 50 articles chronicling the "Muckraker" tradition of American investigative journalism and documenting that muckraking is alive and well, even in today's digital age.

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