SO2 Final Rule Scheduled For June 2
Some counties in your region may no longer be in compliance and will need to take new pollution control measures.
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IG Finds Fraternizing, Porn, at MMS Office in La.
"Federal officials who oversaw drilling in the Gulf of Mexico accepted gifts from oil companies, viewed pornography at work and even considered themselves part of industry, the Interior Department inspector general says in a new report." The House Natural Resources will grill Interior Sec. Salazar on the report this morning at 10 am EDT.
Source: Greenwire, 05/26/2010
The Daily Glob: Post-Gulf Oil Spill Research Programs
Still covering aspects of the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill? SEJ's tracker blog The Daily Glob has compiled a list of important Gulf-related research programs: institutes, academic programs, and labs working on marine science, gulf ecology, oil spill response and recovery, coastal ecosystems, wetlands, and more.
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"Interior Secretary Orders Division of Federal Oil Regulator"
"As BP prepares to launch its latest effort to plug the oil leak in the gulf, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says the agency will be split into three arms to oversee leasing, safety and royalties."
Source: LA Times, 05/20/2010
TOOLBOX: Senate Expenditures Now Online
Expenditure data are not yet available for all Senators but you can search for the person you are interested in on the Center for Responsive Politics' campaign data site OpenSecrets.org.
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TOOLBOX: EPA Adds 6,300 Chemicals and 3,800 Facilities to Database
Find out more about potentially toxic chemicals in public commerce in the Envirofacts database, updated by EPA with previously unavailable information it collects under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
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Did Justice Dept. Prevent Abramoff from Appearing in Abramoff Film?
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed FOIA requests for information, alleging that the Justice Department refused to let the incarcerated super-lobbyist do on-camera interviews.
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Forest Service Gags Employees, Belies Obama Openness Vow
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility obtained and disclosed a USFS memo ordering its law enforcement personnel not to talk to reporters about anything without first getting clearance from its Washington director and press office.
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Bush EPA Suppressed NM Waste Records To Sidestep FOIA
EPA Region 6 officials deliberately stopped creating written records related to their oversight of a New Mexico waste facility in order to thwart Freedom of Information Act requests from a citizens' group, according to an EPA Inspector General's report.
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