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News media confidential sources are often what expose government wrongdoing
It took courage for more than a dozen Allentown police officers to divulge what they felt was wrongdoing by their chief, who they said threatened "retribution" on anyone who did so. It also took solid assurances that the chief would never find out who...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Congress, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Bethlehem Township (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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LETTER: Tempest In A Teapot
The wing-nuts are in their glory. Between the IRS focusing on tea party groups and the Justice Department collecting some AP reporters' phone number records, it's enough to make this classy anti-government bunch whoop with glee. Instead of fantasizing...Tags: NAACP, Internal Revenue Service
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COLUMN-WTO rules on one solar dispute, bigger lurk: Wynn
ReutersBy Gerard Wynn LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - Rejection by the world's trade body last week of preferential support for domestic solar panel makers in Canadian province Ontario brings helpful but limited guidance in a growing number of other disputes. The...Tags: International Organizations, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Germany, Energy
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Left wing set to win in Canada's BC, may reshape energy policy
ReutersBy Jennifer Kwan VICTORIA, British Columbia, May 9 (Reuters) - The left-leaning New Democrats are set to reshape energy policy in Canada's Pacific province of British Columbia if, as expected, they seize power from the Liberals in Tuesday's elections...Tags: Elections, Energy, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Kinder Morgan Incorporated, Energy Partners Limited
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Don't save the planet
To the age-old question of how many conservatives does it take to screw in a light bulb, we now have a definitive answer: Just one, but it will take him weeks to chase down a vintage incandescent bulb because he won't touch an energy-efficient one. At...
Tags: Rush Limbaugh, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Cleanup, Environmental Politics, University of Pennsylvania
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Connecticut Beekeepers Worry About Pesticide Use
As part of the ongoing battle against Lyme and other tickborne diseases, public health organizations are asking residents in 11 Fairfield County towns to participate in a study to see if wiping out the ticks on rodents will help rein in the illnesses in...
Tags: Lyme Disease, Disease Prevention, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Fairfield County
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The Goldman Sachs banker turned Nature Conservancy chief
Mark Tercek had some horribly awkward moments after he left Goldman Sachs to run a U.S. environmental charity, the Nature Conservancy. At one of his first big staff meetings, he committed a total eco no-no by drinking from a plastic water bottle. When...
Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Nature Conservancy, Staten Island (New York City), Environmental Issues, Coca-Cola Co.
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European Union to clamp down on pesticides thought to harm bees
The European Commission will tightly restrict for two years the use of pesticides suspected of harming bees, despite opposition from some of the 27 countries that make up the European Union. The European Commission, the EU's governing body, announced...Tags: International Organizations, Science and Technology, Food Industry, Barack Obama, European Union
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Environmental groups seek coal leasing moratorium
BILLINGS, Mont. - Environmental groups are calling for a moratorium on coal leasing in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming until the federal government reviews the program. Representatives of 21 groups including Greenpeace and the Sierra...
Tags: Credit and Debt, Coal, U.S. Department of the Interior
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A wind-win for Maryland and a beacon for the bay
After protesting at a nearby coal plant in 2008 and becoming discouraged with his own dependence on unsustainable energy, Charles County Commissioner Ken Robinson decided to build a wind generator on his coastal property and get off the grid. He became...Tags: Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Solar Energy, Martin O'Malley, Wind Power, Renewable Energy
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ConocoPhillips Delays 2014 Arctic Marine Drilling
ConocoPhillips Alaska says it will delay its 2014 plans for exploratory drilling in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska's northwest coast. In a press release, the company announced that it will put its Chukchi Sea drilling plans on hold "because of...
Tags: ConocoPhillips, Energy Resources, Interior Policy, Don Young, Environmental Issues
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Wisconsin man indicted in Anonymous attack of Koch Industries
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.A Wisconsin man could face years in federal prison if he is convicted of helping hacker collective Anonymous take down Koch Industries' website during protests in the state's capital in 2011, according to an indictment revealed this week. The charges...Tags: Computer Crime, Justice System, Prosecution, Prisons, Anonymous (internet groups)
May 21, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
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|Story| Hartford Courant
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Apr 15, 2013
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Apr 14, 2013
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|Story| KTUU
Mar 27, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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