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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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Judge Backs Chevron's Grab for Documentary Out-takes in Ecuador Case
A federal district judge in New York ordered film-maker Joe Berlinger to turn over more than 600 hours of raw footage from his documentary "Crude," about a lawsuit by natives in Ecuador charging Chevron with polluting the Amazon rainforest there.
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Air Pollution: EPA Proposes Tougher Industrial Boiler Regs
The proposed air toxics standards cover emissions from three types of combustion sources and address emissions of mercury, cadmium, dioxin, furans, formaldehyde, hydrochloric acid, and other pollutants.
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Louisiana Mulls Bill To Quash Tulane's Environmental Law Clinic
"Law clinics at universities across Louisiana fear a state senator's proposal could force them to close, leaving their impoverished clients without free legal services in cases ranging from child support to water pollution."
Source: AP, 05/11/2010
Supreme Court Tosses Overbroad Cruelty Video Law
SEJ and other journalism groups had urged the court to strike down the sweeping law that could criminalize ordinary journalistic investigations meant to expose and end animal cruelty.
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