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  1. March 25, 2009, 2:16 pm

    ENVIRONMENT: Has Mountaintop Mining Peaked?

    Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is praising the Obama administration for moving to stop “the greatest environmental tragedy ever to befall our nation” while the coal industry says the administration has put tens of thousands of jobs at risk throughout Appalachia. But federal officials say they have done neither. Read more

  2. March 19, 2009, 3:45 pm

    ENVIRONMENT: Big Increases in Mercury and Other Toxic Releases

    Almost 4.1 billion pounds of toxic chemicals were released to the environment in the United States in 2007, according to new data from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxics Release Inventory. That’s a five percent overall drop from the prior year, but the release of several specific hazardous substances — including mercury, PCBs, and dioxins - all increased significantly. Read more

  3. March 09, 2009, 9:58 am

    DEFENSE: Pentagon Contract Reform: A Decades-Old Conversation

    President Obama told us last week that "the days of giving defense contractors a blank check are over.” Well, maybe. Reforming Pentagon contracting is hardly a new idea, as evidenced by a presentation on Defense reform unearthed by PaperTrail. Read more

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