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Oil spill cleanup fund is running out of money

By Laurel Adams

Oil spill damages fund, with a $1 billion cap, is nearly tapped out

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Volunteer vessels at BP rig were “floating militia,” need more coordination

By Aaron Mehta

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Coast Guard database makes oil spill penalties nearly impossible to track

By Ariel Wittenberg

Florida lawsuit cites Center’s investigation of BP refinery violations

By M.B. Pell

EPA Superfund cleanup costs outstrip funding

By Laurel Adams

The cost of cleaning up hazardous sites is increasing even as Superfund dollars are running out....

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EPA diverts money from shared Superfund pool

By Richard Mullins and Joaquin Sapien

Superfund today

By Joaquin Sapien and Richard Mullins

The Bay State's toxic legacy

By Beverly Ford

Contaminated, but still not off-limits

By Joaquin Sapien

Internal e-mails suggest doctoring of oil spill information by White House

By Laurel Adams

The White House may have ignored expert advice from government officials and pressured scientists to make changes in a report about the BP o

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After oil spill cleanup, mystery surrounds oil remaining in Gulf

By Laurel Adams

Senate bill aims to tighten regulation of oil spill dispersants

By Chris Hamby and Jim Morris

Training exercises showed gaps in government preparedness before BP oil spill

By John Solomon and Aaron Mehta

Fishing and the offshore oil industry: A delicate imbalance

By Christiane Badgley

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EPA inspector general responds to FOIA review by Grassley and Issa

By Laurel Adams

The inspector general at the Environmental Protection Agency has issued a special report responding to a request by Sen. Charles Grassley an

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FOIA performance is getting worse

By Laurel Adams

Government transparency under Obama misses the mark

By Jim Morris

Filing a FOIA — How to get records out of the government

By Andrew Green

SEC hurries to clarify new FOIA exemption amid uproar

By Ariel Wittenberg

Blighted biomass crop assistance program begins again

By Laurel Adams

A program to financially assist producers of renewable biomass crops is scheduled to restart, despite problems that led to its termination i

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More transparency needed at export-import bank

By Julie Vorman

Kuwait contractor could be banned for security lapses

By Julie Vorman

DOE accused of violating federal hiring rules

By Julie Vorman

SEC too lenient with secrecy requests, says watchdog

By Julie Vorman

After oil spill cleanup, mystery surrounds oil remaining in Gulf

By Laurel Adams

More than eight months after the Deepwater Horizon spill, researchers are still unable to paint an accurate picture on the amount of oil tha

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Internal e-mails suggest doctoring of oil spill information by White House

By Laurel Adams

BP spill report underscores government complacency

By Aaron Mehta

Senate bill aims to tighten regulation of oil spill dispersants

By Chris Hamby and Jim Morris

Oil spill cleanup fund is running out of money

By Laurel Adams

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FEMA hopes to finish preparedness report by year-end

By Laurel Adams

After more than two years of work, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has yet to issue its National Preparedness Report, nor has it ado

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FEMA program finances dubious counter-terror toys

By R. Jeffrey Smith

Post-Katrina FEMA still struggling

By Laurel Adams

FEMA's technology shortcomings could affect disaster response

By Laurel Adams

As disasters strike, private sector preparedness program remains stalled

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

FDA overseas offices struggle to meet growing import demands

By Laurel Adams

During the past year, information gathered by Food and Drug Administration staff in new overseas offices led to import bulletins warning of

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Problems in oversight of food safety

By The Center for Public Integrity

Inspectors struggle to keep up with flood of imports

By Brad Racino

FDA lags USDA in accessible food safety data

By Jim Morris

FDA's flimsy recall power for food imports puts public at risk, watchdog says

By Aaron Mehta and Ben Wieder

Post-Katrina FEMA still struggling

By Laurel Adams

FEMA’s lackluster response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was blamed in part on poor coordination of funding, confusion over job roles, and

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FEMA's technology shortcomings could affect disaster response

By Laurel Adams

FEMA hopes to finish preparedness report by year-end

By Laurel Adams

As FEMA funds run out, senators from states with most disasters oppose funding bill

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Hurricanes expose FEMA woes

By The Center for Public Integrity

EPA scolded for website that appeared to endorse coal ash products

By Laurel Adams

An Environmental Protection Agency website about products made from coal ash failed to disclose contamination risks and gave the improper ap

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By releasing coal ash sites, EPA raises more questions

By Kristen Lombardi

EPA releases utilities' plans to make coal ash storage safer

By John Solomon

EPA sets public hearings on coal ash disposal options

By Kristen Lombardi

"Beneficial use" of Coal Ash in question as EPA mulls regulation

By Kristen Lombardi

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