Reform reading: Fed reveals details about $3 trillion in emergency loans

By Julie Vorman

A roundup of news and commentary to help consumers monitor the transparency and accountability of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law....

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"… r bailout because U.S. regulators feared that AIG’s collapse would shake Europe’s financial stability. By creating what the Office of Financial Research …"

Koch's web of influence

By John Aloysius Farrell

The Koch Industries web of influence

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"… tend far beyond petroleum. Koch companies trade carbon emission credits in Europe and derivatives in the U.S. They make jet fuel in Alaska from North Slope …"

"… tes, Koch makes money trading emissions credits under a similar program in Europe.Nor is ethanol the only form of corporate welfare Koch Industries supports …"

More hiring through 'green' chemistry?

By Jim Morris

Study suggests way to revive an industry and create jobs. The industry blames Washington.

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"… ill them by putting U.S. manufacturers on a par with their counterparts in Europe and Canada, where rules are stricter. It would “move the industry toward …"

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Overview: The black market in bluefin

Along the Mediterranean coast of France, in the city of Montpellier, prosecutors are quietly putting on trial an ancient French tradition —

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"… llion of aid poured in yearly from the EU and member states to the overall European fishing industry, helping build overcapacity in the Mediterranean fleets …"

"… ronmental outcry over the fate of Eastern Atlantic bluefin was building in Europe. In 2006, ICCAT launched a 15-year plan to replenish the stock by reducing …"

"… launched the Bluefin Tuna Catch Document Scheme (BCD), a program that the European Commission lauded as bringing “complete and reliable traceability” t …"

"… I can understand there is a need for transparency,” Maria Damanaki, the European Commission’s top fisheries official, told ICIJ. “If any case is comp …"

Carbon as a commodity

By Marianne Lavelle

Can a $2 trillion 'cap and trade' market fight climate change?

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"… t that’s the solution for fighting global warming already in practice in Europe, and the one with the most traction in Congress and the White House. When …"

"… source, a top finance firm in the carbon market that’s already active in Europe under the Kyoto treaty, argues that there are ways the United States could …"

Ghost soldiers

By Mark Benjamin and Barbara Slavin

The Pentagon sent ill-equipped and poorly trained reservists into harm's way as it scrambled to fill Civil Affairs units to rebuild Iraq and

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"… preparations were made early on for stabilizing and reconstructing postwar Europe and Japan. Two months after entering the war, the Roosevelt administration …"

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An uncommon outcome at Holy Cross

By Kristin Jones

Expulsion rarely results from college disciplinary actions in sexual assault cases, making the Holy Cross case a notable exception.

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"… tuition scholarship and derailing his academic career and plan to study in Europe, he says. He went back to his native Jamaica, feeling betrayed by his form …"

Suspected Russian arms merchant gets his day in a New York court

By Traver Riggins

A former Soviet Air Force officer accused of supplying governments, dissident groups and terrorist organizations with weapons used in bloody

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"… ed legitimate goods transport services between many parts of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. A former associate called Bout “apolitical,” say …"

"… out’s operations,” Peter Hain, the British Foreign Office Minister for Europe, told ICIJ in the 2002 investigation.Bout, who speaks six languages and ho …"

Latin American investigative conference keen on collaborations

By Ricardo Sandoval Palos

In only its second run, the Latin American Conference on Investigative Journalism – held last weekend in Buenos Aires – has become one of th

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"… were speakers, moderators, and trainers not just from the region but from Europe and the U.S. Among the Americans represented, along with ICIJ: IRE, the Co …"

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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"… ghai, China; New Delhi and Mumbai in India; Brussels, London, and Parma in Europe; and in San Jose, Costa Rica, and Mexico City.FAST FACT: The FDA regulates …"

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