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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: Pentagon Papers Release (2011), Prisons, The Associated Press, Media Industry, U.S. Supreme Court
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Greenpeace drops item on Swedish reactor from glider to make point
dpaSTOCKHOLM Environmental pressure group Greenpeace on Tuesday said it flew a paraglider over a nuclear reactor building in south-western Sweden and dropped an item upon it from the air to show how vulnerable the facilities were. "As evidenced by the new...Tags: Nuclear Power, Sports, Air and Aviation Sports
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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: Internal Revenue Service, NAACP
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Indonesia's extended log ban welcome
The Straits TimesJAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN) -- Indonesia has drawn cheers for extending a moratorium on logging for another two years to protect its forests, but some analysts say the impact could be limited unless governance is improved. Forestry Minister Zulkifli...Tags: Indonesia, Credit and Debt, Petroleum Industry, Forestry and Timber, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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IRS controversy may call new attention to big "dark money" spenders
San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE -- never the most popular agency of all time- is at the center of new scandal over allegations that politically motivated employees treated conservative Tea Party groups seeking tax exempt status unfairly. The agency may...Tags: Elections, Civil and Public Service, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Washington, DC
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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: Trade Agreements, Italy, China, Politics, Renewable 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, Petroleum Industry, Conservation, Personal Income, Politics
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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: Entertainment, Rush Limbaugh, Environmental Politics, Science, Duke University
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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, Fairfield County, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bethel, Health
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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: Conservation, Staten Island (New York City), Environmental Issues, Coca-Cola Co., World Wildlife Fund
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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: European Union, Barack Obama, Food Industry, Politics, International Organizations
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Red tape entangles Kaneohe inventor
The Honolulu Star-AdvertiserKaneohe inventor Richard Maruya thought his years of hard work had finally paid off when the Environmental Protection Agency in 2008 approved his formula for an environmentally friendly refrigerant for use in home appliances and air conditioners....Tags: Nissan, Invention and Innovation, Environmental Politics, Automotive Equipment, Marketing
May 21, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
May 21, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
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|Story| Hartford Courant
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