Natural Resources

Obama Openness Promise Still Unfulfilled at MSHA

The Mine Safety and Health Administration still denies FOIA requests, including one filed in Oct. 2008 by mine safety attorney Tony Oppegard for some witness statements.

SEJ Publication Types:

Topics on the Beat:

Region:

Visibility:

Read more about Obama Openness Promise Still Unfulfilled at MSHA

Salazar Promises To Revitalize Everglades

Touring the Everglades by airboat, Interior Secretary Salazar promised more federal funds to restore them.

Natural Resources

Public

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN)

Source: Miami Herald, 05/29/2009

Read more about Salazar Promises To Revitalize Everglades

WV Reporter Uses FOIA To Probe Drilling Waste

Billy Wolfe, of the Clarksburg Exponent Telegram, learns more about the chemicals in the hydraulic fracturing fluid used by gas-drilling companies.

SEJ Publication Types:

Topics on the Beat:

Region:

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV)

Visibility:

Public

Read more about WV Reporter Uses FOIA To Probe Drilling Waste

"Obama's EPA Clears 42 of 48 New Mountaintop Removal Mining Permits"

"The Obama administration has cleared more than three-dozen new mountaintop removal permits for issuance by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, drawing quick criticism from environmental groups"

05/18/2009

Natural Resources

Public

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV)

Source: ,

Read more about "Obama's EPA Clears 42 of 48 New Mountaintop Removal Mining Permits"

July 20, 2009 to July 24, 2009

3rd National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration

Highlighted large scale ecosystem restorations will include the Chesapeake Bay, Coastal Louisiana, Everglades, Great Lakes, Lower Colorado, Columbia, Snake, Mississippi and Missouri River Basins, Puget Sound, and San Francisco Bay and Delta.

Professional Meetings

Visibility:

Topics on the Beat:

Region:

June 19, 2009 to June 20, 2009

First Annual Mountain Aid Benefit Concert

This fundraising event is dedicated to ending mountaintop removal and "creating a clean energy future." Speakers include Judy Bonds, Ed Wiley, Maria Gunnoe and Larry Gibson.

Visibility:

Topics on the Beat:

Region:

SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN)

"Michigan Wetlands at Risk in Budget Crisis"

"Environmentalists fear that as many as a million acres of wetlands will fall victim to a confusing patchwork of local rules that will leave them vulnerable to destruction if money for Michigan's protection program dries up."

Natural Resources

Public

Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI)

Source: Detroit News, 05/12/2009

Read more about "Michigan Wetlands at Risk in Budget Crisis"

Farmers v. Enviros Over CA Wilderness

"SAN FRANCISCO -- A Bay Area oyster cannery in an estuary slated to become a federal wilderness area is at the heart of a battle pitting proponents of fishing and local food production against environmental advocates."

Natural Resources

Public

California

Source: Greenwire/NYTimes, 05/08/2009

Read more about Farmers v. Enviros Over CA Wilderness

"Most Endangered Rivers" List To Be Released April 7

The conservation group American Rivers publishes an annual list of rivers endangered by dams, pollution, mining projects, and other threats they believe require urgent action.

SEJ Publication Types:

Topics on the Beat:

Region:

Visibility: