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Read more about Open-Source Background on Federal BioWatch Program [1]

DHS and CDC Refuse To Give House Panel Docs on Failed BioWatch Program [2]

After wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on a non-working program aimed at protecting the US public from biological attack, the Department of Homeland Security and Centers for Disease Control may be refusing to give documents on the program to House Energy Committee investigators.

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Access to Fracking Info — Still Bad — Improved by Non-Gov Web Initiatives [8]

A geeky nonprofit watchdog group has done what government and private industry have failed to do; the group, SkyTruth, has made data about the ingredients in fracking fluid easily accessible to the public.

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December 6, 2012

Election 2012 – 30 Days Later: What Happened and What's Next [11]

Thirty days after the 2012 election, join Waggener Edstrom Worldwide and the Public Affairs Council in DC to hear about "what happened and what's next" from four leading national journalists covering the energy and environment, economy and business, health and technology sectors. 8 to 10 a.m. EST. Free event but RSVP required by November 30th.

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Energy & Fuel [10]

Economy & Business [19]

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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [20]

SEJ Member Spotlight: Barbara Moran [21]

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Earlier this year, award-winning science journalist Barbara Moran was the recipient of a Fund for Environmental Journalism grant for her proposal to produce articles examining the impact on environmental pollution and public health of industrial laundries in New England. Read her story, published November 19, 2012 on C-HIT, and distributed to Hartford Courant, New Haven Register, Middletown Press and Torrington-Register Citizen.

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Pollution [22]

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When News Embargoes May Endanger Public Health [24]

When NPR's David Schultz wanted to report last month on whether extra mumps vaccinations given in 2009 to Jewish children in the NYC area had worked or had side effects, he ran up against an embargo imposed by the journal Pediatrics. If you worry about how embargoes affect journalists' access, you may want to follow Embargo Watch.

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"The Soda Tax Lost. Now What?" [26]

"Measures in Richmond and El Monte, California that would have taxed sugar-sweetened beverages at a penny-per-ounce rate failed to pass in either city [Tuesday]."

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California [28]

Source: Mother Jones [29], 11/08/2012

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November 13, 2012 to November 14, 2012

Workshop: Understanding the Connections between Coastal Waters and Ocean Ecosystem Services and Human Health [30]

This free National Academies Institute of Medicine workshop in Washington DC will bring together members of the ecology, ecosystem services, and health communities to gain a better understanding of the connections between coastal waterways and ocean processes and public health risks and benefits. A live webcast of the workshop will also be available for those who are unable to attend in person.

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Water & Oceans [9]

Science [31]

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Policy [14]

Planning & Growth [15]

People & Population [32]

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Food [27]

Fish & Fisheries [33]

Environmental Studies [34]

Environmental Health [23]

Biodiversity [35]

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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [20]

Enviros Urge EPA Not To Weaken Drinking Water Reports [36]

Fifteen environmental and public health groups say EPA had not allowed sufficient time for public review, only put relevant information into its docket at the last minute, and emphasized easing a "burden" utilities had lived with for years at the expense of protecting the public.

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"U.S. Concern Over Compounders Predates Outbreak of Meningitis" [38]

"A year before people began dying of meningitis caused by a tainted drug from a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts, the Food and Drug Administration worried that compounders across the country might be selling another substandard drug, one possibly made with unapproved Chinese ingredients."

Economy & Business [19]

Health [3]