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Many Tools Available For Following the Stimulus Money

The massive $787 billion economic stimulus package signed into law by President Obama Feb. 17, 2009, contains extensive funding for projects with direct and indirect environmental ties — all of which can be covered from numerous angles of interest to your audience.
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Environment Canada Gags Scientists At Conference

SEJ member Janet Pelley writes about her experience with EC scientists, policy and a press 'minder' at the recent Central Canadian Symposium on Water Quality Research.
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Journalism & Media
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International
Canada
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"Show Us The Data"

A new online project by two longstanding open-government groups allows people and groups to vote for the government information they would most like disclosed.
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FOIA Requests in 120-Day Limbo — Or Are They?

In January 2009, President Obama reversed Bush administration policy and ordered most federal agencies to err on the side of disclosure when responding to FOIA requests. Why, then, are a number of agencies still operating under the old policies?
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Obscure Farm Bill Provision Blacks Out Agricultural Data

The USDA is interpreting a provision in the 2008 Farm Bill so broadly that it may amount to a FOIA exemption for most information about individual agricultural operations.
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WatchDog TipSheet
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Agriculture
Laws & Regulations
Government
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Observed Climate Change, Temperature Record (last 1,000 years)

John R. Christy
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Climate Change
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Paleoclimatology (Past Climate)

Caspar Ammann
National Center for Atmospheric Research. Phone: (303) 497-1705. E-mail. Web site. Bio.
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Climate Change
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Climate Modeling and Prediction

Anthony J. Broccoli
Rutgers University. Phone: (732) 932-9817. E-mail. Web site. Publications: Rutgers and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory/NOAA. Bio.
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Climate Change
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50+ Really Serious Scientist Sources on Climate
50+ Really Serious Scientist Sources on Climate
(who would probably be glad to talk to a journalist)

Generalists (Overview, Policy, Multi-Disciplinary)
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change
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Generalists (Overview, Policy, Multi-Disciplinary)

Robert W. Corell
American Society of Meteorology. Expertise: Science/Policy interface; Arctic. Phone: (202) 737-9032 x409 (voicemail only). E-mail. Bio: Wikipedia and American Meteorological Society. Contact Info.

James Hansen
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Climate Change
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