"Industry Boos Oscar Nod for 'Gasland'"
"'Gasland,' a film that turns a harshly critical eye on the perils of natural gas drilling, has earned an Academy Award nomination for best documentary."
Source: Green (NYT), 01/26/2011
Journalism & Media
"Environmental Lawyers Praise Slain Ariz. Judge"
"In 2009, a federal judge ruled that a vague potential threat of violence against ranchers was not sufficient cause to withhold GPS data about the killing and capture of wolves in Arizona. The judge in question was John M. Roll of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, one of six killed during Saturday's attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.)."
Source: Greenwire, 01/14/2011
Park Police Chief Fired for Talking to Press Is Reinstated
"A federal appeals board yesterday ordered that Teresa Chambers be reinstated as chief of the U.S. Park Police, seven years after she was fired for telling reporters that her department was understaffed and in need of more funding."
Source: Greenwire, 01/13/2011
Sunshine Week Coming March 13-19, 2011
Many publications and groups schedule special stories, reports, panels, or events during this week to promote freedom of information and to exercise their First Amendment rights. Find suggestions at the American Society of News Editors' official Sunshine Week website.
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"2010 in Review: the Year Climate Coverage 'Fell off the Map'"
"After spiking upward in response to Copenhagen talks and the 'climategate' uproar, media coverage of climate change plummeted to levels last seen in 2005, according to DailyClimate.org's archives and other media databases."
Source: Daily Climate, 01/05/2011
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