Danish Navy Ends Greenpeace Arctic Oil Protest
"Danish navy commandos have ended the occupation of an Arctic drilling rig by Greenpeace by breaking into the protesters' survival pod hanging off the drilling platform."
Source: Guardian, 06/02/2011
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"CSU Forecasts Five Major Hurricanes In 2011 Season"
"Colorado State University forecasters predicted the Atlantic hurricane season that began on Wednesday would be a busy one with 16 tropical storms and nine of those growing into hurricanes."
Source: Reuters, 06/02/2011
"Brazil Approves Massive Amazon Dam For Construction"
"Brazil's environment agency gave its definitive approval on Wednesday for construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, a controversial $17 billion project in the Amazon that has drawn criticism from native Indians and conservationists."
Source: Reuters, 06/02/2011
"See No Wild Lands, Speak No Wild Lands"
Reversing course, the Obama administration's Interior Department scuttled a policy that it had touted barely five months before as reversing the wilderness policies of President Bush.
Source: Green (NYT), 06/02/2011
"Oil Refinery Group Sues EPA Over Request for Emissions Data"
"An oil and gas trade group has taken the rare step of challenging a U.S. EPA information request, saying the agency is seeking too much data as it revisits a George W. Bush-era analysis of refineries' cancer-causing emissions."
Source: Greenwire, 06/02/2011
Tornadoes Kill 4 in Central Massachusetts; Gov. Declares Emergency
"Tornadoes tore through Western and Central Massachusetts yesterday, killing at least four people, injuring an untold number, and reducing schools, churches, and homes to splinters along its destructive path."
Source: Boston Globe, 06/02/2011
For FOIA-Phobic: MuckRock Will File It for You
If you find using the Freedom of Information Act daunting, try this open government tool conceived by journalist Michael Morisy and start-up guru Mitchell Kotler. It will embargo a journalist's request before story publication.
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House OKs Secret Contributions from Govt Contractors
The vote came on an amendment by Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) to the defense authorization bill, in response to a draft executive order from President Obama that would require federal contractors to disclose their campaign contributions. The matter remains unresolved.
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Budget Cuts Will Mean Scrapping Open-Government Sites
Washington Post reporter Ed O'Keefe reports that White House negotiators from both parties substantially slashed the Electronic Government Fund which "helps finance government sites that track federal data, government contracting, government information technology and overall performance."
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Univ. of Virginia Bows to Denier Group on Climate Science FOIA
In a court agreement filed May 22, 2011, University of Virginia agreed to release documents of former U.Va. researcher/climate scientist Michael Mann. The plaintiff is American Tradition Institute, which raises funds with the slogan "Crush Gang Green and their anti-business allies."
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