Senate Passes Whistleblower Protection Bill; House Pending
The bill (S 372) would beef up the weakened protections for federal whistleblowers against retaliation for revealing fraud, waste, and abuse.
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SLAPP Win: Court Awards Legal Fees to Filmmaker in Dole Case
The makers of "Bananas!," which claimed that Dole's use of pesticides had caused harm to farm workers in Nicaragua, were awarded $200,000 in court costs and attorney fees.
Groups Challenge Canada's Secrecy on Breeding Proposal for GM Salmon
A coalition of some 60 environmental, fisheries, and consumer groups want to know whether the Canadian government is undertaking a risk assessment before allowing AquaBounty's genetically engineered eggs to be grown on Prince Edward Island.
High Court Mulls Public's Right To Know of Threats to Its Safety
In the case of Milner v. Navy, a Puget Sound resident and activist sought information that would identify the locations and potential blast ranges of explosive ordnance stored at Washington’s Naval Magazine Indian Island.
Court OKs USDA Secrecy on Wolf Killings of Livestock
The environmental groups' request for GPS information about where the introduced, protected Mexican grays had killed livestock was denied on grounds that data collected by Wildlife Service personnel visiting private ranch property is exempt from FOIA requests.
Earmark Database Now Covers Fiscal 2011
The downloadable, Zipped Excel spreadsheet, produced by Taxpayers for Common Sense, WashingtonWatch.com, and Taxpayers Against Earmarks, contains 39,294 requested earmarks, worth $130 billion.
Power Plant Cooling May Hurt NE Stocks More Than Overfishing
"In an unprecedented move, the environmental agencies of New Jersey and New York have begun forcing scores of their largest water users to either retrofit their plants with modern cooling systems which won't kill billions of fish annually or cease operating."
Source: New Jersey Newsroom, 12/15/2010
"Oil Sands Report Criticizes All Stakeholders"
"Cutting through rhetoric that so often dominates debate over Canada's oil sands, a new report by a prominent academic group is a comprehensive snapshot of the failings and successes of all the industry's stakeholders and raises hope for a new era of oversight."
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 12/15/2010
"Sierra Club Sues Exxon Over Baytown Plant Pollution"
"The Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a federal lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp for five years of excess pollution at the nation's largest refinery, the Sierra Club said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 12/15/2010
U.S. Expected To Join Gulf Spill Lawsuits
"The Justice Department on Wednesday is expected to seek to join civil lawsuits stemming from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the first major federal legal action in the disaster, according to people familiar with the matter."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 12/15/2010
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