Tag: Obama

Apr 16

2014

Courts uphold EPA’s toxic air emissions regs

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A federal appeals court upheld President Obama’s EPA toxic air regulations that aim to cut lead, arsenic, mercury and other pollutants from coal- and oil-burning power plant emissions. The rules require out-of-compliance plants to install pollution control technology.

Posted 10 years ago

Mar 17

2014

Censorship grows under Obama

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The Associated Press confirms what many working reporters already know: the federal government is using the pretext of national security to deny a growing number of requests made under the Freedom of Information Act. Secrecy at the federal level is part of a trend throughout government to thwart the public’s right to know.

Posted 10 years ago

Oct 11

2013

Obama’s war on journalism

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“The administration’s war on leaks and other efforts to control information are the most aggressive I’ve seen since the Nixon administration, when I was one of the editors involved in The Washington Post’s investigation of Watergate.” —Leonard Downie Jr., former executive editor of The Washington Post

Posted 10 years ago
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