Saturday, November 08, 2003

Administration to Fire Environmental Whistle-Blower at NMHSA The Bush administration will fire Jack Spadaro, superintendent of the National Mine Health and Safety Administration, who has charged it with covering up blame for a coal sludge spill that was a major environmental disaster, the New York Times reported Nov. 8, 2003. Full Story. 9:41:30 PM

Fossil Lobby Abandons Suit to Censor Via Data Quality Act The Competitive Enterprise Institute Nov. 4 dropped efforts to force feds to "un-publish" a Clinton-era National Assessment on climate -- an inconclusive end to the first major legal test of the Data Quality Act as a tool for censorship.  Full Story. 9:14:47 PM