Friday, December 12, 2003

Moyers Show "Veil of Secrecy" Airs Tonight NOW with Bill Moyers will air an investigative segment tonight (Friday, Dec. 12,2003) on the loss of public access to environmental health and safety information in the wake of 9/11. In the  5-month investigation done in conjunction with US News & World Report, David Brancaccio examines sweeping new secrecy proposals, and focuses on the Toxics Release Inventory as a case in point. The show will air at 9pm EST on some Eastern seaboard stations, but broadcast times will vary. For broadcast times in your local viewing area, check your local public TV stations or the NOW with Bill Moyers Website. 11:20:24 AM

Greenpeace: We're No Mongerers!. Greenpeace lawyers will ask a court to drop federal criminal charges stemming from a protest aboard a mahogany importer's ship. The group says it is being unfairly targeted under an obscure 1872 statute that prohibits 'sailor mongering.' By Niall McKay. [Wired News] 9:30:37 AM

Wyoming BLM Locks Up Inspection, Enforcement Documents Wyoming offices of the Bureau of Land Management shut off public access to all oil and gas inspection and enforcement records in mid-November. The action came in response to an embarrassing Nov. 5, 2003, story in the Gillette News-Record depicting the problem of "orphan" wells, which are abandoned, semi-abandoned, or of uncertain ownership. Such wells may often be in disrepair, leaking oil or toxic hydrogen sulfide, and BLM enforcement efforts often fail to clean them up. Full Story. 9:10:26 AM