Open, Accountable Govt. Leaked BLM Draft May Hinder Public Access to Chemical Information
(2/26/13) On Feb. 8, EnergyWire released a leaked draft proposal from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management on natural gas drilling and extraction on federal ...
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(2/26/13) As committees of the 113th Congress begin to implement their agendas, it is increasingly apparent that environmental and health standards, and ...
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(2/26/13) As March 1 approaches, across-the-board federal spending cuts, called sequestration, appear almost certain to occur. Republicans and Democrats are not negotiating to resolve the looming crisis. Neither seems sufficiently motivated to compromise.
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(2/12/13) During his second inaugural address on Jan. 21, President Obama announced that the United States will respond to the growing threat of climate change.
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(3/5/13) Yesterday, President Obama nominated Gina McCarthy to head the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). McCarthy served as an assistant administrator ...
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(3/4/13) On Friday, the U.S. Department of State published a revised draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Keystone XL pipeline, which ...
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(2/28/13) The Center for Effective Government recently published a report criticizing the Office of Advocacy at the Small Business Administration for catering to the anti-regulatory agenda of Big Business rather than ...
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(2/26/13) In 1981, President Reagan signed an executive ...
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