Environmental Politics

Texan Named to Top Fish & Wildlife Post

"Sam D. Hamilton, who served as the head of the Texas office of the Fish and Wildlife Service during the early and mid 1990s, has been nominated by President Obama to be the national head of the agency."

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Source: Austin American-Statesman, 06/11/2009

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"Obama Picks Babbitt Aide To Run BLM"

"Bob Abbey, who helped former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt complete a Utah wilderness inventory 10 years ago, is President Barack Obama's nominee to head up the U.S. Bureau of Land Management."

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Source: Salt Lake Tribune, 06/11/2009

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January 14, 2020

DEADLINE: Jefferson Fellowships for Journalists

The Fellowships comprise one week of dialogue with professional colleagues and experts at the East-West Center in Hawaii, followed by a two-week study tour to cities in Asia or the U.S. Theme of the 2020 Program is "Inequality in the U.S. and Asia: Drivers, Consequences, and Policy Responses." Apply by Jan 14, 2020 .

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Family, Finances Prompted Withdrawal

"President Obama's nominee to lead the Forest Service and farmland conservation programs says he withdrew his name from consideration for family and financial reasons."

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Source: Greenwire, 06/10/2009

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"EPA's Jackson Outlines Changes To Scientific Review Process"

"U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson at a Senate hearing Tuesday outlined several changes to the agency's scientific review and assessment processes that reverse protocols enforced during the Bush administration."

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Source: Dow Jones, 06/10/2009

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"Native Americans Ask Court to Stop Gold Mine on Sacred Mountain"

"The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Wednesday on whether the Canadian corporation Barrick Gold will be allowed to construct and operate an open pit gold mine on Mt. Tenabo in Nevada."

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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY)

Source: ENS, 06/08/2009

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Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization

Climate change scientist paints a stark and vivid picture

THE WINDS OF CHANGE: CLIMATE, WEATHER AND THE DESTRUCTION OF CIVILIZATIONS By Eugene Linden
Simon & Schuster, $26

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Environmental Studies

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"Obama Walks a Fine Line Over Mining"

"Environmentalists feel betrayed by the EPA's decision not to block new mountaintop mining projects."

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Source: LA Times, 06/01/2009

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Enviros Like Sotomayor

Environmental groups seem to like President Obama's pick for the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor.

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Source: Greenwire, 05/28/2009

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House Panel Launches Interior Reform

A draft bill from the House Natural Resources Committee would drastically reform the Interior Department's corruption-plagued system for collecting oil and gas royalties.

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National (U.S.)

Source: Greenwire, 05/28/2009

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