"EPA Chemical Database Rules a Political Hazard, Critics Say"
"Obama has invited politics into scientific task to update the catalog and assess the danger of industrial chemicals, some say."
Source: LA Times, 06/16/2009
Environmental Politics
Book Shelf, Book 4- The Republican War on Science
THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON SCIENCE
By Chris Mooney
Basic Books, $24.95
Reviewed by STUART LEAVENWORTH
Here's a news flash: President George Bush and some of his minions have targeted scientists who don't share their agenda. They have intimidated certain government researchers, reassigned those who cause trouble for key constituencies and discouraged an entire generation of biologists, climatologists and other professionals from ever working on the federal payroll.
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Rep. Henry Waxman: "Marathon Man"
"Henry Waxman’s climate change bill won’t make it into law this year. That’s why he’s the right guy for the job."
Source: Washington Monthly, 06/12/2009
"Interior Report Shows Flawed Utah Lease Sale"
"The Interior Department released a report today outlining flaws in the process used last year to auction oil and gas leases in Utah and calling for a comprehensive regional air-quality strategy and a review to decide whether to reinstate the parcels."
Source: Greenwire, 06/12/2009
"Congress Abandoning Obama Clean Energy Goals"
"Congress is all but abandoning President Barack Obama's goal of producing fully one-quarter of the nation's electricity from renewable sources -- wind, solar and the like -- by 2025, though a push for at least some increase is making headway."
Source: AP, 06/12/2009
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."
Source: Austin American-Statesman, 06/11/2009
"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."
Source: Salt Lake Tribune, 06/11/2009
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."
Source: Greenwire, 06/10/2009
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