"Dear Colleague" letters-- when one member of Congress asks other members of Congress to sign a letter on a specific issue-- help keep the profile of an issue high even if there's no legislation on that topic being debated in Congress. On...
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05 September 2003
A coalition of power companies has launched a multi-million dollar campaign to convince members of Congress to support the
Bush administration's misnamed "Clear Skies" air pollution bill. Through the Edison Electric Institute, hundreds of...
04 September 2003
Remember "Groundhog Day," with Bill Murray? He played a TV
weatherman, doomed to live the same day, Groundhog Day, over and over again.
As this odd summer slowly winds down, I feel a bit like Murray. I've been
here before.
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02 September 2003
George W. Bush has officially told the people of New York City that as far as
he's concerned, they can drop dead. And thanks to his lies, many of them
will.
With his latest attack on the Clean Air Act he's said the same to...
With his latest attack on the Clean Air Act he's said the same to...
29 August 2003
BACKGROUND
On August 15th a public comment period began on Bayer's (formerly Aventis) petition to the EPA for final tolerances of their herbicide Glufosinate (aka Liberty) for use on rice and cotton. This is the final step in the...
29 August 2003
Icelandic whalers have begun the take of 38 minke whales announced by the Government of Iceland on 6 August as the start of a so called 'scientific' whaling program. The program will expand to take 250 whales, including sei and fin whales...
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