http://newsrack.in/rss/flenvcenter/Policy-and-Governance_Independent/Government/rss.xml This is a custom RSS feed generated by NewsRack for user flenvcenter for category path flenvcenter/Policy-and-Governance_Independent/Government in issue Policy and Governance-Independent Tue, 21 May 2013 21:09:03 GMT Government Government 2013-05-21T21:09:03Z http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/blm-fracking-rules-just-get-more-industry-friendly Feds weaken a proposal that many enviros say wasn’t strong enough in the first place<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/most-recent/~4/ZxWwaRFdPa0" height="1" width="1"/> National Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/blm-fracking-rules-just-get-more-industry-friendly Sarah Gilman 2013-05-20T18:30:00Z https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/21-4 <div class='node-body'><p>On May 16, the Obama Interior Department announced its long-awaited rules governing <a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/fracking-the-future/">hydraulic fracturing (&quot;fracking&quot;)</a> on federal lands.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="https://www.commondreams.org/sites/commondreams.org/files/imagecache/news_archive_thumbnail/article_images/shutterstock_sm.jpg" alt="[field_image_caption-raw]" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-news_archive_thumbnail imagecache-default imagecache-news_archive_thumbnail_default" width="70" height="44" /> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/21-4" target="_blank">read more</a></p> National Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/21-4 jon 2013-05-20T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/hantavirus-yosemite-outbreak-response-national-park-service_n_3312824.html?utm_hp_ref=green YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. &mdash; Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommended on Monday that design changes... National Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/hantavirus-yosemite-outbreak-response-national-park-service_n_3312824.html?utm_hp_ref=green AP 2013-05-20T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mattea-kramer/sequester-cuts_b_3313013.html?utm_hp_ref=politics It's 2023 -- and this is America 10 years after the first across-the-board federal budget cuts known as sequestration went into effect. National Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mattea-kramer/sequester-cuts_b_3313013.html?utm_hp_ref=politics Mattea Kramer 2013-05-20T18:30:00Z http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/21-8 <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-op-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Mattea Kramer </div> <div class="field-item even"> Jo Comerford </div> </div> </div> <div class='node-body'><p><img alt="" border="0" class="image-full" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/austerity_banner.jpg" style="width: 540px; height: 280px;" />The streets are so much darker now, since money for streetlights is rarely available to municipal governments. The national parks began closing down years ago. Some are already being subdivided and sold to the highest bidder. Reports on bridges crumbling or even collapsing are commonplace.</p></div><p><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/21-8" target="_blank">read more</a></p> National Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/21-8 jon 2013-05-20T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/heat-related-deaths-new-york-city-spike_n_3306571.html?utm_hp_ref=green From Climate Central's Andrew Freedman: An increasing number of New Yorkers are likely to die from heat-related causes as global warming causes more extreme heat... National Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/heat-related-deaths-new-york-city-spike_n_3306571.html?utm_hp_ref=green Nick Visser 2013-05-20T18:30:00Z http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/finalize-tier-3-tailpipe-standards-our-kids-our-health-and-our-future.html <img src="http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2013/05/Auto-gridlock.jpg.400x300_q85_crop-smart.jpg" /> New vehicle emission and fuel standards proposed by the EPa will reduce pollution, save gas, protect public health, and create jobs.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/treehuggersite?a=td8b3VrV_Hw:l3Babl75-78:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/treehuggersite?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/treehuggersite?a=td8b3VrV_Hw:l3Babl75-78:2mJPEYqXBVI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/treehuggersite?d=2mJPEYqXBVI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/treehuggersite?a=td8b3VrV_Hw:l3Babl75-78:DLYy-l-dIDg"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/treehuggersite?d=DLYy-l-dIDg" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/treehuggersite/~4/td8b3VrV_Hw" height="1" width="1"/> National Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/finalize-tier-3-tailpipe-standards-our-kids-our-health-and-our-future.html Sarah Hodgdon, Guest Writer 2013-05-20T18:30:00Z http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/grizzlies-back-from-the-brink Now there’s a plan in case they are delisted<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/FromTheBlogs/~4/EuHuACHmWdQ" height="1" width="1"/> National Thu, 09 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/grizzlies-back-from-the-brink Sarah Keller 2013-05-09T18:30:00Z http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.8/the-latest-pumping-arizonas-rivers-dry The state water board gives the go-ahead to a groundwater pumping project that could harm the San Pedro River<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/most-recent/~4/WGrwTN54wVw" height="1" width="1"/> National Fri, 10 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.8/the-latest-pumping-arizonas-rivers-dry Emily Guerin 2013-05-10T18:30:00Z http://www.hcn.org/blogs/range/theres-no-app-for-that Stewardship demands boots on the ground, but will the next generation rise to the challenge?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/most-recent/~4/w7hnMRzr7Z4" height="1" width="1"/> National Tue, 14 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.hcn.org/blogs/range/theres-no-app-for-that Red Lodge 2013-05-14T18:30:00Z http://www.hcn.org/blogs/range/its-endangered-species-day 40 years on and the ESA continues to have growing pains<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/most-recent/~4/sL6s3ROOoVk" height="1" width="1"/> National Thu, 16 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.hcn.org/blogs/range/its-endangered-species-day Red Lodge 2013-05-16T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-s-becker/epa-nominee-obama_b_3302995.html?utm_hp_ref=green&ir=Green In picking Gina McCarthy to lead the EPA, Obama sent the Senate a nominee who should satisfy, if not delight, Republicans as well as Democrats. But these days, the Senate rarely stumbles in the right direction. Senate Republicans are playing games with Obama's selection. National Sun, 19 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-s-becker/epa-nominee-obama_b_3302995.html?utm_hp_ref=green&ir=Green William S. Becker 2013-05-19T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/19/global-warming-climate-change-study-2013_n_3303784.html?utm_hp_ref=green OSLO, May 19 (Reuters) - Extreme global warming is less likely in coming decades after a slowdown in the pace of temperature rises so far... National Sun, 19 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/19/global-warming-climate-change-study-2013_n_3303784.html?utm_hp_ref=green Reuters 2013-05-19T18:30:00Z http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/17-6 <div class='node-body'><p>U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy is holding a hearing today to review a bill that would eliminate any requirement to update federal waste disposal regulations, including regulations that are long overdue for coal ash, one of the largest industrial waste streams in the country.</p></div><p><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/17-6" target="_blank">read more</a></p> National Fri, 17 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/17-6 jacob 2013-05-17T18:30:00Z https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/17-3 <div class='node-body'><p>From Hawaii to Washington D.C., Americans today are celebrating the sixth annual Endangered Species Day and the 40th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act. The Act is one of the world&rsquo;s most successful environmental laws, preventing extinction for 99 percent of the animals and plants under its care and putting hundreds on the road to recovery.</p></div><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/17-3" target="_blank">read more</a></p> National Thu, 16 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/17-3 jacob 2013-05-16T18:30:00Z http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/17/headlines Headlines for May 17, 2013 National Thu, 16 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/17/headlines mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) 2013-05-16T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/16/gina-mccarthy-senate-epa_n_3286749.html?utm_hp_ref=green WASHINGTON -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday approved the nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency, sending the... National Wed, 15 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/16/gina-mccarthy-senate-epa_n_3286749.html?utm_hp_ref=green Lucia Graves 2013-05-15T18:30:00Z https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/16-4 <div class='node-body'><p>Conservationists <a href="http://earthjustice.org/documents/legal-document/pdf/appellants-opening-brief" target="_blank">went before</a> the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today, in a lawsuit filed by Earthjustice challenging the U.S. Bureau of Land Management&#39;s (BLM) initial management plan for the Vermilion Cliffs and Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monuments.</p></div><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/16-4" target="_blank">read more</a></p> National Thu, 16 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/16-4 jacob 2013-05-16T18:30:00Z https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/16-6 <div class='node-body'><p>In response to a scientific petition filed by the Center for Biological Diversity in November, the federal government announced today that Alaska&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/mammals/Iliamna_Lake_seal/index.html" target="_blank">Iliamna Lake seals</a> may need protection under the Endangered Species Act. They are threatened by the development of the proposed Pebble mine as well as by climate change. The National Marine Fisheries Service will now launch a year-long status review of the freshwater seals.</p></div><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/16-6" target="_blank">read more</a></p> National Thu, 16 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/16-6 jacob 2013-05-16T18:30:00Z https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/16-9 <div class='node-body'><p>The U.S. Department of the Interior&rsquo;s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposed an updated set of rules governing hydraulic fracturing, or &ldquo;fracking,&rdquo; on public lands today. The controversial oil and gas development technique&mdash;in which drillers blast millions of gallons of chemically treated water into the earth to force oil and gas from underground deposits&mdash;has been linked to air and water pollution and public health problems.</p></div><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/16-9" target="_blank">read more</a></p> National Thu, 16 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/16-9 jacob 2013-05-16T18:30:00Z http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/16-7 <div class='node-body'><p>The U.S. Bureau of Land Management <a href="http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2013/may/nr_05_16_2013.html" target="_blank">released new draft rules</a> for fracking on public lands Thursday afternoon that would vastly weaken safeguards against the highly toxic gas extraction process, which has already done untold damage to public water, land and air.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://www.commondreams.org/sites/commondreams.org/files/imagecache/news_archive_thumbnail/article_images/22222227839638172_6accb20fd5.jpg" alt="[field_image_caption-raw]" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-news_archive_thumbnail imagecache-default imagecache-news_archive_thumbnail_default" width="70" height="40" /> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/16-7" target="_blank">read more</a></p> National Thu, 16 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/16-7 jacob 2013-05-16T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/16/mercury-fish-guidelines-health-department_n_3282003.html?utm_hp_ref=green&ir=Green By Toni Clarke WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Updated federal advice on mercury levels in fish appears to have stalled within the U.S. department of... National Wed, 15 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/16/mercury-fish-guidelines-health-department_n_3282003.html?utm_hp_ref=green&ir=Green Reuters 2013-05-15T18:30:00Z http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/16-1 <div class='node-body'><p>The Ohio Valley Electric Corporation, Ferro Corporation, American Electric Power, the U.S. Department of Defense and the Southern Company top the list of the most hazardous polluters of U.S. surface water, according to a report released today by the national consumer advocacy organization Food &amp; Water Watch and the Political Economy Research Institute of the University of Massachusetts Amherst (PERI).</p></div><p><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/16-1" target="_blank">read more</a></p> National Wed, 15 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/16-1 jacob 2013-05-15T18:30:00Z https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/15-8 <div class='node-body'><p>On the fifth anniversary of <a href="http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/mammals/polar_bear/index.html" target="_blank">polar bears&rsquo;</a> placement on the endangered species list, the Center for Biological Diversity today launched federal litigation challenging the Obama administration&rsquo;s failure to consider &ldquo;endangered&rdquo; status for the polar bear or develop a recovery plan for this gravely imperiled species.</p></div><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/15-8" target="_blank">read more</a></p> National Wed, 15 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/15-8 jacob 2013-05-15T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/15/sebastopol-california-solar_n_3278023.html?utm_hp_ref=green From Mother Nature Network's Matt Hickman: Sebastopol, an agri-artsy Sonoma outpost about an hour north of San Francisco, can now claim bragging rights as being... National Tue, 14 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/15/sebastopol-california-solar_n_3278023.html?utm_hp_ref=green James Gerken 2013-05-14T18:30:00Z