http://newsrack.in/rss/flenvcenter/Policy-and-Governance_Independent/rss.xml This is a custom RSS feed generated by NewsRack for user flenvcenter for topic Policy and Governance-Independent Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:37:09 GMT Policy and Governance-Independent Policy and Governance-Independent 2010-09-03T15:37:09Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/democrats-ramp-up-midterm_n_704658.html WASHINGTON &mdash; Republican Jesse Kelly was still basking in the glow of his victory in an Arizona congressional primary when the Democratic congresswoman he's trying... Arizona Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/democrats-ramp-up-midterm_n_704658.html AP 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-lessig/neoprogressives_b_704715.html It seems that just about every hundred years or so, the body politic we call America swells with fever as it fights off a democracy-destroying disease. That disease is "Special Interest Government," a government captured by the economically powerful in society, as they find a way to convert economic into political power; the fever comes from the reform movement, keen to kill that disease and restore an ideal of government of, by, and for "the People." This time around, that breakaway, trans-party reform movement will carry the banner of Neo-Progressivism. Elections Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-lessig/neoprogressives_b_704715.html Lawrence Lessig 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/epa-climate-change-regula_n_704678.html The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will roll out more regulations on greenhouse gases and other pollution to help fight climate change, but they will not... National Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/03/epa-climate-change-regula_n_704678.html Yahoo! News 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/heather-taylormiesle/congressional-candidates_b_704816.html Originally posted on The MarkUp. This is the ninth article in a continuing series by the NRDC Action Fund on the environmental stances of candidates... Republican Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/heather-taylormiesle/congressional-candidates_b_704816.html Heather Taylor-Miesle 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2010/09/03/banks-back-away-financing-mountain-top-removal?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greenbiz%2Fenergy-climate+%28Energy+%26+Climate+%7C++Greenbiz.com%29 <p>The environmentally destructive coal mining practice, for years a target of shareowner activists, faces new regulatory restrictions and limited financing from major banks.</p><img src="http://www.greenbiz.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/wide_small/090310MTR.jpg" alt="Banks Back Away from Financing Mountain Top Removal" title="Banks Back Away from Financing Mountain Top Removal" width="100" height="75" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greenbiz/energy-climate/~4/URwO0nxGHIg" height="1" width="1"/> National Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2010/09/03/banks-back-away-financing-mountain-top-removal?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+greenbiz%2Fenergy-climate+%28Energy+%26+Climate+%7C++Greenbiz.com%29 Robert Kropp 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/02/huffpost-hill-september-2_n_704088.html "Let's talk about sex, ba-by/ Let's talk about the G-O-P/ Let's talk about David Vitter, self-pleasure and the Tea Par-ty/ Let's talk ab-ow-ut sex." Seriously...because... Arizona Democrat Republican Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/02/huffpost-hill-september-2_n_704088.html Eliot Nelson 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brendan-demelle/epa-ignores-tn-and-al-on_b_704119.html September is back to school month, but the next big test for the White House and EPA has already begun. How the Obama administration handles... National Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brendan-demelle/epa-ignores-tn-and-al-on_b_704119.html Brendan DeMelle 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.enn.com/lifestyle/article/41729?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EnvironmentalNewsNetwork+%28Environmental+News+Network%29 Test shows water problem near natgas drill site National Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.enn.com/lifestyle/article/41729?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EnvironmentalNewsNetwork+%28Environmental+News+Network%29 Jon Hurdle, Reuters 2010-09-01T18:30:00Z http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/09/02/fighting-coal-ash-bureaucracy-and-confusion/ As I have mentioned on this blog before, the Environmental Protection Agency is currently holding public hearings at sites around the country to hear your input on draft regulations for the disposal of toxic coal ash. This week’s blog post comes from Sierra Student Coalition Apprentice Margaret Hoerath, who writes about an activist who [...] ... National Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/09/02/fighting-coal-ash-bureaucracy-and-confusion/ 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jerry-cope/no-safe-harbor-on-gulf-co_b_698338.html Within two days after arriving in the region in mid-July, everyone on our team began getting sick. After our first day out on the water, we all had extreme headaches. National Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jerry-cope/no-safe-harbor-on-gulf-co_b_698338.html Jerry Cope 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-nilles/fighting-coal-ash-bureauc_b_704011.html As I have mentioned on this blog before, the Environmental Protection Agency is currently holding public hearings at sites around the country to hear your... National Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-nilles/fighting-coal-ash-bureauc_b_704011.html Bruce Nilles 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/09/02/right-wing-arizona-gov-jan-brewer-totally-screws-up-1st-debate-flees-reporters/ In last night&amp;#8217;s Arizona gubernatorial debate, right-wing Governor Jan Brewer tried to list her accomplishments. It went poorly:Later, in an exchange about the economy, her opponent Attorney General Terry Goddard pointed out that Brewer&amp;#8217;s fearmongering about violence in Arizona did not do great things for the state&amp;#8217;s financial prospects. He then called on [...] ... Arizona Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/09/02/right-wing-arizona-gov-jan-brewer-totally-screws-up-1st-debate-flees-reporters/ 2010-09-01T18:30:00Z http://www.truth-out.org/epa-results-show-contaminated-water-wyoming-fracking-zone62912 <p class="rteleft">Government scientists have found that private water walls in Pavillion, Wyo. are polluted with toxic chemicals used in the controversial gas drilling technique of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking &mdash; and residents have been told not to drink from them.</p> <p class="rteleft">The findings offer the latest evidence that the fast-spreading gas-extraction method could be endangering public health.</p><p><a href="http://www.truth-out.org/epa-results-show-contaminated-water-wyoming-fracking-zone62912">read more</a></p> National Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.truth-out.org/epa-results-show-contaminated-water-wyoming-fracking-zone62912 2010-09-01T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/02/dga-files-complaint-again_n_703358.html DGA Files Complaint Against Fox News For Illegal Contribution To GOP Candidate Elections Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/02/dga-files-complaint-again_n_703358.html The Huffington Post News Team 2010-09-02T18:30:00Z http://www.grist.org/article/2010-09-02-prime-solar-land-lies-fallow-southwest-desert-/ by Randy Rieland. Ready for your morning bowl of crazy? Five years ago, Congress set aside millions of acres of public land in the Southwest for the development of solar farms. This was primo real estate for solar, considered one of the best spots in the world. So far not one solar panel has been erected.&amp;#160; Oh, you want us to build something?&amp;#160; This discouraging news comes courtesy of the AP&apos;s Jason Dearen , whose investigation shows that the understaffed U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) focused almost all its time on approving oil and gas projects and leased the land on a first-come, first-served basis, often to outfits with little or no experience in actually building solar farms. Case in point: Cogentrix Solar Services, a ... National Republican Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.grist.org/article/2010-09-02-prime-solar-land-lies-fallow-southwest-desert-/ 2010-09-01T18:30:00Z http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/09/02-11 <div class="author-name">by George Lakoff</div><p>If you have not read Drew Westen's outstanding piece, &quot;<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/drew-westen/what-created-the-populist_b_699960.html" target="_hplink">What Created the Populist Explosion and How Democrats Can Avoid the Shrapnel in November</a>&quot;, on the Huffington Post, Alternet, and other venues, read it immediately. Westen states as eloquently and forcefully as anyone what he, I, and other progressives have been saying from the beginning of the Obama administration. I agree fully with everything he says. But ...</p><p><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/09/02-11">read more</a></p> Democrat Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/09/02-11 2010-09-01T18:30:00Z http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/mining_near_bryce_canyon_who_benefits/C35/L35/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+newwest%2Fmain+New+West+Network+Front+Page Mining Near Bryce Canyon: Who Benefits? National Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/mining_near_bryce_canyon_who_benefits/C35/L35/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+newwest%2Fmain+New+West+Network+Front+Page 2010-09-01T18:30:00Z http://www.grist.org/article/2010-09-02-richard-burr-objectionable-and-vulnerable/ by David Roberts. In my depressing-ass post yesterday, I noted that Sen. Lisa Murkowski&amp;#8217;s (R-Alaska) departure from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR) would leave Richard Burr (R-N.C.) as the ranking Republican. Burr, I said, &amp;#8220;seems unobjectionable.&amp;#8221; It has been pointed out by certain interested parties that despair is no excuse for abandoning standards altogether. As it happens, there is plenty about Burr&amp;#8217;s record to which one might reasonably object. He has voted against removing subsidies for oil companies, against extending tax credits for renewables and efficiency, and for an amendment that would have prohibited any energy policy that would lead to an &amp;#8220;increase in the costs of ... Republican Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.grist.org/article/2010-09-02-richard-burr-objectionable-and-vulnerable/ 2010-09-01T18:30:00Z http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/deconstructing-lisa?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hcn%2FFromTheBlogs+%28hcn.org+-+From+the+Blogs%29 Lisa Murkowski falls, climate skepticism gains<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/hcn/FromTheBlogs/~4/xhTKNm0yarU" height="1" width="1"/> Republican Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/deconstructing-lisa?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+hcn%2FFromTheBlogs+%28hcn.org+-+From+the+Blogs%29 Cally Carswell 2010-09-01T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/02/midterm-election-democrat_n_703252.html McGREGOR, Texas &mdash; Rep. Chet Edwards, an imperiled Democrat deep in the heart of Republican territory, finds exiting American Legion Post No. 273 slow going.... Democrat Republican Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/02/midterm-election-democrat_n_703252.html AP 2010-09-01T18:30:00Z http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/09/02-1 <div class="author-name">by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica</div><div class="field-item"><img src="http://www.commondreams.org/" /></div><p>The federal government is warning residents in a small Wyoming town with extensive natural gas development not to drink their water, and to use fans and ventilation when showering or washing clothes in order to avoid the risk of an explosion.</p><p><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/09/02-1">read more</a></p> National Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/09/02-1 2010-09-01T18:30:00Z http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/09/01/fight-tea-party-voters-with-fresh-voters/ Candidates have been in their districts, making nice to likely mid-term voters. They&amp;#8217;re more scarce than general election voters, and typically a more polarized bunch. What if there were more of them and more low-income people, particularly women, were in the mix? In a country where 131 million people voted in the 2008 presidential election, a [...] ... Arizona Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/09/01/fight-tea-party-voters-with-fresh-voters/ 2010-09-01T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brendan-nyhan/the-tactical-fallacy_b_702651.html More and more pundits are jumping on the Democrats/Obama-are-in-trouble-due-to-bad-messaging bandwagon (for recent examples, see here, here, here, and here). What we're observing is a classic... Democrat Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brendan-nyhan/the-tactical-fallacy_b_702651.html Brendan Nyhan 2010-09-01T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/01/jim-traficant-convicted-felon-congressman_n_702710.html CLEVELAND &mdash; Outspoken former Democratic congressman Jim Traficant, who served time in federal prison for corruption, has fought his way back onto the Nov. 2... Elections Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/01/jim-traficant-convicted-felon-congressman_n_702710.html AP 2010-09-01T18:30:00Z http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/01/passing-prop-23-in-califo_n_702477.html As right-wing think tanks continue to claim that California's clean energy legislation is hampering the state's economy, federal EPA Administrator Jared Blumenfeld has come forward... National Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/01/passing-prop-23-in-califo_n_702477.html Laura Bassett 2010-09-01T18:30:00Z