Guns in Parks Bill Goes to Obama
The House passed a measure that would allow visitors to carry loaded, concealed guns in National Parks. It passed 279 to 147, with 105 Democratic votes.
Source: WashPost, 05/21/2009
Environmental Politics
Lisa Jackson Interview
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson is interviewed by Lester Graham of The Environment Report.
Source: Environment Report, 05/20/2009
"Advocates of Gun Rights Are Poised for a Victory"
"Advocates of gun rights are poised to win a Congressional victory that eluded them under a Republican president." Visitors carrying loaded and concealed weapons in National Parks.
Source: NYTimes, 05/20/2009
TX DEQ Boss Mum on Meetings With Asarco Lobbyist
A Texas state senator is seeking documents on meetings between Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Chairman H.S. Buddy Garcia and a lobbyist for Asarco as he was preparing to approve its application to reopen a smelter.
Source: Austin American-Statesman, 05/19/2009
"DOJ Nominee's Industry Experience a Worry for Some"
President Obama picks Ignacia Moreno to be the nation's top environmental prosecutor at the Justice Department. Environmentalists criticize her background as corporate attorney for General Electric.
Source: NYTimes, 05/18/2009
"New York City Official Is Obama Pick for C.D.C."
"President Obama will announce on Friday that he has chosen Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the New York City health commissioner, as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...."
Source: NYTimes, 05/15/2009
Senate Panel OKs FDA Nominee Hamburg
"A Senate panel has approved President Barack Obama's nominee to head the troubled Food and Drug Administration."
Source: AP, 05/14/2009
"Republicans Block Obama pick for Interior No. 2"
"Republicans blocked President Barack Obama's pick for the No. 2 job at the Interior Department on Wednesday in a dispute over oil and gas development on federal lands, but Democrats vowed they would soon make a second attempt to win confirmation."
Source: AP, 05/14/2009
Senate Confirms FEMA Boss After Vitter Delay
"The Senate confirmed Craig Fugate as administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday, hours after Sen. David Vitter, R-La., dropped his hold on the nominee."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 05/13/2009
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