Obama
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It looks like the freeze of all unpublished Bush regulations stops the current run to delist the wolf- Obama Rule Halts Wolf Delisting. Center for Biological Diversity. News Release This is very happy news because we just learned that Idaho has some very nasty plans for the wolves if they are delisted — a quick…
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Article says he did the same as Bush did in 2001. Obama halts all regulations pending review. Order goes out Tuesday afternoon, shortly after inauguration. AP in MSNBC. This is what folks hoped for. Of course, this will only stop Bush regulations which are at a certain stage. How far back the order is able…
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Salazar’s hearing before Senate Committe- Sounds like any generic, old school Western Democrat that has been in this “saddle” many times before- Ken Salazar promises reform at Interior Department. LA Times. By Jim Tankersley Barack Obama criticized — again — over pick of Ken Salazar as Interior secretary. By Pete Thomas. LA Times. I should…
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Here are links to a number of reactions- NRDC. Flawed Flip-Flop on Wolves. Bush Administration changes course again with Endangered Species List re-removal. Defenders of Wildife. Bush administration rushes to strip protections from Northern Rockies wolves. Despite previous court decisions, administration again ignores Endangered Species Act requirements. Wyoming Chapter of the Sierra Club- News Release…
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Depressing news- Agribusiness as usual. Obama’s campaign ag adviser mounts a weak defense of industrial food. Grist Magazine. Posted by Tom Philpott
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High Country News interviewed 11 “key” Westerners- Western wish list for Obama. The hopes and worries of 11 key Westerners. High Country News. By Ray Ring. Here is a pile of good and bad ideas to discuss. I see the “radical” Jon Marvel argues for putting ombudsmen in all federal agencies, putting information on the…
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The 1872 Mining Law is a long-standing embarrassment, but Obama has shown no interest in dumping it- During the primary election season when Obama first came out against significant reform of this land destroying, trillion* dollar give-away, I thought he had merely received bad advice. Raúl Grijalva’s fervent desire to end this law probably weighed…
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Change is relative only in comparison to Bush — RM- Obama’s cabinet is complete. There are few real reformers. The cabinet will be different than Bush’s because the occupants are pragmatists rather than right-wing ideologues. There will not be a philosophical dislike of science. On the other hand, no guiding principles are apparent other than…