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The EnviroLink Network
As demand for freshwater soars, planetary supplies are becoming unpredictable. Existing technologies could avert a global water crisis, but they must be ... 07/23/2008 Washington Post U.S. rushes to change workplace toxin rules. - Political appointees at the Dept. of Labor are moving with unusual speed to push through--in the final months of the Bush ...
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Roadless Petition
Under the new policy, if governors wish to protect roadless areas within their states, they must complete a burdensome petition process and submit their recommendations to political appointees at the Department of Agriculture. The secretary of agriculture can accept, modify or reject these petitions, while elected officials and citizens in other states will have no say in ...
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Centennial Commission | The Coalition of National Park Service Retirees
The interests of citizens, park professionals, scholars and academics, advocacy and support organizations, politicians and political appointees, business and industry leaders must be ignited to join and engage a common endeavor to lead our parks into a successful second century. The Coalition Call to Action The ...
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Press Statement : Bill Wade Regarding Management Policy Rewrite | The Coalition of National Park Service Retirees
U.S. Department of Interior. Under the proposed rules ... the use ... system and convert them into vastly diminished areas where almost anything goes. Until recently, both political parties have viewed the management of our parks as `off limits area' where partisan politics ...
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Heritage Forests Campaign News Release
Philip Clapp, President of the National Environmental Trust. Rather than providing roadless protections, the Bush policy gives ultimate decision-making power to political appointees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), after allowing governors an opportunity to petition the U.S. Forest Service with their recommendations. The petitions are not ...
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Population Action International : Government Censorship: No Joke
Years ago a decision had been made by USAID to strongly encourage its grantees to scrub their websites and publications of material offensive to the delicate sensibilities of Bush political appointees. Now the repercussions of that decision are clear; USAID has been compelled to enforce this policy of censorship. And POPLINE is feeling the long arm of the federal government reaching ...
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Environmental Advocates of New York - Issues - Regulatory Watch - Endangered Agency
Albany and nine regional offices. The Public Employees Federation labor union represents most of the agency’s employees, with the remainder being non-union management positions and political appointees. Staffing reductions have resulted from several practices instituted by Governor Pataki since he took office in 1995, including: hiring freeze imposed on all state agencies since 1995; ...
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Everglades: Friends of the Everglades
The board members are political appointees so, not surprisingly, what's good for sugar tycoons, cattle barons and housing developers is often deemed good for the general public.And if that means uncorking crappy water into Lake Okeechobee or the Everglades, so be ...
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Spotted Owl plan
West Forest Plan. Scientists on the owl recovery team report that they were overruled by the political appointees, and say that the new alternative is unsupported by the best available science. By ... to increase logging on federal lands. Rather than make decisions based on the desires of political appointees, the administration should base its plans on sound science. “The owl deserves better than to ...
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Mukasey won't pursue charges in Justice Department hiring scandal - Los Angeles Times
A lawyer for Elston, also a Washington law firm partner, couldn't be reached. Among the Justice Department's 100,000 employees are a limited number of political appointees who hold policymaking positions, but most are career civil servants. The law permits ideology to be taken into account in hiring ...
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