House Approves Bill To Block Stream-protection Rule For...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The republican-controlled House approved a bill Tuesday blocking new Obama administration regulations designed to reduce the environmental impact of coal m...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The republican-controlled House approved a bill Tuesday blocking new Obama administration regulations designed to reduce the environmental impact of coal m...
It is long past time for a presidential debate in which the candidates thoroughly address the most pressing science-related topics, says the non-profit group ScienceDebate.org...
http://feeds.mediamatters.org/~r/mediamatters/latest/~3/QZ2zDSfacjA/207892
Earlier this week, we discussed the republican surrender of Congressional power to Obama's bureaucracy, but what are some of the specific Article I powers republicans are givi...
Despite the unparalleled global influence of the Gates Foundation, legislators are mostly silent about the negative repercussions of large-scale giving. In Washington, DC, the...
http://www.truth-out.org/progressivepicks/item/34321-beware-of-philanthro-capitalists-bearing-gifts
After several months of denials and finger-pointing, republican Governor Rick Snyder finally apologized Dec. 29, 2015 to Flint, Michigan residents for poisonous levels of lead...
http://peoplesworld.org/too-late-to-apologize-for-poisoning-flint-s-water-supply/
We learned on Tuesday that Barack Obama, in his final year of office, will continue to test the boundaries of executive authority in order to break through congressional inert...
https://newrepublic.com/article/127066/obama-hit-limit-gun-control
The Institute for Policy Integrity at the New York University (NYU) School of Law recently published a report [http://policyintegrity.org/files/publications/ExpertConsensusRe...
OUR TOP TEN BLOG POSTS BY READERSHIP IN 2015. This post was originally posted [http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/bill-easterly-and-denial-inconvenient-truths] [http:...
http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/4-2015-bill-easterly-and-denial-inconvenient-truths
A tale of environmental suspense unfolded throughout 2015: Would nations finally reach a global agreement to fight climate change? Record drought and heat, wildfires, Pope F...
President Barack Obama signed into law today [https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/12/28/statement-press-secretary-hr-1321-s-2425] the Microbead-Free Waters Act o...
http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/28/10680648/us-ban-microbead-2017-law-president
It’s hard to know exactly how to characterize Minnesota's biggest political developments in 2015. A divided Legislature managed to do very little last session outside of a s...
https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2015/12/6-biggest-minnesota-political-stories-2015
Reeling from a string of defeats, environmental and climate activists seized on the tar sands pipeline to rediscover how to rally large numbers of people. In 2011, Bill McKi...