Secret CRS Reports on Environmental Topics Published
Here are more Congressional Research Service reports relevant to the environment/energy beat, published by the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy.
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"Global Warming Talk Heats Up, Revisits Carbon Tax"
"Climate change is suddenly a hot topic again. The issue is resurfacing in talks about a once radical idea: a possible carbon tax."
Source: AP, 11/14/2012
"The Problem Is Clear: The Water Is Filthy"
"Seville, with a population of about 300, is one of dozens of predominantly Latino unincorporated communities in the Central Valley plagued for decades by contaminated drinking water."
Source: NY Times, 11/14/2012
"Flood Insurance, Already Fragile, Faces New Stress"
"The federal government's flood insurance program, which fell $18 billion into debt after Hurricane Katrina, is once again at risk of running out of money as the daunting reconstruction from Hurricane Sandy gets under way."
Source: NY Times, 11/14/2012
"Voters Approve 81 Percent Of Land Conservation Ballot Initiatives"
"The presidential and congressional elections of last week brought good news for those who value sensible land conservation policies. But there was more good news on the state and local levels as well."
Source: Climate Progress, 11/14/2012
"Governors Call for Renewing Wind Energy Tax Credit"
"Warning that tens of thousands of jobs are at stake, governors in wind energy states Tuesday called on Congress to renew an expiring tax break."
Source: AP, 11/14/2012
"Which Anti-Science Rep. Will Chair the Science Committee?"
"The race is on for the next chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee--and no matter who wins, he won't be a big fan of science."
Source: Mother Jones, 11/14/2012
Environment Canada Scientists "Discouraged" from Talking to Reporters
The Conservative Harper government is discouraging Environment Canada scientists from talking to news media about their published findings on pollution from oilsands.
Source: Postmedia, 11/14/2012
"Salazar Said To Have Threatened To 'Punch Out' Reporter"
"Interior Secretary Ken Salazar reportedly threatened to punch a reporter with the Colorado Springs Gazette after he asked him about the Bureau of Land Management's wild horses program at an Election Day get out the vote event."
Source: Denver Post, 11/14/2012
"Keystone Decision Looms Large for Obama"
"The Keystone XL pipeline was a lightning rod in President Obama's reelection campaign. So now that the campaign is over, what will be the fate of the transnational oil pipeline that became a political symbol, thrusting Obama into the heart of an uncomfortable fight over jobs versus the environment? "
Source: National Journal, 11/14/2012
