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Report Calls For Congressional Reform Of River Management Practices

August 14, 2013 | St. Louis Public Radio | Transportation & Infrastructure

A new report by a coalition of conservation and public interest groups representing the Upper Mississippi River basin is calling on Congress... Read More

Study: New river law should emphasize restoration

August 14, 2013 | Quad-City Times | Transportation & Infrastructure

A coalition of conservation groups argued Tuesday that a new long-term water resources proposal ought to focus more on restoration of the... Read More

11 Trillion Reasons

August 12, 2013 | The New York Times | Agriculture

Here is a good line: Unenlightened farm policy with its massive subsidies for junk food ingredients has played a pivotal role in shaping our... Read More

Mini-nuclear plants the next frontier of US power supply—or the next Solyndra?

July 31, 2013 | FOX Business | Energy

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com A boon to the economy? Or a boondoggle? That's the debate raging over a new nuclear technology... Read More

Farm bill: Divided

July 23, 2013 | North Platte Bulletin | Agriculture

Concerned about ever-increasing federal food stamp spending and the incentives it affords to the poor, conservatives in the House of... Read More

Program promoting U.S.-grown foods divides California Republicans

July 23, 2013 | Los Angeles Times | Agriculture

WASHINGTON — In this era of federal austerity, appetites are souring over spending taxpayer money on dinner parties in India featuring... Read More

Vogtle reactors mean more clean energy

July 23, 2013 | Calhoun Times | Energy

The City of Calhoun Electric Utilities receives the majority of its power from nuclear power. During the city council meeting on Monday,... Read More

How to Achieve Real Farm Bill Reform

July 17, 2013 | U.S. News & World Report | Agriculture

A lot has been written about the initial failure of the farm bill to pass the House of Representatives in June, and the passage last week of... Read More

GOP’s cruel intentions

July 16, 2013 | The Hill | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

Last week, we saw the full measure of Republican cruelty. Discarding decades of precedent, the House GOP stripped the nation’s food stamp... Read More

House Republicans finally pass a farm bill — with no money for food stamps

July 11, 2013 | The Washington Post | Agriculture , Budget & Tax

After a failed attempt earlier, the House GOP has finally passed legislation to fund U.S. farm policy for the next five years. The only... Read More

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September 13, 2013

Syria: Excuse 535 To Not Cut the Deficit

Volume XVIII No. 37 Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters... Read More