gristmill.grist.org - 12/17/2008
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Salazar What does Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar's likely appointment to head the Department of Interior mean for environmental and energy policy? A few episodes from his congressional career may shed some light. Salazar has only been in the Senate since 2005, so he hasn't racked up a lengthy voting ...
gristmill.grist.org - 12/11/2008
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Lisa Jackson is Obama's pick to head the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, sources close to the transition
confirm. Jackson, who's been working on Obama's transition team for the EPA, has served since 2006 as commissioner of the New Jersey ...
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Transition talk: Jackson action | Gristmill: The ...
gristmill.grist.org - 12/18/2008
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People are saying that Ray LaHood, a downstate
Illinois Republican representative, may get the nod for DOT
. So far, the things mentioned as being in his favor are -- friendship with the president-elect and his chief of staff, some pro-Amtrak votes, ...
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Ray, it ain't so | Gristmill: The environmental news blog
gristmill.grist.org - 12/11/2008
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Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Nancy Sutley is expected
to be appointed to head President-elect Barack Obama's White
House Council on Environmental Quality, a transition team spokesperson said Wednesday. Combined with the expected nomination of Steven Chu ...
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Progressive Breakfast: Bailing Out The Bailout
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
... Grist's Kate Sheppard goes deeper into expected Interior pick Ken Salazar's enviro record, finds mixed record: "staunchest opponent of the Bush administration's plans to rush forward with oil-shale development in Western states ... [supported] compromise plan [that[ merged tax incentives and funding for renewables with some offshore drilling ... called for more efficient use of water and more research into the effects of climate change on water supply ... voted against an amendment to the Water Resources Development Act reauthorization bill that would have required the U.S. Army ...
The Farm Exception
Matthew Yglesias —
I didn’t know a great deal about Ken Salazar’s environmental record, but according to Grist’s Kate Sheppard he’s been quite solid on most “green” issues with the important exception of agriculture where he’s done things like vote against “a subsidy-reform amendment to the farm bill that would have boosted conservation funding by $1.2 billion and made access to the funds more equitable.” And the shocking reality of the legislative politics of agriculture is that the amendment in question failed by a large margin.
Meanwhile, Tom Vilsack is going to be Agriculture ...
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Reuters: Politics 12/17/2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack would head the Agriculture Department and Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar will be interior secretary, underscoring his drive to secure energy ...
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