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"New York City Official Is Obama Pick for C.D.C."
NYTimes, 05/15/2009"President Obama will announce on Friday that he has chosen Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the New York City health commissioner, as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...."
"Republicans Block Obama pick for Interior No. 2"
AP, 05/14/2009"Republicans blocked President Barack Obama's pick for the No. 2 job at the Interior Department on Wednesday in a dispute over oil and gas development on federal lands, but Democrats vowed they would soon make a second attempt to win confirmation."
Senate Panel OKs FDA Nominee Hamburg
AP, 05/14/2009"A Senate panel has approved President Barack Obama's nominee to head the troubled Food and Drug Administration."
"White House Memo Challenges EPA Finding on Warming"
AP, 05/13/2009A secret White House memo said a single federal agency complained about the cost of regulations that could result from an EPA finding that greenhouse emissions endanger health and the environment.
Senate Confirms FEMA Boss After Vitter Delay
New Orleans Times-Picayune, 05/13/2009"The Senate confirmed Craig Fugate as administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday, hours after Sen. David Vitter, R-La., dropped his hold on the nominee."
GOP Climate Concerns Snag Air Nominee
NYTimes, 05/11/2009Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) has placed a "hold" on the nomination of Gina McCarthy to lead EPA's Air Office, saying EPA's proposed finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health and welfare would lead to costly regulations of small business.
Gas Lobby Targets Anti-Fracking Bill
Greenwire/NYTimes, 05/08/2009The natural gas industry yesterday launched a campaign against rules to control a drilling technology called 'hydraulic fracturing.'
"EPA Environmental Justice Grants Fund Projects in 28 States"
ENS, 03/25/2009EPA is awarding $800,000 in grants to organizations working with communities throughout the country that struggle with environmental justice issues. Under the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program, 40 grants, up to $20,000 each, are going to community organizations and local and tribal governments in 28 states for projects aimed at addressing environmental and public health issues." Environment News Service had the story March 24, 2009.
WV Coal-to-Liquids Plant Gets $200 Million in Secret Tax Breaks
Charleston Gazette, 08/08/2008West Virginia's governor is giving $200 million in tax breaks to a coal-to-liquids plant -- but the public is not allowed to know.
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