On July 22nd, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced that he was unable to obtain the necessary 60 votes in the Senate to defeat a filibuster of...
California’s senior senator, Dianne Feinstein, is pushing for a federal ban on the toxin Biphenyl A (BPA) from food containers as part of the Food Safety...
Most consumers know that if they can’t avoid the sun, the use of sunscreen along with hats and long sleeve clothing is the best known method of preventing...
The US EPA has announced a new health standard for sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions that will save lives and money. The new standard, adopted under the Clean Air...
At the end of May, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the Get the Lead Out Act (H.R. 5289), which would reduce the national limit for lead content...
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger temporarily lifted pumping restrictions that had been put in place to protect endangered salmon, steelhead and...
Last Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger issued an opinion stating that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) protections for salmon in the...
The Planning and Conservation League has joined over one hundred advocacy groups in letting Congress know that when it comes to offshore drilling, enough is...
The federal jobs bill passed off the Senate floor this week without the contentious rider proposed by Senator Dianne Feinstein, which would have weakened...
