The Senate Committee on Legislative Operations will hear Senate Joint Resolution 1 on Monday, March 2nd at 3:30 pm. This is a crucial moment, when grassroots action can make an enormous difference. We need to let the committee members know how strongly
— by Matt Lee-Ashley, Guest Contributor at ThinkProgress-Climate The recent Cliven Bundy debacle in Nevada put a national spotlight on the long-running, and long-failing, effort by right-wing Western legislators to seize federal public lands and either turn them over to the states or sell
A major threat to our nation’s fishing stocks is growing as Congress begins the process of reauthorizing the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act. This Act, the principal law governing U.S. fishery management, has helped 34 fish populations recover from overfishing since
U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) yesterday announced that he is cosponsoring the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2014. The bill, which was introduced by Senators Kay Hagan (D-NC) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) yesterday, includes policies to enhance opportunities for hunting, fishing, and outdoor
On Aug. 31, the President sent Congress draft legislation that would authorize use of the US military “in connection with the conflict in Syria.” In the past week, more than 2,700 POPVOX users weighed in on the President’s proposal — overwhelmingly in opposition — and
— by David Turnbull, Oil Change International Our public lands are our lands, held and maintained by the Government in trust for the public at large, not the goliath corporations. And in support of that premise, over the last few weeks, we’ve
Just for reference sake, Humboldt County, NV is currently classified as ‘D3 Drought – Extreme’ and the USDA has designated Elko County as a primary natural disaster area due to damages and losses caused by drought, yet Governor Sandoval is considering green-lighting
By Public Lands Team on Mar 11, 2013 at 12:33 pm By Jessica Goad and Tom Kenworthy via CAP and ThinkProgress Despite the many problems that states and municipalities face today—from budget shortfalls to unemployment—seven western states have decided to embark on
DeSmogBlog investigates the controversial decision by Alberta’s government to ignore the threat of rapid industrial expansion in the Alberta Tar Sands region, and instead kill thousands of wolves to appear to be doing something to save dwindling woodland caribou populations. Through interviews
