CONGRESSMAN WAXMAN: AN ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER RETIRES

February 3, 2014 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged affordable care act, Animal welfare, clean air act, climate change, Congressman Henry Waxman, dingell, energy and commerce, eshoo, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emissions, lead exposure, pallone, safe drinking water | Leave a comment

Welcome to Federal Policy Week, a blog that covers activities impacting federal policy in the areas of conservation, energy, environment, animal welfare, and natural resources. For education policy issues, please visit my new blog Fed Ed Policy. To subscribe for Federal Policy Week enter your email address under the “Follow” label at the upper left section […]

THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE SAGA: Is the End in Sight?

February 3, 2014 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged aquifers, eis, environmental, environmental impact statement, EPA, keystone, keystone xl, keystone xl pipeline, oil sands, pipeline, rivers, secretary kerry, state department, wildlife | Leave a comment

The 2014 Farm Bill: Conservation, Forestry & Energy

February 1, 2014 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged agricultural conservation easement program, agriculture, ARPA-E, BLM, commercial space launch, conservation, conservation compliance, conservation reserve program, conservation stewardship program, country of origin labeling, csp, department of interior, drinking water supplies, electric utilities, energy, environmental quality incentives program, epw, eqip, farm bill, fish and wildlife, fisheries management act, forestry, janice schneider, land and minerals, Natural Resources, nominations, rural energy for american program, sequestration, silviculture, silviculture regulatory consistency act, sodsaver, suh, sustainable agriculture, west virginia drinking water, wetlands, wildlife | Leave a comment

Some Wins & Some Setbacks for Animals, Energy, and Nominees

January 23, 2014 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged administrator mccarthy, agriculture, alaska, cape wind, carbon capture, CCS, chukchi, chukchi sea, conservation reserve program, court of appeals, department of energy, department of interior, DOE, environment, EPA, epa administrator, epa power plant, FAA, federal court, fiscal year 15, fiscal year 15 budget, fracking, franklin orr, futuregen, fy15, fy15 budget, horse inspection, horse slaughter, horsemeat, hydraulic fracturing, kastner, keystone pipeline, keystone pipeline xl, nantucket bay, national resources, nominees, NRCS, ocean, offshore wind, pipeline, president obama, sequestration | Leave a comment

The (Not So) New Spending Bill

January 14, 2014 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged Agriuclture, appropriations, ARPA-E, clean water act, conservation, department of energy, department of interior, DOE, eere, EPA, fish & wildlife, forest service, funding bill, fy2013, fy2014, greenhouse gas emissions, house, interior, nasa, national park service, national science foundation, noaa, NRCS, nsf, science, senate, sequester, sequestration, weather service | Leave a comment

The House and Senate Appropriations Committees produced a bill that covers spending for the rest of FY2014, avoiding another government shutdown. Both the House and Senate Committees released political statements on the bill, as well as a brief and detailed summary. Overall, the bill retains the status quo, but with a bit of additional funds, […]

SENATE SHUFFLE: IMPACT ON ENERGY, CLIMATE, FORESTS & MORE

December 30, 2013 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged "coal ash", alaska, appropriations, Arctic, bald eagles, baucus, BLM, boxer, budget, climate, climate action plan, confirmation, deep horizon, department of interior, energy, EPA, epw, finance committee, forest, gao, greater sage grouse, house energy committee, hydro, interior, International Students, izembek, keystone, landrieu, national forest, natural gas, nevada, nuclear, oil spill, permits, renewable fuels, renewables, royalties, sage grouse, secretary jewell, senate, senate energy committee, senate environment, tax, turbine, usgs, WIND, wind power, wyden | Leave a comment

MONKEYS, PUPPIES, DOLPHINS, & HORSES – SOME NOT SO GOOD NEWS.

December 20, 2013 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged animal welfare act, aphis, chimps, chimps usda, dolphins, eis, harvard, HORSE, inspection, marine mammals, monkeys, navy, nepa, nmfs, primate, puppu mills, puppy, puppy mills, slaughter, usda | Leave a comment

SOMETHINGS IN THE AIR: THE CAA, METHANE RATES; BIRDS (DYING)

December 16, 2013 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged administrator mccarthy, agriculture, antibiotic, bald eagles, beauvois, chicken, clean air act, climate change, conagra, corn-based ethanol, delta air lines, dupont, eagles, electricity, energy, EPA, ethanol, exxon, fda, FEDERAL AGENCIES, fuel economy, golden eagles, interior, john podesta, keystone, koch industries, livestock, methane, microsoft, national forest, nuclear waste, Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013, obama, pipeline, renewable fuels, repository, RFS, senate energy committee, senator cardin, senator coburn, senator feinstein, senator wyden, small modular reactor, smr, tea party, transport rule, vitter, wilson center, yucca | 1 Comment

THERE’S SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE. WHAT IT IS AIN’T EXACTLY CLEAR

November 25, 2013 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged "competency based", agriculture, america invents act, bird, BLM, charter, common core, duke energy, education, edX, energy, energy efficiency, evolution, farm policy, federal policy, federal programs, gainful employment, gao, gas, Goodlatte, interior, keystone, leahy, mooc, moocs, NRC, nuclear, offshore, oil, oil & gas, patent, revenue, STEM, teach, teachers, teaching, tech, texas school board, troll, turbine, WIND, women & stem, yucca mountain | 2 Comments

Federal Policy Week, in honor of the Thanksgiving holiday and Congressional recess, will not publish next week, but return again on approximately December 8, 2013. Have a great holiday. Welcome to Federal Policy Week, a blog that covers federal policy developments in education, research, science, agriculture, immigration, energy, environment, natural resources, and intellectual property. To […]

COMMON CORE CRITICS: DUNCAN GOES DOWN – READ THE MOM’S LETTER

November 19, 2013 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged bill gates, blobal, brilliant, commissioner king, common core, department of education, gates foundation, secretary duncan, standards, testing, washington post, white suburban moms | 1 Comment

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