THERE’S NEWS FROM THE ARCTIC & IT ISN’T GOOD

January 2, 2015 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged agriculture, Animal welfare, Arctic, biscayne national park, bullets, conservation programs, conservation stewardship, cromnibus, crp, EPA, forests, fsa, ghg, greenhouse, greenland, Hen law, house energy, illegal fishing, keystone pipeline, keystone xl, lobbyist, mcconnell, melting ice, national park, nmfs, NRCS, ocean plastic, park rangers, polar bear, power plants, republicans, survey climate health, toxic, trash, tsca, us park service, usda | Leave a comment

Welcome to Federal Policy Week. You can subscribe by entering your email address under the “Follow” label at the upper left section of the page. Thank you! IN THIS ISSUE: Bad Arctic Report. NOAA released the latest reportcard on the Arctic and the news isn’t good. Some lowlights include: Decreasing sea ice has lead to […]

House Ranking Members – The Leading Democrats on House Committees

November 22, 2014 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged agriculture, animal fighting, animal shelters, arctic wilderness, big cats and public safety, breathe act, captive primate, captive promate safety, clean water, colin peterson, commercial whaling, Comorant, conservation, conyers, conyers house judiciary, egg products inpection act, EPA, great ape, green house gases, horse slaughter, horse soring, house of representatives, House Rules Committee, house science committee, House Transportation, house ways & means, hrose transportation, humane cosmetics, humane scorecard, ivory protection, marine turtle healthy climate, national forest, national rescue day, natural resources committee, PAST Act, pelosi, pesticide atrazine, pet safety, polar bear, pollinators act, prairies act, puppy protection, red rock, refuge from cruel trapping, Representative DeFazio, representative grijalva, Representative Johnson, Representative levin, representative lowey, representative slaughter, SAFE Act, service corps, soring, van hollen, wolf | Leave a comment

Leader Pelosi Introduces Ranking Members (C-SPAN) The House Democrats elected and re-elected Ranking Members of the House Committees. Most of the names of the Committee Ranking Members were released by Democratic Leader Pelosi. Some information (with links, including to the Members, their Committees, and highlighted legislation), which gives you an idea of where these leaders […]

WHAT’S LEFT: PENDING ANIMAL & HABITAT RELATED LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS

October 23, 2014 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged agriculture, american food exports, Animal welfare, animal welfare act, antibiotics, aphis, big cats, bison, captive primate, chimp, congress, cruel trapping, egg, endangered species act, farm, fish and wildlife, fish habitat, HORSE, horse transportation, house, humane care of primates, invasive fish, legislation, marine, marine disease, multinational species, national wildlife refuge, ocean, pet safety, pets, pets on trains, polar bear, prairie chicken, primate, puppies, resolution, sage grouse, senate, soring, wildlife, wildlife services | 1 Comment

Welcome to Federal Policy Week, a blog that covers federal policy developments in conservation, natural resources, wildlife, and animal welfare. To subscribe for Federal Policy Week enter your email address under the “Follow” label at the upper left section of the page. You will receive a verification email to confirm your subscription. Thank you! Although […]

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THERE’S NEWS FROM THE ARCTIC & IT ISN’T GOOD

House Ranking Members – The Leading Democrats on House Committees

WHAT’S LEFT: PENDING ANIMAL & HABITAT RELATED LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS