Among the 1.3 comments submitted to the EPA on proposals to curb global warming was a lengthy missive from an opaque group of utilities with a record of fighting proposals to combat climate change: the Utility Air Regulatory Group.
Continue readingSleuthing political ads in competitive Senate races
Television broadcast stations around the country are opening their political files for the first time, and Sunlight's tracking the most notable happenings across the country.
Continue readingUnion-backed PAC spends $200,000 in Idaho for GOP’s Mike Simpson
In a heated Idaho primary, an embattled Republican incumbent is getting support from an unexpected quarter: Big labor.
Continue readingRegs in review: genetically modified crops, captive bears, and nuclear waste
Welcome to Sunlight's new recurring report on regulatory highlights from the feds. This week: deregulation of soybeans and corn genetically modified to defy pests, another to protect bears in captivity, and another to set standards for nuclear waste storage.
Continue readingNew EPA gasoline standards draw heated comments
As Americans gas up for the long holiday weekend, the Environmental Protection Agency is sifting through tens of thousands of comments on a proposed new rule that would set tough new standards for vehicle emissions and fuel quality.
Continue readingHouse passage of Cravaack land swap bill boosts freshman’s profile, fundraising
The Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act would order the federal government to take 86,000 acres of state land inside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), part of the federally protected Superior National Forest, and give Minnesota a similar amount of federal-owned land just outside the wilderness--and its limits on develepment.
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