December 16, 2009 -
Should the U.S. government help finance new hog and poultry production facilities at the same time it's buying excess meat due to overproduction? That's a question farm policy watchdogs are asking the Obama administration.
December 16, 2009 -
By Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers Digest A widely circulated rumor that Goldman Sachs executives were loading
December 15, 2009 -
Over the last few days, residents of Wake County, N.C. - the site of a nationally watched battle over its school diversity policy - have been receiving calls from phone pollsters asking for their views on the county's education future.
December 15, 2009 -
Representatives from 15 environmental advocacy groups have called on President Obama to end the Tennessee Valley Authority's immunity from federal prosecution for its Kingston coal ash disaster and other violations of federal law.
December 14, 2009 -
Exxon Mobil has spent millions of dollars to sow confusion over the reality and urgency of global warming -- but that didn't stop the U.S. government from giving the Texas-based oil giant a $3 billion taxpayer-financed subsidy on the cusp of international climate talks.
December 12, 2009 -
By Bill Quigley, Center for Constitutional Rights
December 11, 2009 -
The nuclear power industry's efforts to promote new reactors as a solution to climate change is inspiring creative protests by environmentalists.