Still Waiting for Transparency and Open Government
cbsnews.com — The president's current approval rating, which is 57 percent, is still relatively high. But it has fallen 11 points from its peak of 68 percent in April, and has also dropped since last month's mark of 63 percent. His disapproval rating, meanwhile, has risen from 23 percent in April to 32 percent today. More…
noupsellInterior Secretary Salazar: Mining Reform = Better Beer
motherjones.com — Who says the arcane job of rewriting the laws that govern hard-rock mining isn't of interest to Joe Sixpack? Certainly not Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who in testifying before a Senate Committee today, deftly linked the reform of the nation's mining laws to the production of better beer. To be precise, better Coors beer. More…
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Forbes.com CEO Jim Spanfeller Steps Down
mediamemo.allthingsd.com — Forbes.com CEO Jim Spanfeller, who has run one of the Web's biggest finance sites for the last nine years, is leaving the company at the end of the summer. No replacement has been named. Spanfeller's departure comes amid a flurry of bad news for finance publications. More…
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Obama Administration Approves Logging Contract In Tongass
huffingtonpost.com — This week, the Obama administration approved the sale of timber in a roadless national forest in Alaska. The Tongass National Forest is a 17 million acre temperate rain forest in southeast Alaska, which is home to both endangered species and native Alaskan tribes. More…
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