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Report Alleges that Bush Administration Censored Scientists

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:09:30 -0500

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a draft report Monday alleging that the Bush administration “engaged in a systematic effort to manipulate climate change science and mislead policymakers and the public about the dangers of global warming.”

The 37 page report is the result of a 16 month investigation led by Rep. Henry Waxman, a Democrat from California. Republicans on the committee disputed the finding. A key issue is how the White House Council on Environ...

New FREE Online Literacy Program

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:16:29 -0400

Thinkfinity.org offers a literacy program evaluation tool created by the National Center for Family Literacy that has been funded by Verizon. It incorporates thousands of resources, ranging from K-12 lesson plans to the programs used to instruct literacy volunteers.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- An innovative online tool, designed to help local literacy organizations evaluate their programs and make changes to produce better results and help increase national literacy rates, was unveiled Monday (Oct. 15) at the National Literacy Summit at Georgetown Unive...



$11m Water Quality and Resource / Bioenergy Project Grants
Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:56:30 -0400
The USDA’s Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), is developing investigations to address water supply and quality issues as well as exploring bioenergy that may work to conserve national water use.



10/15/2007


	USDA Announces More Than $11 Million In Water Quality Grants


	Washington â€“ Acting U.S. Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner announced that more than $11 million in grants will be awarded to universities nationwide to address water supply and water quality issues in rural, ag...