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Battling Bedbugs

Back when this blog was just in diapers, we got a lot of attention for calling out a proposal for a new federal law on bedbugs. “No issue is too small for your Congress to handle,” I wrote. The public reacted.
Well, the bill didn’t pass, but the feds are on the bedbug case all the [...]

Government “for Kids” Web Sites

It’s always interesting to me when I come across government Web sites “for kids,” like:

this one from the Environmental Protection Agency
this one from the Department of Agriculture’s Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory
this one from the Patent and Trademark Office
this one from the Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration
this one from the National Highway Transportation [...]

Congrats, New Members of EPA’s National Priorities List!

In not one, but two proposed regulations, the Environmental Protection Agency is adding new sites to the National Priorities List. Maybe one of them is in your home town!
Our congratulations go out to:

Iron King Mine–Humboldt Smelter in Dewey-Humboldt, AZ
Nelson Tunnel/Commodore Waste Rock in Creede, CO
Flash Cleaners in Pompano Beach, FL
Aberdeen Contaminated Ground Water in Aberdeen, [...]