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San Joaquin Valley Farmers Initially Slated to Get Fraction of Yearly Water Allocations
February 22, 2012 – The Obama Administration’s Bureau of Reclamation today announced that farmers in California’s San Joaquin Valley would initially receive an estimated 30 percent of their allocated water supplies for 2012. Despite experiencing near record precipitation last year, farmers and communities once again face the threat of ano... More
Obama Administration’s Skyrocketing Gasoline Prices Threaten American Jobs, Economic Recovery
February 21, 2012 – Ripped from the Headlines... Higher gasoline prices could stall recovery, Obama’s re-election, Boston Herald, 2/21/12 “By summer, some analysts said, you could be paying $4 for a gallon of gas, almost as high as the record set in the summer of 2008. A price that high could cripple the still-fragile recovery…The averag... More
Obama Administration Comprehensive Conservation Plan Threatens Chincoteague Jobs, Economy Obama Administration Comprehensive Conservation Plan Threatens Chincoteague Jobs, Economy
February 17, 2012 – Today, the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing on, “Fish and Wildlife Service’s Proposed Comprehensive Conservation Plan and its Potential Devastating Impact on the Economy of the Town of Chincoteague, Virginia.” The Town of Chincoteague attracts approximately 1.4 m... More

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