[govinfo] GovInfo News 8-14-2007
- From: "Patrice McDermott" <pmcdermott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "govinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <govinfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "FOI-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <FOI-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:53:32 -0400
- U.S. Climate Change Science Program and USDA Seek Public Comment On Climate
Change Report
- Anti-political sentiment in contemporary liberal democracies
Patrice McDermott, Director
OpenTheGovernment.org
www.openthegovernment.org
202.332.OPEN (6736)
- U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE PROGRAM AND USDA SEEK PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLIMATE
CHANGE REPORT
Sept. 11, 2007
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) today announced a 45-day public
comment period for the second draft of a report on the effects of climate
change. USDA is the lead agency preparing the report: "Synthesis and
Assessment Product (SAP) 4.3: The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture,
Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity." This report will add to the
information base about the effects of climate change. It addresses the effects
of climate change on agriculture, land resources, water resources and
biodiversity for the next 25 to 50 years. The full draft report has been
posted on the CCSP Web site at www.climatescience.gov, along with instructions
for submitting comments, which are due by Oct. 26, 2007. Notice the start of
the comment period will be published in the Sept. 11, 2007, Federal Register.
more [thanks to beSpacific.com]
Link: Draft report
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- Anti-political sentiment in contemporary liberal democracies
Michael Hogan, The University of Sydney
A healthy liberal democracy depends upon the willingness of citizens to
appreciate the value of the institutions and processes that are central to its
operation-genuine elections, representative assemblies, political parties,
politicians with human frailties, and the need for compromise and protection of
the interests of minorities. This paper compares the anti-political sentiment
of the 1920s and 1930s (when many democratic regimes were swept away by fascist
and authoritarian governments) with more contemporary forms of anti-politics.
It asks whether there is an imminent threat to the survival of liberal
democracy and suggests areas that need reform.
Link: Paper
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