Climate Change
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I guess it’s redundant to say this, but this very bad news. The headline is misleading because it’s not just a rise, but steepening rise. Scientists report rise in levels of carbon dioxide. By Robert S. Boyd. McClatchy Newspapers If we are lucky the rising rate is due to increased human use of fossil fuels,…
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The REA was created during the New Deal to bring electricity, light and hope to poor rural areas that private utilities did not find it worthwhile to electrify. Many years later the agency is still around and uses your taxpayer money to subsidize the construction of polluting coal-fired power plants to areas that are now…
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The President announced a plan to reduce reliance on foreign oil and reduce emissions, but almost all of it would take place after he has left office, and it is very modest. In fact, one part of his plan might seek to reverse what states have already done on their own to tackle the climate…
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Group wants to rename Glacier. By Bill Schneider. New West. post 1120
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Barker writes about Idaho farming and the changing climate. He suggests legislation that would pay farmers for “sequestering or capturing carbon in the soil through new farming practices and by planting trees.” I would suggest that one of the most cost effective measures would be to retire public grazing allotments in order to sequester carbon,…
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Chance of big summer fires ‘significant’ Climate experts predict warmer, dry weather. By Mike Stark. Billings Gazette Staff post 1085
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The Yukon Environment Department believes the infestation may be due to the warming climate. The winter tick doesn’t hurt elk much, but often greatly weakens moose. Story Winter ticks invade Yukon elk herds. CBC News. post 1037
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The highest mountain in Wyoming, Gannett Peak, in the Wind River Range is famous for its snowy top and its many glaciers, but they are melting fast. Story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide. post 1031