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  • Cheatgrass to expand its range northward with climate change

    Ralph Maughan

    Yellow star thistle, knapweed to do likewise- On the plus side, it will get too hot for cheatgrass in some places, but it may be replaced by another invasive — red brome. Cheatgrass will migrate with climate change. LA Times.

  • Wildlife refuges can provide shovel-ready green jobs

    Ralph Maughan

    20,000 jobs in 90 days for a billion dollars doing what has needed to be done for decades- A proposal from Defenders of Wildlife. * $443 million for removing non-native, invasive species and restoring native habitat: 5,644 jobs * $243 million for dramatically improving the energy efficiency of existing facilities: 5,103 jobs * $201 million…

  • Searchlight, Nevada versus Wind Goliath

    Ralph Maughan

    The folks in Harry Reid’s hometown are not thrilled about plans for wind turbine development- An interesting story from basinandrangewatch.org. Government Scoping Meeting: Residents React to Industrial Wind Farm Proposal. By LMC Searchlight, Nevada area map.

  • Major oil terminal beneath Redoubt Volcano could result in huge oil spill

    Ralph Maughan

    Status of Drift River terminal is not known due to homeland security secrecy- Will a natural disaster trigger an oil spill disaster? We don’t know because of lingering secrecy from the Bush Administration. Story: “Drift River Oil Terminal sits in harm’s way of volcano. SECRECY: Citing homeland security, officials give out little information about the…

  • Environmentalists setting up anti-oilsands training camp in Calgary

    Ralph Maughan

    There is going to be a big fight over this rapidly growing development as its external costs become more widely known- Environmentalists setting up anti-oilsands training camp in Calgary.  By Kelly Cryderman, Canwest News Service For more information, here is the blog “Oil Sands Watch.” It has interesting information like “Oil Sands Development Could Claim…

  • Bishop says Alberta oil sands development is morally objectionable

    Ralph Maughan

    Ft. McMurry Catholic Bishop joins with others in condemning what some say is the most environmentally damaging project on the planet- Bishop spurns oilsands development.  Roman Catholic leader wants environmental concerns addressed; industry welcomes debate. Edmonton Journal.

  • The Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit is now genetically extinct

    Brian Ertz

    This loss highlights the importance of genetic interchange and landscape-level habitat preservation The Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit has been listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act but efforts to restore the bunny have been unsuccesful.  Even efforts at maintaining as much of the Columbia Basin ancestory/gene by interbreeding with Idaho pygmy rabbits are not…

  • The high cost of concentrated solar/wind energy in the desert-

    Ralph Maughan

    Alternative energy from the wind and sun comes at a high environmental cost and a cost to democracy if it is done wrong- Basin and Range Watch is a web site that shows the reality of wind and solar in SW deserts- Read (and look at the photos) in the Watch’s Green Energy vs Actual…

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Edward Abbey

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