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  • Last Spring at Ivanpah…?

    Ken Cole

    A huge solar power plant threatens rare plants and animals. There has been much discussion about renewable energy sources and large wind and solar projects. The problems with many of these projects are manyfold. One, there will be no decommissioning of any coal fired or other polluting/greenhouse gas emitting power plants as mitigation. Two, the…

  • Another "Burrowing" Bush Loyalist

    Ken Cole

    Kathie Olsen, a Bush climate change denier in the National Science Foundation “burrows” into a civil service position. A Loyal Bushie Burrows Into Obama’s System By Elana Schor Talking Points Memo

  • Sarah Palin: Ice queen of the Arctic

    Ralph Maughan

    A view of Palin’s views on the environment from a major U.K. newspaper. Sarah Palin, the Republican party’s vice-president nominee, governs an oil-rich area that has seen some of the most dramatic effects of climate change. So what’s her record on environmental concerns? By Britt Collins. The Guardian. Sarah Palin: Ice queen of the Arctic

  • GM Finally Admits SUVs Are a Dead-End

    Ralph Maughan

    SUVs were the equivalent of the long, low, automobiles with tail fins and “port holes” in their sides of the 1960s — a waste of resources that, in the end, greatly damaged the American economy, the environment, and will hardly be missed. GM Finally Admits SUVs Are a Dead-End. Wired.

  • Wyoming US Senator's bill claims to target beetle kill in Wyoming; others say he is really interested in a public lands giveaway

    Ralph Maughan

    Barrasso bill targets beetle kill. By Brodie Farquhar. Casper Star-Tribune correspondent. Whatever his motives, logging has never stopped any of the current beetle kill which is taking place all over the Rocky Mountains. That’s because beetles are not the ultimate cause; it’s the warming climate. The winters are no longer cold enough to kill beetle…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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