John McCain

  • Environmentalists Sue Over the Location of New Energy Corridors Across Federal Lands

    Ralph Maughan

    Suit says the corridors, which were drawn up in Bush Administration,were designed to move fossil fuel electricity, not renewable derived electricity- Conflict over electricity production and transmission has a number of sides, e.g., renewable versus fossil fuel, centralized versus distributed, private land versus public, and more. This lawsuit is over the first in the list.…

  • McCain, Palin, Earmarks, and the DNA of Bears and Harbor Seals

    Ralph Maughan

    One the controversial grizzly bear DNA earmark- Bill Schneider writes about McCain’s persistent campaign story about the “horrible” congressional earmark to study DNA of grizzly bears. McCain, Palin, Earmarks, and the DNA of Bears and Harbor Seals. New West. By Bill Schneider. This whole thing has irritated me plenty. First there is McCain’s persistent lying…

  • Rocky Barker: McCain grizzly earmark story raises questions on his focus

    Ralph Maughan

    Senator McCain doesn’t like “earmarked” congressional spending for special local projects. There is one story he has told for a long time about this kind of “waste.” It’s that of the Montana grizzly bear DNA study. It always gets a great laugh, generates some outrage, and he convinces many of his point of view. Anyone…

  • Governor Palin of Alaska, a big friend of oil, McCain's VP choice

    Ralph Maughan

    Senator McCain has announced that Alaska’s little known governor Sarah Palin will be his running mate. As a “reform” governor, she was elected after Alaskans tired of the corruption and cronyism in the state, most of it involving kickbacks and bribes from the oil industry. Despite her reputation for reform, she is a huge friend…

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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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