Ted Williams - 2007

2007-05-28

GREAT video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM

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2007-05-26

Canadians Urge Government to Exercise Its Constitutional Responsibility

http://enn.com/net.html?id=1980

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2007-05-26

Breaking News: Senate and House Introduce Roadless Legislation

From: American Lands Alliance Date: May 24, 2007 Today, May 24, 2007, more than 140 US House Democrats and Republicans, led by Representatives Jay Inslee (D-WA), Christopher Shays (R-CT), George Miller (D-CA), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), and Jim Ramstad (R-MN) re-introduced the Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2007, that would provide permanent protection for 58.5 million acres of pristine forest land in 39 states. This would include 9.3 million acres of North America’s only coastal temperate rainforest -- Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and John Warner (R-VA), along with 16 of their colleagues, re-introduced the companion bill in the US Senate. Passage of Roadless legislation will ensure that roadless areas are...

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2007-05-26

Widespread Extreme Weather Events

Pattern Signals Global Warming Across the Country On Tuesday, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) projected a 75 percent chance that the Atlantic Hurricane Season will be above normal this year . Following up on this forecast, it’s worth taking a look at extreme weather of all types: connecting the dots is part of living in a global warming world. NOAA experts forecast an above average hurricane season, citing a variety of factors: an inter-decadal cycle, above normal sea surface temperatures and the El Niño/La Niña cycle. Scientists have found a direct link between global warming and the severity of hurricanes. They don’t say global warming is driving more frequent hurricanes, but they do say global warming...

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2007-05-26

Open Fields Bill Introduced in Congress

Sportsmen Urge its Inclusion in Farm Bill Pointing to decline in places to hunt and fish, sportsmen contend: “Open Fields would bring back some of what sprawl has taken from us” WASHINGTON – The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP) today indicated its strong support for the “Open Fields” legislation introduced in Congress by Senators Kent Conrad of North Dakota and Pat Roberts of Kansas as well as Representatives Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota and Jerry Moran of Kansas. The legislation would authorize $20 million annually in federal funding to support state-run sportsmen’s access programs. These access programs, frequently referred to as “walk-in” programs, provide economic incentives to private landowners who...

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2007-05-26

Pesticides and Wildlife 45 years after Silent Spring

Contact: Steve Holmer, American Bird Conservancy: sholmer@abcbirds.org, www.abcbirds.org Steady Progress Being Made but Harm Continues BROADCAST QUALITY SONGBIRD FOOTAGE AND HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE To See Video of Migratory Songbirds by Greg R. Homel/Natural Elements Productions Please Click Here To See Photos of Migratory Songbirds Please Click Here (Washington, D.C. – May 24) Rachel Carson’s 100th birthday is being celebrated this Sunday, May 27. Carson is widely credited with ushering in a new age of environmental consciousness with the publication of her book, Silent Spring, in 1962. The book alerted the world to the dangers of DDT, dieldrin, and other persistent organochlorine pesticides that were responsible for the deaths and...

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2007-05-26

Is this Typical or What?

http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=45546

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2007-05-26

Innovation for the Next Generation of Biofuels

National Wildlife Federation Praises Introduction of Biofuels Bill Washington D.C. (May 23) – The National Wildlife Federation today applauded introduction of an innovative bill in the U.S. Senate by Senators John Thune (R-SD) and Ben Nelson (D-NE) to help farmers switch to growing a new generation of biofuel crops. The Biofuels Innovation Program would enroll up to five million acres of land to promote the sustainable production of next generation biomass energy. “Biofuels represent a big part of our energy future, and this bill represents a groundbreaking new direction,” says Larry Schweiger, President and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation. “Native grasses, trees, and other plants have the potential to double energy yields per acre, with...

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2007-05-26

The Decay of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Here’s are extremely disturbing and previously unpublished letters provided to this blog by Hal Herring--one of the best environmental journalists in the nation. They bring to light how the Bush administration manipulates the flow of information on its behavior and how the Rocky Mountain Elk foundation--which has done some great things for habitat--is decaying under CEO Peter J. Dart. Mike Mansur Editor Society of Environmental Journalists Dear Mr. Mansur, I have held off in writing this personal story until a two-part series that I wrote, called “Elk Country and the Price of Energy” was safely published in Bugle magazine, the publication of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. I don’t mean to be mysterious—the explanation follows. I am an SEJ...

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2007-05-23

The decline of logging is now killing libraries

http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.WOTRArticle?article_id=16963

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