Jun
26
2008
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White House tried to silence EPA on emissions

I don’t think there’s any question this is the most pointless administration in U.S. history. Has this admin done a single thing to govern this country properly the last eight years - to even begin to prepare or have a plan for the changes we are seeing?

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White House officials last December sought to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from submitting a proposed rule that would limit greenhouse-gas emissions from new vehicles, agency sources said yesterday. And upon learning that EPA had hit the “send” button just minutes earlier, the White House called again to demand that the e-mail be recalled.

Written by Mike in: Outdoors |
Jun
26
2008
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Florida: No-fishing zones studied for ecosystem protection

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The abundance of behemoth fish attracted anglers from around the world in the early 1900s, including adventurers such as Ernest Hemingway and Zane Grey, who pulled in monsters from the clear, warm depths off Key West

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Written by Mike in: Outdoors |
Jun
26
2008
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Democratic congress uses rare emergency rule to stop uranium mining near Grand Canyon National Park

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WASHINGTON (AP) — One million acres of public land near the Grand Canyon would be off limits to new uranium mining under an emergency declaration adopted Wednesday by a House committee.

Written by Mike in: Outdoors |
Jun
26
2008
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California: Smoke shrowded state scrambles to fight wildfires

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About 700 wildfires, many of them sparked by a severe electrical storm over the weekend, burned across much of the state, a point driven home for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as he traveled to central California to assess the damage there.

Written by Mike in: Outdoors |

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