January 31, 2004
Area 12 times size
of Seattle sought for Cascades preservation -Seattle
Times
Schwarzenegger
ready to license illegal aliens - After repeal, negotiates new plan
allowing 2 million to obtain coveted driver ID -WND
The Boeing contract
and the state's Constitution
- by Bob Williams, Evergreen Freedom Foundation
How Local, State,
and Federal Governments are doing Battle with their Citizens
by John Loefler for eco-logic
January 30, 2004
Senator Introduces
ESA Reform Bill -LMNS
The Dark Side
Of Globalism by
Tom DeWeese for American Daily
Water Battle
Pitting Farmers Against Feds Heads to U.S. Supreme Court
- PLF
Enviros Want to
Lower Missouri River -LMNS
Labor Sec. Chao Warns,
NGOs Up To No Good -
LMNS
Rep. Dunn will retire
from politics -
King 5 News
January 29, 2004
So you want to be an
"education" candidate
- by Beverly Eakman, for News with Views
NUFF'S ENOUGH"
- County citizens win against heavy-handed zoning by
Derry Brownfield, for News with Views
Yellowstone
Snowmobile Case Back in Court -LMNS
January 28, 2004
E-mail worm is largest
outbreak in months -
King 5 News
Bush administration
announces salmon restoration initiative -King
5 News
Lariam Investigation-
A caution to check the side effects of prescription drugs
- UPI
January 27, 2004
Hearing concluded
but no ruling today - BlueRibbon Coalition joins in asking
Wyoming judge to reject Yellowstone snowmobile ban
Prison woes: Population
boom brings huge price tag -King 5 News
U.N. INFLUENCE IN U.S.
SCHOOLS -
by Henry Lamb for News with Views
New leader tackles troubled
agency - Child Protective Agency & foster-care system to get review
- Seattle Times
Look at the source
of scary headlines - Seattle
P-I Guest Editorial
January 22, 2004
Separating people
from their water by Dr. Michael S. Coffman Ph. D.
for NewsWithViews.com
Judge throws out Pierce
County smoking ban -King 5 News
Colorado wildfire
case to stay in tribal court -
AP
The
Homesteaders, Farmers & Ranchers of the Basin - Klamath Falls
Group calls for
more wilderness in forests -SLC
Tribune
Land transfer questioned
-TriCity
Herald
House passes school
levy bill; EFF comments
January 21, 2004
Americans' rights
to grow food, own property, and caretake our wildlife and natural resources
- response to State of the Union address by editor of KBC
Wolf issue addressed
in Wyoming: Lawmakers drafting new bill to answer federal questions
-Billings Gazette
Critics say fees
take the ‘public’ out of the public lands -Headwaters
News
Advocates file
suit to help protect fish - Asking court to find analysis illegal, develop
plan to restore endangered salmon, steelhead - Spokesman-Review
State Public
Lands commissioner to protect old-growth forest -King
5 News
January 20, 2004
LEGISLATIVE
DAYS: An opportunity to get educated and involved in Olympia
- from Scott Dilley, WA Farm Bureau
Group presents
remedies for small business - Bremerton Sun
Philosophy:
Are Americans More Liberal Than They Realize?
- NCPPR
Editorial:
Lawmakers should act on Washington primary -
The Daily Herald
The Other Side of the
S.E.A. - County commissioners
push 'significant environmental areas' in new subdivisions-
Indiatlantic, Brevard County, FLA
January 18, 2004
Will Sierra Club
get anti-immigration agenda? -LA
Times
Bill expands use
of police tracking -
The Olympian
Trapping-ban fight
resumes -Some want initiative repealed, others want it revised to exclude
moles and gophers -The
Olympian
January 17, 2004
IRS to Audit Nature
Conservancy From Inside -
Washington Post
Initiative needed
to relieve obscene, unsustainable property tax -by
Tim Eyman for The News Tribune
Rancher speaks out
about killing of his 449 bull calves -King
5 News
January 16, 2004
List of polluted local
waters grows - 75 lakes, rivers, and creeks deemed 'impaired' by state
ecology agency -
Seattle P-I (Related
story: State seeks feedback on water pollution list)
SUWA on the Defense:
They're Spewing Propaganda Again Third
in a Series, By Toni Thayer
January 14, 2004
'Simplified'
sales-tax plan would hurt some -
Seattle P-I
Fresno will pay $60,000
to forum - City to retract release calling Free Republic a 'hate group.'
-Fresno
Bee
Sen. Clinton Proposes
Health Care System
- AP
Crowd favors getting
rid of wolves - Idaho Anti-Wolf Coalition says support growing
- Spokesman-Review
Endangered Species
Act Targeted - House Resources Chairman Plans to 'Break It Down' -
Washington Post
Forest planning process
wraps up -Daily
Interlake
January 12, 2004
Watch out for your pocketbooks:
The WA State Legislature goes into session - The Olympian
Water Hopes
Could Run Dry in Legislature -
Yakima-Herald
More tax dollars to
be spent: Watershed councils to gain more control to "save"
instream flows if new bill is passed
'Smart-growth' Portland
ranked among highest for stress
Report: U.S. to push
national air passenger database -King 5 News
Skokomish Tribe
buys Hood Canal marshland -King 5 News
Washington town
rallies in support of beef farmers -
The Daily News
January 11, 2004
Despite critical
reviews, plan may trigger restoration of lower East Fork
-The Columbian
Will we be overrun
with development? Not really -Bremerton
Sun
January 10, 2004
AG Files Action Asking DOE
to Pay $6 Million Tax Debt
Canceled Portland flights
affect Sea-Tac -King 5 News
Airline, ferry changes
in Port Angeles - King 5 News
For-profit health insurers
willing to fund operations, study shows -News
Tribune
January 9, 2004
Lawmakers use public
office to help private interests - State's rules on conflicts of interest
fuzzy at best -
Seattle P-I
Grange files 'People's
Choice' initiative for primaries -The
Olympian
Nethercutt attacks
Murray -
King 5 News
State counts 300,000 mentally
ill - Spokesman-Review
Group backs school
soft drink ban =Daily
Herald
January 8, 2004
Heated discussion marks
first post-fire meeting - consensus process under fire
- The Daily Interlake
Elk numbers plummet; wildlife
managers respond by regulating hunters
- The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Feds ponder how to curb
rogue OHVs -
Salt Lake Tribune
Fire costs tax proposed
- Billings
Gazette
Groups Sue to Block Logging
- Santa Fe New Mexican
Split estate, divided views:
coalbed methane creates a stir above ground and below
-Billings Gazette
Rodents Not Endangered
Species, says study -
LMNS
EPA Will Not Relinquish Hold
on Wetlands -
LMNS
Florida Judge Blasts
Agency for Extortion -LMNS
January 5, 2004
Virginia:
Loudoun GOP Eases Growth Restraints - Newly Elected Board Reverses Policies
-WA Post
Salmon,
forests, waste on agenda - Environmentalists and federal and state governments
prepare to stake out positions on variety of issues -
Seattle P-I
We
stood up - spoke out, didn't back down, and won! - The Tai and Adele
Aguirre Story -from Scams
n Scandals
Water
Management District rebuffed in appeals court -
Brevard Insider
Eyman's
last stand? Initiative king stakes crown on tax cuts -
Seattle P-I
CHURCH
vs. STATE A Fort Worth pastor says he is entitled to represent his congregants
in legal matters. A Texas Supreme Court panel disagrees - Star-Telegram
January 4, 2004
Storm
water "tax" in Alabama -
by Don Casey for eco-logic
Wolves:
Can't live with 'em, CAN live without 'em by
Julie Kay Smithson
Researchers
looking for options to keep wolves away - Shock collars, loudspeakers
blaring loud noises may be possible alternatives -Spokesman-Review
Small
plant blocks off-roaders - Milkvetch protected by Endangered Species
Act, keeps dune riders out of area 3-1/2 times the size of Manhattan
-Arizona Daily Star
Electronic
Voting Firm Site Hack -Wired News
January 3, 2004
Counties
to spar in court over sewage treatment plant - Growth Management hearings
board overstepped its authority, says Snohomish County -The
Daily Herald
The
Wild and Free Pigs of the Okefenokee Swamp
Massive
logging plan shakes Northwest - One of the largest timber sales in history
uncovers old animosity, and undermines the Roadless Rule -High
Country News
They'd
rather fight than quit: Some smokers defy new ban -News
Tribune
Toxins
lead to healthier lives? 'Revolutionary' research suggests billions
can be saved in cleanup costs - WorldnetDaily
Greenhouse
Blues commentary by J. Wroblewski for eco-logic
January
2, 2004
Cougar
puts Burley residents on edge -King
5 News
Washington
State: New Minimum Wage Is Highest In Country -
KIRO7 News
The
gift that eats people - 'Endangered' Texas panthers stalk prey -Opinion
by Jan M. Jacobson
First
the wolf, then the panther, now...
Timber
sale plan stirs passions - Advocates see chance to profit, opponents
worry about the water -Spokesman-Review
NY
Times: Greenhouse Gases May Avert Next Ice Age -
Heartland Institute