|
Thoughts for the day:
It is irresponsible for [The Department of the Interior]
to keep buying more land. We already own one out of every five acres in
the country. Before the government buys more land, it must learn to take
care of what it already controls.
-Secretary
Gale A. Norton, U.S. Department of the Interior
-----------------------------------------
"After working with this law (the Endangered
Species Act) during my 22 years in Congress, I've concluded it's the most
powerful law in the land. It can be used to thwart everything from the
training of our fighter pilots to the farmer's simple desire to plant
a crop in his field so he can feed his family."
House Resources Committee Chairman James
V. Hansen discussing a bill to restore the original intent of the ESA
[Endangered Species Act]
----------------------------------
"There is a deliberate and quite outspoken
attack on the whole idea of people owning private property. Mr. William
Reiley, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, has said publicly
on a number of occasions that he does not believe that people should have
the right to own private property. To use his words, "The ownership
of private property is a quaint anachronism." He has called for a
repeal of the fifth amendment as it affects the right of private property.
There are two laws that have been passed by the Congress that are being
used to take property away from people. one is the Endangered Species
Act, and the other one happens to be the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water
Act has a section, 404, which allows the Corps of Engineers to regulate
the water that is navigable. By a series of very twisted definitions,
the Corps has adopted the idea, which the Fish and Wildlife and EPA are
also following, that any body of water, or any moist land, anything that
they can call "wetland" constitutes navigable water."
-Dixie Lee Ray, scientist, recipient of the United Nations Peace Prize
- 1992
"According to a recent study by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, simply limiting 'unreasonable'
jury awards could cut health care costs by five to nine percent, saving
$70 - $126 billion each year and allowing an additional 2.4 - 4.3 million
Americans to obtain medical insurance." - May 6, 2003 press release
of Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, as cited by sickoflawsuits.org
|
October 31, 2003
Forest bill sails
through
- The Missoulian
Healthy Forests
Act Too Late for Many -LMNS
Coalition calls
for removal of reintroduced wolves -
Idaho Statesman
BLM will sell oil and gas
leases in scenic parts of Utah -Billings Gazette
Groups sue government
over permit for power plant -
The Missoulian
Aquifer study moves
forward -
Spokesman-Review
Western Washington braces
for cold, snow -King
5 News
October 30, 2003
High court upholds
$30 license tab measure -King
5 News
Smart Growth Not Growing
-Liberty Matters News Service
McCain, Lieberman Like
Kyoto -LMNS
Senate Approves
Leavitt As EPA Head -LMNS
The Great National
Land Grab -American
Policy Center
Smokey
Bear meets al-Qaida, eco-terrorists -
WND
Scientist warns of
adverse effects of excess CBM water - prediction based on 'modeling'
- Billings Gazette
October 28, 2003
Global warming, the quadrillion
dollar question -
Environmental News Network
Things Aren't the Same
Down on the Farm -
Yakima Herald
Fossil-fuel plants up
for comment -
Spokesman-Review
Nethercutt fires
back with newspaper ads - Spokesman-Review
The Lone Mountain
Compact: - Principles for Preserving Freedom and Livability in America's
Cities and Suburbs
October 27, 2003
Court rules ban on public
access to trail stands -Billings
Gazette
Policy changes may be
adding up to create a new forest order -The
Daily Interlake
The radical green
'god-squad' -
by Henry Lamb, for News with Views
Flood damage on
park lands could take months to repair -King
5 News
Buyout of ranchers proposed
- Plan pulls cattle from public lands -
Arizona Star
October 26, 2003
State Blanket
Primary Dealt Another Blow -
KOMO News
The Backlash Against
"Smart Growth"-Innovation
Briefs
Public offers feedback
on final draft of watershed plan -Methow Valley News
Tribes want trust predicament
settled -Billings Gazette
October 25, 2003
Primary ruling to be
appealed -Seattle
Times
Armed and dangerous: Forest
Service calls Elko ads inflammatory -
Las Vegas Sun
Lake dispute reaches high-water
mark - Tribal inventory riles dock owners along Lake Coeur d'Alene,
St. Joe River -Spokesman-Review
Boy Scouts executives to
log 86 acres-Spokesman-Review
Jobless tax will jump
by average 12 percent -King
5 News
Water users say
they have more strength in numbers -
Spokesman-Review
October 23, 2003
Why wood buildups cause
jams -King 5
News
Business coalition
formed to counter environmentalists -
The Missoulian
175-year-old dam being removed
from Neversink River -Mid-Hudson
News
Boise Cascade seeks $900K
tax refund
- The Daily News
Greenpeace accused
of money laundering donations - Group Files IRS Complaint, Seeks to
Revoke Privileged Tax Exempt Status -Publc
Interest Watch
October 22, 2003
Citizen Review 'tells
it like it is' -
by Lois Krafsky-Perry, Editor
Spotted Owl May
Go Extinct Anyway -LMNS
Norton to sign water
transfer deal -
Contra Costa Times
Alaska, N.M govs join
BLM boss in urging more energy production -
Las Vegas Sun
Forest Service
team in court over disbanding -The
Olympian
Klamath: Study Says
Irrigation Did Not Kill Salmon -AP
Washington Mutual
may cut 4,000 jobs -King 5 News
October 21, 2003
Forde, Tharinger "Meet
the Press" on Channel 3 tonight
Cowboys, Indians, and
land: an old saga's new twist -
Christian Science Monitor
Minimum wage debate
centers on jobs and 'bottom line survival' -
Daily Herald
Fla. Gov. Orders Feeding
Tube Reinserted - Rocky Mount Telegram
Healthy Forests Hits
Another Roadblock -LMNS
October 20, 2003
ELECTION RECOMMENDATION:
Voters should OK initiative repealing ergonomic rules
-The News Tribune Editorial
New-look Republicans
gear up for '04 session and beyond -The Olympian
Pentagon, Environmentalists
Battle Over Training Impact
- CBS News
Senators McCain and
Lieberman Propose Energy Tax -
NCPPR
From government land acquisitions...Higher
taxes guaranteed -
Henry Lamb, Eco-logic
Is tourism killing
the environment? -Turkish News Online
October 19, 2003
Water users angry about
congressional letter on salmon - Lawmakers ask Bush to ensure plan works
to restore wild fish, want dams removed --Spokesman-Review
COALITION: No Land
Trust Tax Deal! ALRA
News Release
October 17, 2003
Federal Agencies
Failure to Comply with Executive Order Has Cost Taxpayers over $1 Billion
- Brian
J. Rogers
A new logging sheriff's
in town: State water officials given veto power, especially along coast
- Sacramento Bee
Eco-space the problem,
not the solution - Brevard
Insider
"Terri Lights"
Shine Bright - Nationwide!
October 16, 2003
Panel on lakes invites
call-in - Pend Oreille's winter level on meeting agenda
-Spokesman-Review
Idaho delegation sponsors
measure to clarify Patriot Act - Bipartisan SAFE Act introduced in Senate,
similar legislation to be introduced in House -gop.gov
Black Group Opposes U.S.
Civil Rights Commission Environmental Justice Report - Civil Rights
Commissioners Should Withhold Endorsement
October 15, 2003
Excavator gets jail
time for clearing along creek - Atascadero Creek landowner must restore
damaged land, may face fines, sanctions -Press
Democrat
NY Sues for "Crimes
Against Nature" -
Democrat & Herald
"Green Fields"
Considered "Infrastructure" LMNS
Mexico-to-Yukon conservation
proposal unveiled - The Wildlands Project (TWP) growing wings
- Casper Star Tribune
Federal suit targets
Greenpeace for members' actions - Experts say conviction may dampen
dissent -San
Francisco Chronicle
The sky is always falling...Environmental
Scientists Must Stop Crying Wolf -
eco-freedom mag.
October 14, 2003
Deal could end Trinity
River dispute, restore flows for salmon, tribes -
Bakersfield Californian
Judge extends
ban on logging in six old-growth timber sales - The
Columbian
Debate over forests is
a difference in priorities-Seattle
P-I
October 11, 2003
Forest plan would curb
visitor access
- Contra Costa Times
Worthwhile, or waste?
U.S. transportation law requires funds for 'enhancements' -
Times Dispatch
Hey, have we got a deal
for the U.S. government - If federal officials want an owl study, we
have a suggestion. Read a newspaper - Union-Bulletin
October 10, 2003
Seattle, WA: Monorail
aims to crack down on tax evaders -King 5 News
Kalakala to stay in
Puget Sound -King
5 News
Politics are taking
backseat to 'green' plan -
Philadelphia Inquirer
Federal judge extends
ban on logging old-growth trees -
The News Tribune
On dam
removal
October 8, 2003
Utah Wilderness Agreement
Affects all 50 States - BLM lifts
some wilderness protection - Agency enforcing Utah settlement in all
50 states -LMNS
Competitiveness
council resurrected - Locke rebuilds group from various industries to
evaluate state's business climate -The
Olympian
Agreement may settle
dredging challenge -The Columbian
State nears decision
on timber funds -The
Columbian
Wind farm project blowing
away - Developer of a proposed wind farm north of Prosser
said Monday that the company will kill the project before paying for
another environmental study - Tri-City Herald
Official: Burned timber
no longer salvageable -The
Missoulian
County Government Can
Protect Property Rights - Why County Law Needs to Adopt E.O. 12630
- SUA News
Arizona: Freedom for
America Conference set for Oct. 17-18
Environmentalists
Broker Deal to Demolish Dam -LMNS
As Far As the Eye Can
See - Group "Scenic America" strives to cut off building for
sake of 'viewshed'
- LMNS
Olympic Peninsula,
WA: Local former publisher responds to letter on UN's Biosphere program
October 7, 2003
California to Instigate
Global Warming Lawsuit -LMNS
California couple
killed by grizzly bear in Alaska park -Billings
Gazette
Tennesee resident
organizes for green space bond -
The Tennessean
October 6, 2003
Judges rule in favor
of Mesa brake shop after 60 Minutes tackles eminent domain cases
- The Arizona Republic
Fish habitat is
destroyed along with common sense -
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
Use of hatchery salmon to
boost wild runs raises thorny questions -Seattle
Times
October 3, 2003
Olympia appealing new
flood zone -King
5 News
Choosing America's
Future by Henry Lamb
Feds: Owl suit raises fire
risk - AZ Daily
Star
Montana: Wolf lawsuit hurts
conservation cause, says attorney
- The Missoulian
Wolf backers sue
over status change - Lack of management plan in Oregon cited among factors
-Spokesman-Review
Rock Creek Mine appeal
denied - Environmental groups say they will sue in federal court
- The Missoulian
The Agenda for the RangeNet
2003 Conference in Boulder, Colorado
Bear visits Letterman's
cabin one time too many - Biologists trap bear, release it 50 miles
north -Spokesman-Review
Environmental
radicals take campaign to suburbs -Billings Gazette
U.N. International Year of
Freshwater 2003 set - Italy will host International Conference on Integrated
Watershed Management
October 2, 2003
On Planning: Suburbia
and Its Discontents -Harvard
Design Magazine
Fish is latest in long
line of species spats -Albuquerque
Tribune
Minnow dispute simmers
as Congress eyes spending -Albuquerque
Tribune
Okanogan Farm Bureau
president announces candidacy for state legislature
Montana: Conservation
easement largest in state history -
The Missoulian
Sightings of big cats
on rise in city's parks, greenbelt -Spokesman-Review
Spotted owl numbers
declined, report says - Population down despite 15-year recovery effort,
wildlife biologist says -Spokesman-Review
State studies
forests for 'carbon credit' value - Clean-air effort could lead to sale
of credits to raise money for schools -Spokesman-Review
October 1, 2003
People for the West
-Tucson Newsletter- Information and commentary on the environment, property
rights, and multiple use of federal lands
Eminent Domain - a
"60 Minutes" report -
CBS News
State's minimum wage
to hit $7.16 an hour, highest in U.S. -Seattle
Times
Restaurant group
wants relief from country's highest minimum wage
- Puget Sound Business Journal
Minimum wage not
so small - 15-cent increase likely to make state rate top in nation
-The
Olympian
State studies forests
for 'carbon credit' value - Spokesman-Review
Idaho: University
models poor stewardship -
Spokesman-Review
|
VIRGINIA - Gaia
Forum series at the College of William and Mary to stimulate ongoing
cross-campus dialogue, instruction, and research on what they claim
is the most crucial question of our time: "[H]ow to work together
to transform a cancerous global economy predicated on the infinite expansion
of production and consumption of commodities into a socioeconomic order
that is compatible with a finite, perishable planet?" - "We
plan to establish autonomous chapters or "nodes" on college
campuses throughout the world. . " - Question Presented: Does
this sound like a program likely to enlist students opposed to free-enterprise
and the private sector?
----------------------------------
"[T]he Endangered Species Act, like Frankenstein,
despite the good intentions of its creators, has become a monster..."
_ The Honorable Paul Kelly, 10th Circuit Court of Appeal, Dissent, Silvery
Minnow Decision
------------------
Letter to the editor in The Daily News, Longview, WA:
Who pays the wages?
When you are at the courthouse, do you have the feeling that you are
working for them, instead of them working for you? Who is paying their
wages?
Monte G. Hamer
Castle Rock
------------
Regarding the redistribution of your income...
When is a pay raise not a pay raise? When
it's written up as a law, amazingly. "This is not a pay raise.
This is an increase that's required by law," claimed Senate Appropriations
Committee chair Ted Stevens, on the "not a pay raise" that
raised pay for members of Congress from today's $154,700 to $158,000
in 2004.
And now that they got theirs, how are they
spending yours? For starters, this week's 60th annual National Peanut
Festival in Dothan, Alabama, received $202,500 for the event.
from The Federalist, 10/31/03
|
HELP KEEP THIS SITE INFORMING YOU - PLEASE DONATE