First large U.S. deployment of biofuels is an economic and environmental disaster–
A decade ago it seemed like a great idea. Ethanol would be an additive or replacement for gasoline and diesel. It comes from the sun, water, and good old Mother Earth (soil). It would replace fossil fuels like petroleum that add to greenhouse […]
Continue Reading →EPA Continues its Critique of State Department analysis of controversial pipeline from the Alberta tar sands-
A million objections were sent to the State Department’s Draft Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement analysis (SEIS) of the environmental effects of the Keystone XL pipeline. Perhaps it was portentous that the […]
Continue Reading →Though this is hardly a revelation in this forum, Time Magazine reaches a wide audience-
Republican politicians’ anti-conservation fury is only about a decade old. Many conservation leaders were prominent Republicans and sponsored bills they now attack. Of course, this may not be surprising because I think Ronald Reagan himself might not accepted by today’s […]
Continue Reading →In the old Soviet Union, being a scientist was a dangerous thing unless discoveries upheld the Party’s ideology-
Doubt GOP will be put scientists in a gulag. They will just be investigated and badgered out of a job.
GOP plans attacks on the EPA and climate scientists. By Neela Banerjee. Los Angeles Times
Continue Reading →The EPA is considering lowering allowable particulate matter from 150 micrograms per cubic meter to the range of 65 to 85 micrograms. This would be a very good outcome for many reason ranging from health, soil erosion and snow melt runoff.
Recently a study implicated dust, primarily from western livestock grazing, as a big […]
Continue Reading →Finally!
E.P.A. Moves Toward Regulating Greenhouse Gases. By Felicity Barranger. New York Times.
Continue Reading →Filthy winter air gets worse. Developments in Nevada could compound problem-
Utah’s air quality overall is relatively good. The problem is that it is bad, has been for a long time, and is getting worse where most of the people live — the Wasatch Front and Cache Valley.
Utah’s dirty air in population centers goes […]
Continue Reading →Wow, quick action! Lisa Jackson was just confirmed the new EPA Administrator-
Obama’s EPA Raises Objections to South Dakota Coal Power Plant. By Catherine Dodge. Bloomberg.com
Continue Reading →EPA says Columbia River pollution levels “unacceptable risk to people, fish and wildife-
For those not familiar, the Columbia River is the major river of the Pacific Northwest. It and its tributaries drain almost all of Idaho, and Washington states, and western Montana. . . . much of Oregon and British Columbia too, plus the […]
Continue Reading →These are comments by the Missoula Independent on the EPA’s new on-line database, and one particularly — Montana subdivider David Allen Phillips-
etc. by the Missoula Independent staff
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