From the daily archives: Saturday, January 3, 2009

A dark horse choice to replace Ken Salazar in the U.S. Senate

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Denver Public Schools Superintendent Michael Bennet gets the nod from Colorado Governor Ritter-

The good news is it looks like Bennet is of a greener disposition than Salazar.

From the blog Colorado pols . . . Michael Bennet, Everybody!

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115 Groups urge Ag Secretary Nominee to End Wildlife Service's mass killing of wildlife

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Groups want lethal control programs ended-

Here is the news release:

WILLIAMS, Ore.– Today, 115 conservation, animal protection, ranching, and faith-based organizations submitted a letter to Tom Vilsack, the Agriculture Secretary nominee, urging him to end the federal government’s systematic killing of wildlife, including wolves, coyotes, bears, cougars, and prairie dogs. Members of the […]

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In Obama’s Team, 2 Camps on Climate

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Want a relatively inexpensive method of removing carbon with small economic impact? Remove livestock from the vast acreage of public lands-

Story in the New York Times. Two camps. By John Broder  (story doesn’t mention the above because Obama team is unaware of how much cattle and sheep reduce the amount of carbon rangelands […]

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Open thread. Discuss what you want.

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I have not posted an open thread for about three months. Thanks for the request.

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‎"At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour."

~ Edward Abbey