From the daily archives: Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Two Views of the Tester Forest Jobs and Recreation Bill, a.k.a., "Wilderness Bill'

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Prominent Montana economist discusses bill on Montana public radio-

Tester Forest Bill. Two Views of the Tester Forest Jobs and Recreation Bill. By Dr. Tom Power. Montana Public Radio.

I’m not sure what to think about the logging part of Tester’s bill either. If you look at it one way, it represents the worst […]

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Yellowstone hotspot's giant magma plume slowly eats its way northeast

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Scientists confirm 500-mile finger of molten rock under Yellowstone-

Park’s giant magma plume eating up mountains. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole Daily.

Actually the hot spot is probably stationary. The apparent surface movement is due to the North American plate drifting to the southwest over the spot. The new information (at least to me) […]

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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