From the daily archives: Tuesday, May 4, 2010

NOAA Warned Interior It Was Underestimating Threat Of Serious Spill

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Administration brushed aside the warnings-

“National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration officials last fall warned the Department of Interior, which regulates offshore oil drilling, that it was dramatically underestimating the frequency of offshore oil spills and was dangerously understating the risk and impacts a major spill would have on coastal residents.”

Story in the Huffington Post. […]

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Utah bison linger in limbo on way to their new home

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The bison are going to bolster the state’s fourth wild bison herd-

The Bison have been stuck on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake awaiting transfer to the Book Cliffs. By Mike Stake. AP

People forget that Utah has wild bison herds — herds that are hunted.

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Goldfish invade Eastern Oregon trout lake

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Lake at the base of Steens Mountain to be poisoned and restocked with trout-

Goldfish invade Eastern Oregon trout lake. Associated Press

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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