First priority for new Congress is Keystone pipeline. Why? Here in Pocatello, Idaho, today gas prices fell to $1.99 a gallon. They have been dropping for over a hundred days […]
Falling oil prices to benefit wildlife?
Will the new, low petroleum prices cut the legs off tar sands and oil shale? Almost every American now sees that the price of oil has plummeted. Driving by a […]
Ivanpah thermal solar power plant produces “death rays” torching many birds
Roast bird record at Mojave solar plant even worse than predicted? Plant workers call them “streamers.” Birds that fly through the beams of concentrated sunlight at the massive Ivanpah solar […]
PR Springs tar sand protest to stop Utah from becoming like Alberta
Utah State Government shows its true colors on public lands- A month ago 20 protesters made a camp near PR Springs, high (8000 feet) on the Tavaput Plateau in the […]
Here is the “notorious” missing BLM page connecting to Harry Reid (not)
This is a big laugh, but does have important info about Bundy’s rangeland harm- For those who don’t want to discuss rangeland, wildlife, trespassing cattle, rare animals like tortoises, or […]
News shorts: WaPo, big story on Wildlife Services; coyote pack kills dog at Tahoe . . .
There are a lot of wildlife related stories. Washington Post and Wildlife Services- There have been many efforts to raise public perception of the depredations of the misnamed federal agency […]
EPA finally starts to reign in the menace of corn ethanol fuel
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 […]
Election in Washington State dooms giant coal port proposal?
Anti-coal port candidates now appear in charge in Whatcom County- In recent years there has been a big effort to clear the way to build a huge coal terminal (seaport) […]