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  • Oil has now entered the Gulf Loop current and heavy oil reaches the marshes

    Ralph Maughan

    The only good news is that BP now says it is collecting 5000 barrels a day of the oil gusher- Gulf Oil Spill: Oil Has Entered Loop Current, Officials Say. Associated Press. So, some of the oil is now off to Florida and maybe even to the East Coast. So far the main part of…

  • Is BP's remedy for the spill only making it worse?

    Ralph Maughan

    The chemical dispersants BP is dumping in the Gulf of Mexico are a cosmetic solution only. And they’re toxic. By Joseph Romm. Salon Magazine. AND MORE MALFEASANCE U.S. exempted BP’s Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study. By Juliet Eilperin. Washington Post Staff Writer. The Department of Interior did not require an environmental impact…

  • B.C. government shifts away from development of Flathead Valley

    Ralph Maughan

    Well maybe . . . the article is more of a hope than report of the facts. Victoria shifts away from development of Flathead Valley. But permanent protection still needed for rare treasure. Kathryn Molloy, Vancouver Sun

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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

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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