Koch Bros. will smile at his attempt to auction off our lands-
Ted Cruz has jumped on the billionaire’s land grab wagon by offering a bill requiring the federal government to give away or sell off what he terms “excess lands,” whether they be our national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges or BLM lands.
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Continue Reading →Right wing seizes on Bundy trespass to go after Harry Reid-
When a local issue goes national, it is often warped into other political agendas. We see that clearly with Cliven Bundy’s 20 years of public land cattle trespass coming to a head.
A cursory search shows a sudden explosion of articles claiming Nevada’s senior […]
Continue Reading →Last week Rep. Ken Ivory, R of West Jordan, Utah, came north to Idaho, up out of the smog (worst in the country), to tell Idaho’s lawmakers that they should make a play to take over the U.S. public lands like Utah has proposed to do.
Past efforts to grab national forests, parks, wildlife refuges led by livestock industry. Now it will be Koch Bros, oil, GOP-
Some call our public lands “American’s common treasure,” but the love of our land expressed in many forms, and the freedom they provide, have not stopped what are sometimes called “sagebrush rebellions” every decade […]
Continue Reading →Washington race for governor echoes typical Republican/Democrat gap on the environment-
In the late 1960s to the the late 70s, there wasn’t much difference between the two parties on “environmental” issues, as that set of issues had become known. Both parties generally supported strong policies, especially when it came to cleaning the air, water, and […]
Continue Reading →Salt Lake Tribune’s editorial wonders why Utah congressionals so negative except for drilling and mining-
Opinion of the Salt Lake Tribune. Recreation Wealth. July 4, 2011. DOI report says Utah benefits economically more from recreation on Department of Interior lands than any other state.
This article is based on the […]
Continue Reading →Canadian tar sands are not just about turning Alberta’s boreal forest into a wasteland.
Transport of the product has many dangers, ill-effects. ____________
They haul their giant equipment around the world disrupting the roadside environment to dig tar sands in Alberta, turning hundreds of square miles into lifeless pits. Ah, but they produce […]
Continue Reading →Once too right wing for most right wingers, billionaire polluters now wield clout on Energy and Commerce Committee-
Koch brothers now at heart of GOP power. “The billionaire brothers’ influence is most visible in the makeup of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where members have vowed to undo restrictions on greenhouse gases.” […]
Continue Reading →The Koch Brothers, enemy of the world-
A few months ago hardly anyone had heard of these two selfish billionaires who have been funding much of the far right’s effort to tear down the protection of our water, air, food supply, as well as, IMO, support policies that will destroy America herself. They support a […]
Continue Reading →Billionaire tea party funders effort to kill CA emissions law-
We posted about this repeal effort earlier, but a good article about the Koch Brothers by a California minister.
Passing Prop. 23 would send California Reeling Backwards. Syndicated Columnist, Author, Pastor of the Resurrection Community Church Oakland, CA
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