EPA dreams of rivers and streams

Having spent years collecting data on the condition of rivers and streams, and found these bodies of water needing additional “protection’ and “restoration,” the agency is making the case for action under the Clean Water Act (CWA). This four-decade-old statute already gives EPA vast powers to impose new regulations – none of them requiring the consent of Congress.

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|2013-04-24T16:32:47-04:00April 24th, 2013|1 Comment

Sustainable development: latest tool for expanding EPA’s empire

Determined to concentrate power in the hands of largely unaccountable bureaucrats in Washington, Obama administration officials have devised a new scheme to justify expanding the regulatory reach of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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|2013-10-17T09:44:07-04:00February 27th, 2012|2 Comments

Deep Green Resistance: Occupy (and more) till civilization falls

By Duggan Flanakin (reviewer)The central theme of Deep Green Resistance, written by Aric McBay, Lierre Keith, and Derrick Jensen (author of Endgame), is simple. To save the planet, its wildlife and some of its people, the enlightened few must rise up in resistance – not to reform, but rather to totally tear down the corporate capitalist economic system, and even civilization itself as we know it.   Jensen presents his thesis in the book's preface. "The dominant culture – civilization – is killing the planet, and it is long past time for those of us who care about life on earth to [...]

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|2012-09-16T22:32:44-04:00December 27th, 2011|Comments Off on Deep Green Resistance: Occupy (and more) till civilization falls

EPA sets its sights on Pennsylvania Amish

Saying runoff from dairy farms owned by Pennsylvania’s storied Amish is polluting the Chesapeake Bay, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is demanding that the Amish change their centuries-old ways of farming.The Obama administration is cracking down on farms in states where agricultural runoff contributes to the buildup of nitrogen and phosphorus in the bay.  States in EPA’s bull’s eye include Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania..  According to EPA data, Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County, home to the nation’s largest Amish community, generates more pounds of manure than any other county on the agency’s list of bay polluters.EPA’s latest effort to cleanup the [...]

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|2010-06-24T08:24:16-04:00June 24th, 2010|Comments Off on EPA sets its sights on Pennsylvania Amish

House Passes Bill Limiting Development along Oregon River

In another blow to hard-presses timber-dependent communities in the rural West, the U.S. House of Representatives Nov. 20 approved a bill imposing strict land-use restrictions along a 21-mile stretch of Oregon’s Molalla River.    Sponsored by Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Oregon), the bill, H.R. 2781, was approved by a 292-to-133 margin, with 40 Republicans joining 252 Democrats in passing the legislation.  In addition to the land-use restrictions, the bill also bans logging on 400 acres adjacent to the river.  The prospect of further reducing timber harvests in the economically depressed area prompted Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah), a member of the House Natural Resources [...]

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|2009-11-23T15:29:10-05:00November 23rd, 2009|Comments Off on House Passes Bill Limiting Development along Oregon River
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