Once they were common in the US and Canada. Then they were hunted for their feathers, skins, and meat. Around 1933 there were only 70 trumpeter swans left in the lower 48 states. Now there are more than 63,000. They recovered because hunting was banned, remnant populations were discovered in Alaska and near Yellowstone, wildlife […]
Archive | May, 2017
Anadarko oil and gas company pays Dem insider and lobbyists to stop regulations
Oil co. Anadarko lobbies against bills requiring information being available to the public while saying that they care for threatened homeowners. They spent $ 7 million lobbying for secrecy and to stop regulations. They hired the former senator, former Secy of the Interior, and former and current corporate atty. Salazar to grease the wheels of […]
Lawsuit Against Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant Turning into a Refuge
Link to article: http://www.denverpost.com/2017/05/17/federal-lawsuit-visitor-center-rocky-flats
Protect Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalente National Monuments
You can comment at suwa.org/comment. Also, here is info from High Country News. Here is sample letter from Beverly Kurtz: “President Trump and Secretary Zinke, I have spent most of my adult life recreating in Utah. I am a hiker and river runner and I believe that the areas protected by Bears Ears and […]
Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant Meeting – Cover-up
Here is what one activist, Susan Elofson-Hurst, said afterward: “I was at the Sharing session at the Arvada Center last night; the only ones allowed to share were the speakers. It seemed obvious that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife staff is afraid of what the public has to say. This is a tactic that CDPHE […]
Hearing on Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant Safety Today 5-15
The plant is being greenwashed- the DOE pretends it is cleaned up by making it a wildlife refuge, which is a way to avoid having to clean it up more fully ( the standards of clean-up are lower for wildlife and for visitors and workers who would be exposed for only 8 hours per day […]
Help Natives, Salmon, & Rivers – Stop Dirty Gold Mine
Trump and EPA head Pruitt just reversed the protection of Alaska’s Bristol Bay salmon rivers. Please write your politicians and letters to the editor to protest this. Pruitt is approving a mine that will produce 10 million tons of mining waste at the headwaters of the watershed. Native-Americans, Alaskans, fishermen, and enviros oppose the Pebble […]
Protect Dolphins by keeping the “Dolphin Safe” Tuna Label
Ask your senators and representatives to stop the international trade bullies at the WTO and NAFTA from imposing big fines to get the US to drop its “dolphin safe” labels for tuna. These labels allow shoppers to avoid tuna caught in large purse seine nets that drown dolphins. Also, you can write letters to the […]
Ask Congress to Ban the Trade in Shark Fins
Click to ask your senators and representative to ban the trade in shark fins in the US. https://awionline.org/content/shark-fin-sales-elimination-act-2017
Anti-Fracking Conference on Sat 5-5-17 in Longmont
Leaders in the anti-fracking movement are speaking, after the 4-27-17 pipeline explosion that killed 2 people. pin Front Range Community College Longmont Campus 2121 Miller Dr. Classroom Bldg. Door C-4 Community Rm. https://www.facebook.com/events/105895039964263/ – Dr. Anthony Ingraffea – Professor of Engineering at Cornell University and globally recognized expert on the mechanics of shale gas […]
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