Illegal immigrants leave tons of trash in Arizona desert, devastating environment
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In her response letter, Napolitano enclosed a report from a congressional inquiry which confirmed, “Overall, the removal of cross-border violators from public lands is a value to the environment as well as to the mission of the land managers.” The New Mexico border has also suffered pollution because of illegal immigration, but not as much as Arizona border. “We undoubtedly have experienced a lot of litter, but not the extent of Arizona,” Eddie Guerrero, international border coordinator for the New Mexico BLM, told TheDC. “Arizona has large cities in proximity to the border, which makes passage logistically easier. In New...
Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 02:08:18 AM
Green Jobs Training
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Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm recently announced the state has been awarded a nearly $6 million federal grant to train more than 1,000 Michigan people for "green jobs" and then place them into those jobs. The money comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or better known as the federal stimulus. Public Policy experts sound off about it: Jack McHugh, senior legislative analyst for the Mackinac Center: Energy is a necessary and burdensome expense for households and businesses, not something that people consume for its own sake. The goal should be getting more of it with fewer resources....
Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 02:08:18 AM
Michigan: An Oil Spill Closer to Home
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Everyone is aware of the BP oil spill in the Gulf affecting all our coastal states, most especially Louisiana. But in Michigan there is an oil spill closer to home to worry residents. And surrounding states are eyeing the situation warily hoping they aren’t also affected. Just north of the Indiana border in Battle Creek and Emmett Township, Michigan a 30-inch pipeline that carries 8 million gallons of oil per day from Griffith, Indiana to Canada ruptured spilling more than 800,000 gallons of oil into Talmadge Creek... Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 02:08:18 AM
Mighty oil-eating microbes help clean up the Gulf (RUSH is RIGHT alert)
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Where is all the oil? Nearly two weeks after BP finally capped the biggest oil spill in U.S. history, the oil slicks that once spread across thousands of miles of the Gulf of Mexico have largely disappeared. Nor has much oil washed up on the sandy beaches and marshes along the Louisiana coast. And the small cleanup army in the Gulf has only managed to skim up a tiny fraction of the millions of gallons of oil spilled in the 100 days since the Deepwater Horizon rig went up in flames.
Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 02:08:18 AM
Comply Or Else!
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Los Angeles County, in response to rural non-compliance of environmental ordinances, has formed what they call the “Nuisance Abatement Team”. The enraged locals call it the NAT squad. The name sounds innocuous enough but its name camouflages what it is and does. The County has given the “Team” broad authority to come on your land and force compliance with draconian environmental law, literally at the point of a gun.
Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 02:08:18 AM
"Do not hold everything as gold that shines like gold."
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