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On the morning of June 22, 1969, oil and debris that had collected on the surface of the Cuyahoga River as wound its way through Cleveland caught fire. The story attracted national attention, and was featured in a report on the nation’s environmental problems in the August 1 Time magazine. The fire illustrated just how […]
Frank DuBois. A 2010 Pentagon directive on military support to civilian authorities details what critics say is a troubling policy that envisions the Obama administration’s potential use of military force against Americans. The directive contains noncontroversial provisions on support to civilian fire and emergency services, special events and the domestic use of the Army Corps […]
Two ranching organizations, an Arizona ranch, and an Arizona rancher today won a major victory at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit when a three-judge panel affirmed a ruling by an Arizona federal district court that granted them summary judgment over a demand by environmental groups that grazing permits be revoked and […]
There are many things I do not like about the Environmental Protection Agency, but what angers me most are the lies that stream forth from it to justify programs that have no basis in fact or science and which threaten the economy. Currently, its “Clean Power” plan is generating its latest and most duplicitous Administer […]
They came in automobiles fueled by oil, wearing clothing made from oil, to protest oil, in kayaks made from oil. Then they tweeted their photos on phones made from oil and drove home. Share the irony.
Once again, the arrogant do-gooders think they are the law Recreational prospectors, long accustomed to spending their weekends searching for gold in North Carolina’s Uwharrie River, are under fire by a local land trust, which claims ownership of the river bed. The rise in the price of gold to its all-time high of $1,900 per ounce in […]
Today, House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R‑TX) spoke in support of H.R. 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Act of 2015. The bill, which would force the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers to stop moving forward with the proposed “Waters of the United States” rule, passed the House by a […]
Tule Elk at Point Reyes National Seashore The National Park Service (NPS) was able to shut down Drakes Bay Oyster Company at Point Reyes National Seashore by falsifying data about environmental damage it claimed the oyster company caused. Now NPS is targeting ranchers for removal from Point Reyes. Here is the latest update on the NPS […]
The Obama — EPA plan ensures that blackouts will be in our future. Unlike populations in most other parts of the world, we Americans take vital benefits of dependable electricity for granted. We simply plug into an outlet or flip on a switch and fully expect that our lights will go on, our computers will […]
A “Sagebrush Rebellion” like the one that propelled Ronald Reagan (“Count me in as a [sagebrush] rebel.”) into the Oval Office is making national news because President Obama governs like President Carter. Obama’s Interior Secretary, for example, threatens more unilateral land lockup decrees if westerners do not embrace legislation putting vast areas off-limits to “multiple […]
“Here We Stand, At The Twilight’s Last Gleaming” These words are written past the midnight hour and I remember back to March 23, 2010 when Obamacare was signed into law at the 11th hour. I remember it well; I was up almost all night, as it was around 11 pm that it was finished. Never […]
Two customers enjoy oysters outside the oyster shack at Drakes Bay Oyster Company in Inverness, California July 31, 2014. REUTERS/Stephen Lam Drakes Bay Oyster Company operated in Point Reyes for decades until National Park Service officials used falsified data to force Kevin Lunny’s family-run oyster farm to shut down. The experience has left its mark […]
Harriet Hageman, Attorney In recent years, conservation easements—agreements between landowners and nonprofit organizations—have gained popularity as a way to protect wildlife, provide various kinds of tax exemptions as well as prevent land and mineral development with an eye toward permanent preservation. At the same time, there has been concerns these easements have caused erosion of […]
FA Note — This action by the Klamath Tribes, under authority of the Upper Klamath Basin Comprehensive Agreement (UKBCA), highlights what is likely in Montanan’s future, via the Consolidated Salish and Kootenai Tribes water compact signed into law last week. Klamath Tribes Chairman Don Gentry Water shutoffs could begin as early as next week. Since […]
FA Note — Courts have long recognized the Act of July 26, 1866, and May 10, 1872 as amended, whereby Congress abdicated its authority and jurisdiction over the mineral estate, granting it as an absolute gift without condition or limitation to all citizens. More than 100 demonstrators, some of them armed, reportedly surrounded the Bureau […]
Another illegal action unlikely to be challenged in court? Millions of Americans living and working in floodplains and other low-lying areas are at acute risk of being inundated – not by rising water, but by a tidal wave of federal regulations – courtesy of the Obama Administration. With public attention riveted on the chaotic developments in […]
Jim Beers, retired Refuge Manager, Special Agent, & Wildlife Biologist U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service The following article caught my eye this morning. Since it invited comments at the end, I shared my comments with them and they follow the article. Jim Anglers could be forbidden to wade in waters that run through private property.On […]
Disgruntled ex-federal employees found a way to bilk taxpayers out of millions of dollars using the flawed Endangered Species Act Over a 3‑year period, 2009–2012, Department of Justice data show American taxpayers footed the bill for more than $53 million in so-called environmental groups’ legal fees—and the actual number could be much higher. The real […]
Critics say a proposed legislative fix violates the spirit of the law against special legislation for corporations and undercuts options for landowners who may rethink their involvement with wind developers. The controversy focuses on the 82-megawatt Black Oak wind farm — on the drawing board in Stearns County since 2008. State law requires that wind energy projects […]
When President Obama announced on March 31 that he intends to ensure that the U.S. will slash its “greenhouse gas emissions” 26% below 2005 emissions levels by 2025 in order to keep pledges made to fulfill the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, he failed to mention that such levels would be comparable to what […]
CBS San Francisco, 5KPIX video — Despite Drought, Plenty of Gallons Needed to Grow California’s Crops Gov. Jerry Brown of California is fired up about nailing his citizens to the wall, should they dare to use more than their allotted amount of water. On Sunday, Brown said that those who did not take shorter showers would […]
We are a concerned family, living in the terror of geo engineered skies, in the state of Vermont. We also belong to the Koasek Abenaki Nation in our state. Our ancestors passed down a strong understanding of the inter-relatedness between people and nature. Our lives would not be worth living if we spent every day […]
“By nearly all accounts, our federal lands are in trouble, both in terms of fiscal performance and environmental stewardship.” That was an assertion made earlier this month in a study released by the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC). The study focused on the difference between state-managed public lands and federally managed public lands. The […]
Laurence Tribe, a liberal Harvard law professor, in fact, he was one of Obama’s law professors, claims that Obama and his EPA is “burning the constitution”. Tribe explains the limitations that the constitution allows to the EPA: “EPA possesses only the authority granted to it by Congress. Its gambit here raises serious questions under the separation […]
Sustainable Development is the blueprint being used across America and around the world to implement the United Nations Agenda 21 Programme.
