Sunday, March 19, 2006

A Kempthorne in Our Side

Posted by CitizenSteve at 5:47 AM
GLOBE EDITORIAL
America the bulldozed

March 18, 2006


...Dirk Kempthorne, the Idaho governor nominated by President Bush to succeed Norton, is clear-cut from the same cloth. His one term of service in the Senate and his sympathy for the antienvironmental views of its Republican majority should guarantee him an easy confirmation. ...
Will Kempy bring dead swans to all of America?

Lead contamination kills swans, keeps children inside

SUSAN GORDON; The News Tribune
Published: March 19th, 2006 01:00 AM

COEUR D'’ALENE, IDAHO -– The long, sleek necks that give tundra swans their regal bearing also make them miserable, at least in the Coeur dÂ’Alene River basin, where hundreds die annually. Tundra swans are the most visible victims of the heavy metal contamination that taints the basin, which stretches 166 miles from Spokane across the Idaho Panhandle to Montana. ...(full article)

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)