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Legion[Legion] For now, though, I think we live under the auspices of a lesser environmentalism, the equivalent of listening to Motown records in the 1960s and thus considering yourself a civil-rights advocate.

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Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents - Justia Regulation Tracker[Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents - Justia Regulation Tracker] Justia Regulation Tracker Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality ...: The Attorney General's January 12, 1998 opinion states that the quoted language renders this statute inapplicable to enforcement of any Federally authorized programs, since ``no immunity could be afforded from administrative, civil, or criminal penalties because granting such immunity would not be consistent with Federal law, which is one of the criteria for immunity.'' Therefore, EPA has determined that Virginia's Privilege and Immunity statutes will not preclude the Commonwealth from enforcing its program consistent with the Federal requirements. In any event, because EPA has also determined that a state audit privilege and immunity law can affect only state enforcement and cannot have any impact on Federal enforcement authorities, EPA may at any time invoke its authority under the CAA, including, for example, sections 113, 167, 205, 211 or 213, to enforce the requirements or prohibitions of the state plan, independently of any state enforcement effort.

Scholars and Rogueshttp://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/10/29/the-weekly-carboholic-offsets-hurt-forests/ [Scholars and Rogues] Scholars and Rogues » The Weekly Carboholic: carbon offsets hurt ...: Two months after starting a wetlands restoration research project in California’s Sacramento−San Joaquin River delta, the USGS researchers reported that their project was capturing 30 times the amount of carbon per square meter than Kyoto Protocol-compliant reforested agricultural land. This is because wetlands grow so fast and convert that growth into low-oxygen, slowly decomposing peat bogs and, ultimately, into new land over hundreds or thousands of years.

Beacon Broadside[Beacon Broadside] Factory Farms, Dirty Water, and the Bible: Part Two | a blog post ...: The hardhat adorned photo of New Mexico's Governor Bill Richardson, proudly displayed by the New Mexico Dairy Producers Association at statewide agricultural expositions, breaking ground at the Clovis cheese plant is testimony to political support for the industry. In the words of Cindy Padilla, [former] Director of the Water and Waste Management Division of the NM Environment Department (NMED), the state agency responsible for issuing and monitoring dairy wastewater discharge permits, "our agency must balance the need for economic development with environmental protection." 

Citizen Tomhttp://citizentom.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/presidential-pros-and-cons-barack-obama/ [Citizen Tom] PRESIDENTIAL PROS AND CONS: BARACK OBAMA: Such a policy cannot depend on the scientific wisdom of politicians. No human being, not even a politician able to make endless promises, has sufficient brain power to figure out how to build a modern industrial society that does not pollute the environment.

Philadelphia Independent Media Center - Passionate and Accurate Tellings of Truthhttp://www.phillyimc.org/en/node/76987 [Philadelphia Independent Media Center - Passionate and Accurate Tellings of Truth] Note to Progressives for Obama: What Happens After Election Day ...: No question the Obama strategists have accomplished what they set out to do. Just look at all they’ve achieved thus far: antiwar activists have exchanged their slogans for pro-Obama refrains despite the fact that their candidate inflates the alleged threat of Iran, wants to put more troops in Afghanistan and won’t pull out of Iraq anytime soon.

Disabilityhttp://www.saratogaareas.com/ellie/blog3.php/2008/10/19/bush-signs-adaa-into-law [Disability] Bush signs ADAA into law: In his speech he stated that the Senators and Representatives in Congress would give long speeches on the fate of the disabled but it never occurred to them that maybe they should make changes in the architecture of the buildings themselves so people with disabilities could visit the Capital like everyone else. Well changes are slowly being made.

appletree[appletree] appletree » Blog Archive » Cheney Coming Out Of The Closet ”¦: Lenders have become even less willing to part with their money, further crimping budgets and family spending. For Rivals, Finance Crisis Is Posing on-the-Fly Tests. The presidential race has turned into an audition for who could best ...

Ralph Nader for President 2008 - Ralph Nader for President 2008 blog[Ralph Nader for President 2008 - Ralph Nader for President 2008 blog] What Do They Have to Do to Lose Your Vote? -- Ralph Nader for ...: Obama stated his intention of leaving 140,000 private contractors in Iraq because "we don’t have the troops to replace them.” He also stated the need to keep an additional "strike force in the region ”¦ in order to not only protect them, but also potentially to protect their territorial integrity.” Summarizing the interview, Amy Goodman concluded that it sounded as if Obama "would leave more than 100,000 troops, close to 200,000 in Iraq. ”˜Troops’ meaning

Obama HQ[Obama HQ] Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need | Amanda Scott's ...: Barack will eliminate all capital gains taxes on start-up and small businesses to encourage innovation and job creation. Obama and Biden will also support small business owners by providing a $500 “Making Work Pay”

MotherJones.com | MoJoBlog - Social Issues and Political Commentaryhttp://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/10/10544_why-wright-happens.html [MotherJones.com | MoJoBlog - Social Issues and Political Commentary] MotherJones Blog: Why Wright Happens: I can separate his horrific life experiences (Jim Crow sharecropper) out from my own (post-Civil Rights Movement) world view, as do most other Americans. When the elders got together and ranted and raved about the white man, I didn't go upstairs, write a formal denunciation, and secede from my family.

Comments for Commentaryhttp://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/wehner/40431 [Comments for Commentary] Commentary » Blog Archive » Still a Center-Right Nation: The study also finds a pattern of rising support since the mid-1990s for government action to help disadvantaged Americans. More Americans believe that the government has a responsibility to take care of people who cannot take care of themselves, and that it should help more needy people even if it means going deeper into debt.

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