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Intact Roadless Areas  & Climate Stability…another no-brainer.

ASW

Re: your Colorado forests e-mail

“The best people, like the best  wines, come from the hills.” — Edward Abbey
— On Wed, 8/13/08, Ceal Smith <slvwater@theriver.com> wrote:
From: Ceal Smith <slvwater@theriver.com>
Subject: FW: TWS statement on Roadless Rule injunction
To: “winter ross” <winterross@yahoo.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 12:02 AM

This is not going to go unchallenged.
Ceal

Statement on Wyoming Court’s Injunction of Roadless Rule  The Wilderness Society will be challenging today¢s decision by a federal judge in  Wyoming to enjoin the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.  The decision by Judge Clarence Brimmer puts at risk nearly 60 million acres of pristine national forest lands that were protected from road building and logging by the Clinton Administration.  The Roadless Rule enjoyed the most public support in the history of federal rulemaking, with more than 95% of the 1.7 million comments favoring the strongest possible protection.  The  Wyoming court decision contradicts prior court decisions upholding the Roadless Rule, as well as the public¢s overwhelming support for roadless area protection.   We are confident that today¢s ruling will be reversed on appeal and that roadless areas will remain protected from environmental degradation.  The Wilderness Society will do all it can to ensure that roadless areas continue to be havens for wildlife, sources of pure drinking water, scenic backdrops for communities, and great places for people to recreate.   Contact:  Mike Anderson, Senior Resource Analyst, The Wilderness Society.  Office: 206-624-6430 x227.  Cell: 206-890-3529 _______________________________________________
 
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Ceal Smith, Acting DirectorSan Luis ValleyWater Protection CoalitionP.O. Box 351Alamosa, CO  81101(719) 256-5780ceal@slvwater.orgslvwater.org

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Published on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 by MSNBC
Bush Plan Takes Scientists Out of Decision Making On Endangered Species Status
MSNBC staff and news service reports

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration on Monday said it plans to let federal agencies decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm endangered animals and plants.

The proposal, which does not require the approval of Congress, would reduce the mandatory, independent reviews that government scientists have been performing for 35 years. Developers welcomed the plan, while environmentalists derided it.

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Published on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 by The Leader-Post (Saskatchewan)
Group Concerned About Climate Change Challenges Oil Sands Development
by Angela Hall

SASKATCHEWAN – As companies bid Monday for the chance to explore Saskatchewan’s oilsands, those opposed to such development made their voices heard at the Legislative Building.

About a dozen people with placards reading “Tar Sands = Climate Change” and “Get informed Saskatchewan” urged the provincial government to stop issuing exploratory permits for the oilsands until further study is done.

The event, organized by the local chapter of the Council of Canadians, coincided with the province’s August sale of oil and natural gas rights, which offered oilsands rights for only the second time.

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Human activity, El Nino warming West Antarctic: study
Tue Aug 12, 2008 5:37pm EDT 

.NEW YORK (Reuters) – Human activity and the El Nino weather pattern over the last century have warmed West Antarctica, part of the world’s coldest continent, according to a study based on four years of collecting ice core data.

The West Antarctic warmed in response to higher temperatures in the tropical Pacific, which itself has been warming due to weather patterns like a major El Nino event from 1939 to 1942 and greenhouse emissions from cars and factories, according to the study.

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