Global Warming Fear Lights Fire Under Congress
After years of debating whether global warming was real or a hoax, the House and Senate staged six hearings last week on how the government should respond to climate change. And the Bush administration, which has downplayed the threat of global warming during its six years in office, released a 244-page strategic report laying out plans to address the rapid warming of the planet.
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/092506EA.shtml
Wilderness Designation Trade-Offs Faulted
Congress is on the verge of approving half a dozen bills that would protect as much as one million acres of wilderness areas across the West, but the move has infuriated environmentalists who charge that lawmakers are giving away too much pristine public land to real estate developers and local communities in the process.
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/092506EC.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/092506EA.shtml
Wilderness Designation Trade-Offs Faulted
Congress is on the verge of approving half a dozen bills that would protect as much as one million acres of wilderness areas across the West, but the move has infuriated environmentalists who charge that lawmakers are giving away too much pristine public land to real estate developers and local communities in the process.
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/092506EC.shtml
rudkla - 26. Sep, 15:24
