A follow-up guest post from Kestrel Just when I thought I had learned the depth of depravity of the pork industry, I found this new piece of information from Twyla Francois of Canadians for Ethical Treatment of Farm Animals (CETFA) and posted on Youtube: “Millions of piglets are killed inhumanely each year in Canada by [...]
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My disappointment with the Obama Administration’s environmental decisions continues – unabated. Earlier I wrote about the EPA’s decision to approve 42 of 48 mountaintop removal permits and now the Obama Administration plans to regulate MTR. I feel so much better knowing those 42 mountains will be blow to smithereens with EPA regulators standing by. I’m [...]
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I’m trying to be hopeful with this Administration, but it is not easy. First, there was the appointment of a factory farm insider to the Agriculture post, then another Westerner interested mostly in exploiting our wild places for oil and gas to the Interior post, and now this disaster from the EPA. It seems to [...]
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That’s really the best title I could devise, honest. I don’t have many regular readers, I don’t think, but I do get a number of people reading my blog on a daily basis. For the past four weeks you’ve probably noticed the “canned” nature of my posts and a lack of commentary or original posts [...]
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Thanks to a friend on Facebook, Danielle, here’s the link to the transcripts of the ongoing Ringling elephant abuse trial. The information is in various formats and hosted by one of the plaintiffs in this case, the Animal Welfare Institute. Highly recommended reading and don’t miss the exhibits. Bookmark the page! After reading most of [...]
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This piece of good news came in on Inauguration Day from the National Resources Defense Council: On Saturday night, a federal judge ruled in our favor and blocked the Bush Administration from proceeding with the lease sale of 110,000 acres of Utah’s Redrock wilderness to oil and gas companies. This is a huge victory for [...]
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Fellow blogger “Tipping Point” recently posted more information about the tar sands oil project in Alberta, Canada. What’s that you say? Tar sands? What about clean energy? Tar sands is an environmentally destructive and insanely expensive method of extracting bitumen, then processed into synthetic crude oil. According to the Washington Post: Tar sands oil is [...]
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The latest e-mail newsletter from the Center for Biological Diversity includes some facts from the National Climate Assessment, released yesterday by the Bush Administration. Here’s the press release: National Climate Assessment Finally Released — Scientists: Effects Will Be Deadly, Bush spokesperson: Don’t Worry, Be Happy In response to a court order obtained by the Center [...]
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Last week, Wildlife Direct conducted a meeting in Kenya to engage stakeholders in ending the poisoning of wildlife in Kenya, particularly by the poison carbofuran, sold as Furadan. The meeting was attended by nearly 50 people, “including representatives of many government agencies, conservationists, and members of the Agrochemical Association of Kenya, and three people from [...]
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“We must not refuse to see with our eyes what they must endure with their bodies.” — Gretchen Wyler **UPDATE** Read Sea Shepherd’s account of today’s slaughter. The photos are gruesome and it seems the Canadian government is determined to harass the Farley Mowat. Here’s one account from a crewmember of the Farley Mowat: We [...]
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