I believe my biggest concern is the environment. So you can imagine my reaction when I read this in the NYT this morning.

"BALI, Indonesia (AP) -- The United States will come up with its own plan to cut global-warming gases by mid-2008, and won't commit to mandatory caps at the U.N. climate conference here, the chief U.S. negotiator said Saturday."

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Bali-Climate-Conference.html?hp

There's been a vicious land grab going on behind the scenes at the North Pole to take over the rights to the region, and Mr. & Mrs. Claus and the elves have nothing to say about it.

What kind of unconscionable rascals could possibly be behind an eminent domain conspiracy to oust Santa from his longtime home at the North Pole?

EPA OK's BP Pollution at Whiting, Indiana Refinery

EPA Okays BP Pollution at Whiting, IN Refinery

(click ^^^^^^^ for the full story cross-posted in the INDIANA DU forum.)

MUST READ

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www.billorightsman.com

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I think every major blog NEEDS a Live Earth Thread!

So this is my lame attempt.

Here is the main website link:
http://www.liveearth.org

Want to watch LIVE online? Go Here:
http://liveearth.msn.com

Seems like if you want to see it on TV, most people will only be able to see it on NBC tonight at 8pm.

But... It is on BRAVO right now! They are showing a really good mix of shows and Good Earth info and videos.

Why is it not on MTV or VH1? .. oh... they USED to be music stations and USED to fake social awareness and caring.

Water!!

Tonight I heard an extraordinary interview on The Peter B. Collins Show with Martin Garbus, one of the best trial lawyers in the country, called America’s “most prominent First Amendment lawyer” by Newsweek, the National Law Journal and other media. Garbus discussed his new book, The Next 25 Years: The New Supreme Court and What It Means for Americans (at BuzzFlash Premium). Just this week we have seen how this US Supreme Court has already placed ideology over medical science.

Since I'm on a well-earned vacation, I thought I would attempt to blog on Gore's appearance at Capitol Hill today.

So far, the Republicans are having issues with rules of the Chair: how can they prepare questions when they didn't have the testimony 48 hours ahead (do they read the news, have they bothered to see the movie or read "An Inconvenient Truth?")

Why can't everyone sit on the dais? This is a joke, right?

Opening statements:

Faith and Environmentalism

The Faith in Action Team

Introduction
This series discusses ways that faith and environmentalism are closely linked to each other.

“Environmentally… we must do more to protect our natural resources, enabling us to extend their economic value indefinitely through wise natural resource extraction policies that protect the beauty and diversity of our American ecosystems - our seacoasts, mountains, wetlands, rain forests, alpine meadows, original timberlands and open prairies….”
    General Wesley Clark
    100-year vision

From the Portsmouth Herald

Warning on Iran

By Dave R. Choate

(snip)

"This administration's foreign policy, in my mind, has not been adept," Clark said. "I've been saying for years now that the Iraq war was one we did not have to fight, and with Iran the military option should be the last resort, after this country uses diplomacy and economic leverage."

(snip)

About a month ago, while scanning my Reuters homepage for interesting stories, I spotted the following headline:

“Spring coming soon, according to U.S. groundhog”