Sorry if I misled anyone that a congressman actually said what I
wrote (that was frustration with the power of Koch money)--The Koch brothers
have funded campaigns of lawmakers that vote for drilling,
mining, fracking, pipelines, etc. that Koch brothers own (even stakes in
Canadian Tar sands oil)--Lisa Murkowski wrote a letter in Fairbanks
Daily-News'Miner still saying the road in Izembek should be built for the health
of residents in Cold Bay--absolute lies but would gut the Wilderness Act if that
road is built through a Congress protected Refuge.
H.R. 1459 would gut protection to our public lands. Even our
newspapers are becoming own by pro development corporations. I submitted a
guest article on the 25th Anniversary of the Valdez with the science that only
7% was cleaned up and only 3% in Deepwater Horizen, and not only have I never
gotten acknowledgement it was received, there was not one word in the Des Moines
Register about the Valdez 25th anniversary! I'm going to try
again mentiong the TX spill which was mentioned in the paper.
My apology that my anger and frustration (I spent most of my time working
on wilderness issues) that I wasn't more careful how I expressed it.
Phyllis
Thanks for clarifying their argument. I sure never
realized a Congressman would be dumb enough to stand up in Congress and make a
statement like that. My naivete no doubt. Their argument in favor
of H.R. 1459 is what I would like to hear. Again, I have to wonder, what
national problems (national security, jobs, climate change, overpopulation,
over consumption of energy, the best government money can buy, etc.) are
they blaming on the Antiquities Act of 1906? What are the national
problems that are caused by the Antiquities Act? What is their argument
on the floor for altering the Antiquities Act? Or did they get up and
literally say " I'm owned by the Koch Brothers whose purpose is to develop as
much public land as possible regardless of toxic waste and more carbon dioxide
to heat the planet a little more"?My apologies for asking such a dumb
question.
Susan West
On Mar 25, 2014, at 5:28 PM, Phyllis Mains wrote:
Their reasoning, because they are owned by the Koch Brothers, is
to develop as much public land as possible regardless of toxic waste
& more carbon dioxide to heat the planet a little more! Maybe
if they succeed we can grow oranges in IA! Phyllis
Has anyone seen/heard their reasoning behind the need for
H.R. 1459? Without a strong need for such a law, why have it?
Susan West
On Mar 25, 2014, at 1:14 PM, William Witt wrote:
It sounds like the proposed changes in procedure could
result in the kind of local input & admin
tiptoe-review/recomendation process that blocked the Upper Iowa from
designation as a Wild & Scenic River and the Loess Hills from
consideration for National Monument or Park status. Thank goodness
the R's are only able to push this kind of thing in the House.
BW
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