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Border Patrol Poisoning Plants Along Mexican Border

published March 25, 2009 and has No Comments

Rio Grande via Aquistbe When Michael Chertoff was in charge of Homeland Security, he took the environment seriously. He justified the wall he was building between Mexico and the United States: ....there are also environmental reasons to stop illegal crossings....illegal entrants leave trash and high concentrations of human waste, which impact wildlife, vegetation and water quality in the habitat. ...

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Michele Bachmann Tells Citizens to Get "Armed And Dangerous" About Climate Change Laws

published March 24, 2009 and has No Comments

My favorite congressperson is at it again. Michele is feeling out of place in the new Washington, almost like a “foreign correspondent on enemy lines” on the issue of climate change and government ideas for dealing with it. She is encouraging her constituents to get "armed and dangerous" to fight it:... Continued here: Michele Bachmann Tells Citizens to Get "Armed And ...

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Van Jones Gets Green Gig in White House

published March 10, 2009 and has No Comments

TreeHugger hero Van Jones is off to Washington, not as a Czar, but more like a Rasputin, whispering in the ear of the Council on Environmental Quality, which co-ordinates climate, energy and environmental policy initiatives. According to the New York Times, "Van Jones has been a strong voice for green jobs, and we look forward to having him work ...

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Slideshow: Great Stimulus Ideas from the Great Depression

published March 9, 2009 and has No Comments

Our favorite congressperson Michele Bachmann doesn't think much of the stimulus program. She says "Congress isn’t helping America to dig itself out of the recessionary hole, we’re merely digging it deeper." But what would her State of Minnesota be like if there had not been a stimulus project like the New Deal? Would shipping be able to get to ...

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