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Compound 1080 is is a persistent poison. It kills wolves, eagles, bears, coyotes, and dogs. It can kill humans too. There are better ways to protect livestock. Groups have filed a petition to the EPA to Also, it causes a slow and painful death. “Compound 1080 poisoning is the most inhumane, torturous way for an animal to die," said Brooks Fahy, executive director of Predator Defense. It is used on livestock collars. Groups have petitioned the EPA to stop the use of this persistent, dangerous poison. awionline.org/content/organizations-petition-epa-halt-use-deadly-predator-poison Also, sodium cyanide ejectors are used by the USDA's predator killing program, deceptively names"Wildlife Services". http://www.predatordefense.org/ the coyote image is from Neal with info@laughingcoyoteproject.org

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In Jeff Goodell's Rolling Stone article, James Hansen says we need a new political party that takes no money from lobbyists, and we need a carbon tax on fossil fuels that is distributed back to the people. Further, he says we need to improve our forestry and agricultural practices in order to take carbon out of the air. Further we need to triple research into carbon free energy. Also, we need to reduce our emissions several per cent per year. He nonviolently protested several times against the Keystone XL pipeline and fossil fuel projects. Ken Regelson says there is hope, as wind (1.7 cents per KWH) and solar cost much less than coal, and there are great advances in storage: new batteries, pumping water uphill, running weighted trains uphill, heating up molten salt and storing it to produce steam, compressing air. ....

New TV film "Rachel Carson" from WGBH. Rachel Carson combined three things: needing a sense of wonder to become curious and excited about nature; studying and learning through science about the natural world; and the need to publicize the risks and dangers of some paths, such as pesticides that were preventing birds and fishes from reproducing. She wrote a neat book about exploring tidepools and learning about the ocean ecosystems and all the creatures interacting in it. She wrote A Sense of Wonder, Silent Spring, and The Sea Around Us. news article

EPA Hid Planned Exposure Levels 1,000s of Times Safe Drinking Water Act Limits

Source: RADICAL DRINKING WATER RADIATION RISE CONFIRMED IN EPA PLAN The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility group is making public these secretive plans of the EPA to weaken our legal standards for radiation in our water.

The seasons change. The swallows have left their nests under the bridge and their perchs on the wires. Our first frost occurred last night, so gardeners brought in their tomatoes. The streams are full of floating leaves. I tasted the last sweet raspberries and corn of the year.