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from www.biologicaldiversity.org
For Immediate Release, July 19, 2023
WASHINGTON— The House Appropriations Committee passed a funding bill today with massive cuts to the U.S. Department of Interior and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The legislation, passed along party lines, also contains dozens of poison pill riders attacking public health, the environment and endangered species.
The bill slashes U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s overall budget by 14% compared to last year’s funding levels. The EPA’s budget would be gutted by 40%, bringing the agency back to funding levels not seen since 1991.
“It’s a sick joke that House Republicans want to force the EPA back to an era when VCRs were in every household and the World Wide Web was first invented,” said Stephanie Kurose, a senior policy specialist at the Center for Biological Diversity. “This disastrous bill would undo decades of progress and bring windfalls for the biggest fossil fuel polluters driving the climate crisis.”
The legislation contains dozens of harmful policy riders that would undermine the Endangered Species Act and other safeguards for our nation’s most vulnerable wildlife.
One rider would remove federal protections for all gray wolves in the lower 48 states, except a small population of Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico. Another rider would remove protections for grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone and Northern Continental Divide ecosystems.
The legislation also includes a provision that would block the Service from considering protections for the greater sage grouse. Congress has included this rider in spending legislation for the last
Our 300+ year-old Red Oak hs been struggling since we bought our farm along South Branch of the Potomac. It was there when Lord Fairfax granted the land to the French and Murphy families, long before West Virginia became a state. It fell apart after Saturday's weather.
It varied from 6 to 8 feet in diameter and was more than 24 feet in circumference. Ten years ago the state forester told me it would certainly be in the top 10 statewide but they only keep records on the top 5.
I re-post this occasionally. You'll find some lists are generic and others focus on more narrowed disciplines, particularly within water.
I've been a diver since 1982 and an instructor since the 1990's, but still prefer snorkeling when the conditions are right. I planned to explore this new device this summer but it's getting exposed as a scam due to the 20+ minutes hand pumping necessary for a 4-minute dive. I wonder about other strategies that would not have CO or CO2 concerns.
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