Craig's Downfall May Benefit Environmentalists

[bob clark]

Craig's Downfall May Benefit Environmentalists

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/09/092907craig.htm

(Washington) The fall of Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, removes a longtime obstacle to efforts by Democrats and environmentalists to promote salmon recovery on Northwest rivers.

Craig, who was removed from leadership posts on the Senate Appropriations and Energy committees after a sex scandal, is known as one the most powerful voices in Congress on behalf of the timber and power industries. Environmentalists have fought him for years on issues from endangered salmon to public land grazing.

Now Senate Democrats, exercising their slim majority, have waded into two contentious issues - both related to Snake River salmon.

First, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada asked federal regulators to require passage for salmon and steelhead for relicensing of the Hells Canyon Complex, a series

[jross]

Originally Posted by bob clark

Craig's Downfall May Benefit Environmentalists

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/09/092907craig.htm

(Washington) The fall of Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, removes a longtime obstacle to efforts by Democrats and environmentalists to promote salmon recovery on Northwest rivers.

Craig, who was removed from leadership posts on the Senate Appropriations and Energy committees after a sex scandal, is known as one the most powerful voices in Congress on behalf of the timber and power industries. Environmentalists have fought him for years on issues from endangered salmon to public land grazing.

Now Senate Democrats, exercising their slim majority, have waded into two contentious issues - both related to Snake River salmon.

First, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada asked federal regulators to require passage for salmon and steelhead for relicensing of the Hells Canyon Complex, a series

All well and good, until they pass a law that no one can use that resource because it is protected.

[Pops2]

most environmental laws tend to degrade private property rights. so we'll have to agree to disagree here Bob.

[hillsidedigger]

Originally Posted by Pops2

most environmental laws tend to degrade private property rights. so we'll have to agree to disagree here Bob.

Clean water, clean air, fewer toxic chemicals in the fields, wise management of wetlands and woodlands, reduced soil erosion, maintained biodiversity and abundant wildlife habitat is the ruination of private property rights? Sure.

You 'foot-tappers' tend to stand together.

The greatest source of risk to American private property rights is the continued increase in human numbers, much of it from illegal immigration.

[Pops2]

hillside
i've never had an interest in men but if we run into each other in person i'll bend you over & give you a try.

[fishhead]

Originally Posted by jross

All well and good, until they pass a law that no one can use that resource because it is protected.

I'm still waiting for laws that say we can't steal resources from future generations.