Seventeen marine sanctuaries in the US are protected from development such as oil and gas drilling and wind farms, but commercial fishing is allowed but regulated. The national system of sanctuaries was created in 1969 after the massive Santa Barbara oil spill. Chumash Heritage NMS is located between the Monterey Bay NMS and the Channel Islands NMS. The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant is located on the reserve's northern boundary. The original proposal would have connected it to the Monterey Bay NMS to the north. The reduced size still covers more than 4500 square miles. Support for conservations actions like this one, makes you a "radical left Marxist" in Don Legit's deranged opinion. So him you don't care what he thinks and vote against him in November.
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024
New Marine Sanctuary
Monday, October 14, 2024
Mutnomah County Sues for Climate Deception
It is the state's most populous county, deep blue, and location of Portland's metroplex. It has joined Northwest Natural, the biggest provider of natural gas in the state to a suit filed last year alleging that seventeen fossil fuel companies deceived the public about the climate crisis. The suit came after a record-shattering heat dome killed 69 people across the county. Research shows that climate change, caused by fossil fuel combustion, greatly exacerbated the heat wave of 2021. NW Natural is responsible for about 9% of Oregon's carbon dioxide emissions. Natural gas is mostly methane, a potent greenhouse gas, 80 times more potent in trapping heat than carbon dixoide. The suit alleges that,“NW Natural engaged in an enterprise of misrepresentation about the effects its products would have on the climate,” The company has touted its comittment to a carbon-neutral future, but has not implemented any changes that would reduce carbon emmissions according Multnomah County.
The lawsuit could be precedent setting, especially if successful in establishing liability for a major utility company. Advocates and lawmakers have petitioned for years to have the utility investigated by the state's Department of Justice for false advertising. Multnomah County also named an advocacy group for the first time, the Oregon Institute for Science and Medicine, which environmentalists say has spread climate denial. Also for the first time, the international consulting firm of McKinsey & Company was sued for its work with the oil industry. The county is one of two dozen local and state governments that have resorted to suing the fossil fuel industry for damages suffered as a result of climate change. It asks for $50 billion for the 2021 heat dome, and an addition $1.5 billion for future damages due to climate change. Polling shows that a majority of Americans support litigation against big oil for its role in changing the Earth's climate patterns.
Friday, October 11, 2024
TWIT: Election Scheme 2.0
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{6.10.2024} Old Don 'Legit' is the oldest candidate for president in history. At 78 his deterioration is beginning to show so much that even the New York Times is commenting on it. Up until now the coverage of the age question has been totally one-sided--against Joe Biden. It lit\terally forced him out of the race after his questionable debate performance. The CMM has given the Ochre Menace a pass on the issue of cognitive decline. This is what the Times had to say:
He rambles, he repeats himself, he roams from thought to thought — some of them hard to understand, some of them unfinished, some of them factually fantastical. He voices outlandish claims that seem to be made up out of whole cloth. He digresses into bizarre tangents about golf, about sharks, about his own “beautiful body". He relishes“a great day in Louisiana after spending the day in Georgia. He expresses fear that North Korea is“trying to kill me” when he presumably means Iran. As late as last month, Mr. Trump was still speaking as if he were running against President Biden, five weeks after his withdrawal from the race.
America cannot afford a president who has a sociopathic personality. A president's finger is on the nuclear button. His political hero is apparently William McKinley, who supported high tariffs, in an age before almost instantaneous international commerce. Simply put, the man is separated from current reality. Even his former chief of staff, John F. Kelly, called his White House, "Crazytown". You decide.
Update: Judge Chutkan ruled that no more briefs will be filed before the election. She did allow the defendant to file a Sur-reply after the election and gave him more pages. This totals four briefs, two for each side, However, the 200 page appendix of evidence with footnotes already filed under seal by the government will be released before the election.
{02.10.2024}The old saying goes to be careful what you wish for because you might get it. When the Supreme Court commanded a "factbound" review by Judge Chutkan to determine what acts fall into prosecutable categories, they did not anticipate that the judge would order the immediate public release of the government's factual case against Don the Con. She did exactly that this week (Wednesday). The government filed a 165 page brief containing a stunning volume of incriminating evidence against Trump The brief detailed a premeditated criminal conspiracy affecting seven states to obstruct counting electoral votes and thereby defraud the American public of their constitutional right to elect the highest public office in the land. The acts described and supported by direct evidence are beyond a reasonable doubt private acts by a desperate presidential candidate that are not subject to the immunity blanket granted by six MAGA justices. Popock is calling the brief a "mini trial" of the former president. Trump minions opposed publication screaming foul, saying the release is intended to influence the election. They conveniently forget this factual preview was imposed on the District Court by the six justices they have in their pocket. Anybody but a former president and current candidate would have been convicted months ago.
It is worth quoting the government's proffer from the brief, which is amply supported by admissible direct evidence showing his central role in the coup attempt:
His [Trump's] efforts included lying to state officials in order to induce them to ignore true vote counts; manufacturing fraudulent electoral votes in the targeted states; attempting to enlist Vice President Michael R.Pence, in his role as President of the Senate, to obstruct Congress’s certification of the election by using the defendant’s fraudulent electoral votes; and when all else had failed, on January 6, 2021, directing an angry crowd of supporters to the United States Capitol to obstruct the congressional certification. The throughline of these efforts was deceit: the defendant’s and co-conspirators’ knowingly false claims of election fraud.*
The government's reply brief containing even more evidentiary material will be filed before the end of the month providing an "October Surprise" for the Orange Menace. America's nine-year Trumpian nightmare will come to an end if Kamala Harris is elected president, but the existing hazard demands the abolition of the tainted Electoral College compromise+, which made his plot possible.
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* JD Vance, his extremist running mate, continues to deny that Don the Con lost the 2016 election, preferring instead to "focus on the future". US Person would too if he were on the same ticket as a convicted felon.
Tuesday, October 08, 2024
New Hope for Ocelots in Texas
Saturday, October 05, 2024
Monkey Pox Vaccination Begins in DRC
But only after 859 people died this year of the virus. 265,000 vaccine doses donated by the US and EU were distributed in the city of Goma, epicenter of the outbreak that was declared a health emergency by WHO two months ago. The easter province of Kivu accounts for 80% of all monkey pox cases in Africa and almost all of the deaths. {24.08.2024} Most infections occur in children under 15. The vaccine is being administered to adults in high-risk populations and frontline health care workers. About 3 million doses approved for children are expected to come from Japan soon.
Friday, October 04, 2024
Creature Feature: Its the Season for Tarantulas
Thursday, October 03, 2024
Colorado Clerk Sentenced to Nine Years
Peters was convicted of three counts of attempting to influence a public official, one count of criminal impersonation, and first degree official misconduct. The Secretary of State said in response to the sentencing that Colorado will not allow any one to threaten its elections, and looks forward to another secure and successful election in November. This is the longest sentence so far for involvement in the election fraud coup led by Don the Con. US Person or 'Brand X' thinks the sentence is stiff for a first-time offender, but appropriate given the gravity of the crimes.