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Open Letter to Sir David Attenborough

“If we don’t make the right choice after we have all the information, then we don’t deserve to live.” - Ted Turner

(KELOWNA, BC) - I absolutely love all the documentaries you have made about nature; they are awe-inspiring.

Choosing the Right Oil Company to Own in 2013

The important takeaway is again production growth.

(LONDON OilPrices.com) - I have been making the point about crude oil production and capex absolutely CONTROLLING the energy space right now and through 2013.

This week's entry is perfect to point that out again through the released quarterly reports of EOG Resources and Pioneer Natural Resources.

Vernon Parish, LA officials: Extension of deadline a win for Fort Polk

Vernon officials: Extension of deadline a win for Fort Polk.

(LEESVILLE) - The Department of the Army will extend the commenting period for the Programmatic Environmental Assessment at Fort Polk.

It is viewed as a win for Vernon Parish, according to officials, who just yesterday beseeched lawmakers, congressional leaders and state residents to make their voices heard...

LagunaBeach.com Spotlight: An Interview with Roger Butow

Kate Buckley’s Laguna Beach Blog talks to Roger about the greatest ecological challenges currently facing the coastal community of Laguna Beach.

(LAGUNA BEACH) - Roger Butow was born in 1946 and raised in the LA Harbor area. He moved to Orange County in 1966 when he joined the US Marine Corps.

Roger then acquired a BA from Cal State Long Beach in 1972. He’s lived and worked in and around Laguna Beach ever since in the field of commercial and residential construction.

Irvine, MCAS El Toro and the Associated Bull

'America's Safest City' has a toxic, dirty secret that local press ignores.

(IRVINE, CA) - There has to be a term for people who write at length about a subject without addressing the core root of the matter.

I know money is important in Southern California, but if you're dead from cancer it means little. Irvine has a terribly contaminated closed Marine Corps base on its hands...

What Waterfront Sportsman is all About

Waterfront Sportsman is pursuing TARP Funds to put people to work through the support of the VA,NC, SC, & Tenn.

(RALEIGH, NC) - Water quality, environmental justice and putting unemployed people to work in the areas with the Greatest Needs.

It Ain`t Easy Being Green: OR Officials Want to Tax Fuel-Efficient Cars

Saving money at the pump could cost drivers down the road. Lawmakers want to tax fuel-efficient drivers.

(PORTLAND NW Watchdog) - While the federal government hands out tax credits for high-mileage cars, the state of Oregon may ask owners of hybrids and electric vehicles to pay more.

When the legislature convenes in February, lawmakers will consider taxing eco-friendly vehicles, ones that get 55 miles per gallon or more, based on how much you drive.

Drought Response Workshop Held In Orange County CA

Are Water Supplies in California Headed For A Resource Cliff?

(LAGUNA BEACH, CA) - The all day Drought Response Workshop (DRW) was organized by the California Department of Water Resources and National Water Research Institute.

It was held on November 6, 2012 in Fountain Valley at the offices of OCWD.

Conservation Not Technology will be our Saviour - Chris Martenson Interview (Part 2)

Saving energy is something that really gets overlooked, but it's where the biggest savings always happen to be.

(LONDON OilPrices.com) - In part 1 Chris spoke about:

Why we shouldn't be speaking about Energy Independence, why we could see $200 a barrel oil in the near future, why peak oil is not a defunct theory, what we aren't being told about the shale boom, and much more…

New Study Finds Population of Threatened Marbled Murrelet Down Almost 30 Percent in Last Ten Years

New study falls on the heels of a court ruling that stopped timber sales and logging in three state-owned Oregon forests that are home to Marbled Murrelets.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Federal conservation efforts haven’t come close to reversing or even halting the decline of the Marbled Murrelet, a seabird that nests in old growth forests in the Pacific Northwest.

That’s the conclusion of a major new peer-reviewed study of the status of the Marbled Murrelet...