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Trade Lawsuits Harm Public Health & the Environment
Laws against toxic PCBs, MMT lead, fracking, and 2-4,-D pesticides are overturned by crooked investor state dispute settlement courts. Another reason to reject the TTP and TTIP " trade" thefts . Link
Recycle, Reuse, and Compost, Not Landfills and Incinerators
More jobs and better for the environment. Link
Good News-Obama Cancels Arctic Oil Drilling!
Thank him, and ask to make it permanent. link
Crane Calls Lure Me to Scan the Skies and FInd Them
On Saturday, 10-17, I heard the chortling gobbling sounds while under a large cottonwood. After moving out from under the tree, I spied a group of aobut 100 cranes. Similarly, on Sunday 10-18, twice I heard the calls, and each time, I moved to where I could see the sky, where I spotted over 100 cranes up high. My sister said they have started to arrive in New Mexico in the last week
Insects & Leaves
Floating leaves cast shadows, on the rocks on the bottom of the stream. The shadows undulate as they go over rocks and hollows. There are still dragonflies, patrolling the streams. Brown and orange caterpillars cross the bikepath. I tried to guide one across the path, but it did fine on its own. Many small grasshoppers warm themselves on the bikepath. Some Students shepherded grasshoppers to safety off the bikepath.