Environment
April 13, 2006 -
DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff says Katrina was a wake-up call for disaster planners. Oh, and don't expect any help from the federal government - you're on your own.
April 12, 2006 -
That's the argument put forward in a recent editorial in Field and Stream:
April 10, 2006 -
The New York Times has a revealing story today about Gaffney, South Carolina -- for all who have driven down I-85 through upstate SC, it's home of the famous "Gaffney Peach" -- and how residents are embracing a nuclear power as a possible boon for the economy:
April 6, 2006 -
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management sold off oil and gas exploration leases in several Southern National Forests last week:
April 6, 2006 -
Despite DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff's admonition that people have a civic duty to take responsibility for their own emergency preparedness and recovery, that just got a
April 4, 2006 -
Here's an interesting column from a local paper about a Halliburton/Virginia DOT scheme to widen I-81 to eight lanes through the Shenandoah Valley to accommodate more truck freight. The writer explains why this isn't such a swell idea, and proposes a common-sense alternative.
April 4, 2006 -
The latest litany of failures: