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Beaches to be tested often for E. coli
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Water quality testing at inland Wisconsin beaches will be stepped up this
summer as part of a statewide project aimed at protecting the health of
swimmers. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/25)
Infected ash trees en route to incinerator
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In its continuing effort to stop the destructive emerald ash borer, Ohio has
removed or marked for destruction at least 1,000 trees from the Oak Openings
Preserve Metropark, with more certain to follow. Source: The Toledo Blade
(5/25)
Toronto seeks new place to dump trash
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After months of complaints about the daily flow of its trash into Michigan,
Toronto is seeking another destination for its least attractive export.
Source: The Detroit News (5/24)
Plant work slowing sewage treatment
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Milwaukee sewerage district officials have acknowledged that construction at
a treatment plant has limited its capacity and may have further contributed
to this month's record raw sewage dumping. Source: Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel (5/24)
The long and slimy road to lamprey reduction
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The battle against the invasive sea lampery in the Great Lakes is one in
which progress is made, but victory remains out of reach. Source: The
Toronto Star (5/24)
Science under Sail taking applications
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This July, 15 lucky high school students will have the opportunity to study
Lake Superior and Lake Michigan from aboard the "tall ship" S/V Denis
Sullivan, a 137-foot schooner. Source: The Ashland Daily Press (5/24)
Winemakers bugged by Asian beetle
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Asian ladybugs are the skunks of the insect world, which has made them bad
news for the region's wine industry. Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium
(5/24)
Summit will focus on health of lakes
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A three-day summit in Grand Rapids, Mich., is bringing together scientists
and environmental leaders to draw up recommendations for Great Lakes
restoration to submit to the U.S. federal government. Source: The Grand
Rapids Press (5/24)
Lawmakers look to land sales to pump up revenues
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With government budgets running short of cash, some Michigan lawmakers say
the state should make a withdrawal from the bank of public land. Source:
Booth Newspapers (5/24)
First Nation floats log recovery idea
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Submerged logs lost during the heyday of Great Lakes lumbering operations
could offer an economic boon for one First Nation community north of Lake
Superior. Source: Northern Ontario Business (5/4)
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A personal quest to promote the use of wind energy and hydrogen technology in the Great Lakes area of the United States. The Great Lakes area is in a unique position to become an energy exporting region through these and other renewable energy technologies. *Update 2014: Just do it everywhere - Dan*
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
FCNL: Act Now to Help Slow Global Warming (5/25/04)
The following action items from the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) focus on federal policy issues currently before Congress or the Administration.
On Memorial Day weekend, the latest Hollywood disaster movie "The Day After Tomorrow" will be released. The movie depicts a world abruptly struck by catastrophic consequences of global climate change.
While the extreme and instantaneous ice-over portrayed in the movie is science fiction, global climate change is not. The growing consensus among the scientific community is that global warming is already occurring and there are expectations of future climate change. This includes a rising sea level and episodes of erratic and severe weather, such as droughts, heavy rainfall, and bouts of brutal heat. Global climate change will have dramatic impacts on people and the environment.
Global warming is induced by certain human activities, such as clearing forests and burning fossil fuels that release carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere. Hence, climate change can be minimized by limiting and regulating human-induced emissions of heat-trapping gases. Without instituting a regulatory mechanism, it is projected that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions will increase by 14 percent over the next nine years.
WHAT IS BEING DONE?
Last fall, Senators McCain (AZ) and Lieberman (CT) introduced the Climate Stewardship Act (S 139). The bill would establish a mandatory reduction in U.S. emissions that contribute to global warming through a market-based system with the objective of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to 2000 levels by 2010, approximately 1.5 percent below today's levels. It would also establish grants for climate change research, including research for enhancing technologies that reduce greenhouse gases.
In October 2003, the Climate Stewardship Act was rejected 55-43.
To see how your senators voted, click here: (https://dnbweb1.blackbaud.com/OPXREPHIL/Link.asp?link=19715)
Fortunately, the Climate Stewardship Act (or similar legislation) is expected be reintroduced after the May recess. Now is the time to contact your senators and ask them to support legislation that would reduce human-created greenhouse gases. The McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act takes a proactive step toward controlling growing U.S. emissions that contribute to global warming.
To compose a letter to your senators, click on the link, then enter your ZIP code and click "Go" in the "Take Action Now" box.
Here is the link to send an email from the FCNL website: (https://dnbweb1.blackbaud.com/OPXREPHIL/Link.asp?link=19716)
Thirty national religious leaders and prominent scientists concerned about global climate change recently signed on to a letter to the U.S. Senate, urging leaders to support legislation, like the Climate Stewardship Act, that would help reduce human-created greenhouse gases. To read the letter, click here: (https://dnbweb1.blackbaud.com/OPXREPHIL/Link.asp?link=19717)
Environmental Defense and other organizations are using the release of the film, "The Day After Tomorrow," to educate and mobilize the public to help stop global warming. We need your help. To find out more about the Environmental Defense Global Warming UnDoIt campaign, click here: (https://dnbweb1.blackbaud.com/OPXREPHIL/Link.asp?link=19718)
This resource includes
* a video public service announcement and video news release,
* a movie flyer for volunteers to distribute at theaters showing movie, and
* emissions petitions supporting the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act.
For more information on global warming and the Climate Stewardship Act
visit the Union of Concerned Scientists web site at: (https://dnbweb1.blackbaud.com/OPXREPHIL/Link.asp?link=19719) and (https://dnbweb1.blackbaud.com/OPXREPHIL/Link.asp?link=19720)
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The following action items from the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) focus on federal policy issues currently before Congress or the Administration.
On Memorial Day weekend, the latest Hollywood disaster movie "The Day After Tomorrow" will be released. The movie depicts a world abruptly struck by catastrophic consequences of global climate change.
While the extreme and instantaneous ice-over portrayed in the movie is science fiction, global climate change is not. The growing consensus among the scientific community is that global warming is already occurring and there are expectations of future climate change. This includes a rising sea level and episodes of erratic and severe weather, such as droughts, heavy rainfall, and bouts of brutal heat. Global climate change will have dramatic impacts on people and the environment.
Global warming is induced by certain human activities, such as clearing forests and burning fossil fuels that release carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere. Hence, climate change can be minimized by limiting and regulating human-induced emissions of heat-trapping gases. Without instituting a regulatory mechanism, it is projected that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions will increase by 14 percent over the next nine years.
WHAT IS BEING DONE?
Last fall, Senators McCain (AZ) and Lieberman (CT) introduced the Climate Stewardship Act (S 139). The bill would establish a mandatory reduction in U.S. emissions that contribute to global warming through a market-based system with the objective of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to 2000 levels by 2010, approximately 1.5 percent below today's levels. It would also establish grants for climate change research, including research for enhancing technologies that reduce greenhouse gases.
In October 2003, the Climate Stewardship Act was rejected 55-43.
To see how your senators voted, click here: (https://dnbweb1.blackbaud.com/OPXREPHIL/Link.asp?link=19715)
Fortunately, the Climate Stewardship Act (or similar legislation) is expected be reintroduced after the May recess. Now is the time to contact your senators and ask them to support legislation that would reduce human-created greenhouse gases. The McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act takes a proactive step toward controlling growing U.S. emissions that contribute to global warming.
To compose a letter to your senators, click on the link, then enter your ZIP code and click "Go" in the "Take Action Now" box.
Here is the link to send an email from the FCNL website: (https://dnbweb1.blackbaud.com/OPXREPHIL/Link.asp?link=19716)
Thirty national religious leaders and prominent scientists concerned about global climate change recently signed on to a letter to the U.S. Senate, urging leaders to support legislation, like the Climate Stewardship Act, that would help reduce human-created greenhouse gases. To read the letter, click here: (https://dnbweb1.blackbaud.com/OPXREPHIL/Link.asp?link=19717)
Environmental Defense and other organizations are using the release of the film, "The Day After Tomorrow," to educate and mobilize the public to help stop global warming. We need your help. To find out more about the Environmental Defense Global Warming UnDoIt campaign, click here: (https://dnbweb1.blackbaud.com/OPXREPHIL/Link.asp?link=19718)
This resource includes
* a video public service announcement and video news release,
* a movie flyer for volunteers to distribute at theaters showing movie, and
* emissions petitions supporting the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act.
For more information on global warming and the Climate Stewardship Act
visit the Union of Concerned Scientists web site at: (https://dnbweb1.blackbaud.com/OPXREPHIL/Link.asp?link=19719) and (https://dnbweb1.blackbaud.com/OPXREPHIL/Link.asp?link=19720)
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Our Planet Weekly from E, the environmental magazine...
THIS WEEK
Bush Clashes with Democrats over Oil Politics
In a curious turn of political events, President Bush has been lambasting Democrats for playing politics over oil. The issue in question is whether or not to open America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help offset skyrocketing prices at the gas pump for consumers.
Read more!
Environmentalists Rally to Protect Canada's Boreal Forest
In an effort to reform logging practices in Canada's 1.4 billion acre boreal forest, environmentalists are asking consumer products manufacturers and retailers to buy only wood, pulp and paper from logging companies certified as sustainable extractors.
Read more!
European Union Allows Biotech Imports After Six-Year Ban
Overturning its six-year old ban on genetically engineered foods, the European Union (EU) last week changed course and approved the import of an insect-resistant strain of corn developed by Swiss company Syngenta.
Read more!
International Treaty Phases Out Toxins
Last week an international treaty mandating the phase-out of a dozen highly toxic chemicals, including DDT and PCBs, took effect with 50 signatories despite lack of formal involvement by the United States.
Read more!
Reporting by Roddy Scheer
COMMENTARY
Design for Green Living
"The natural building movement is where organic food was 20 years ago," says Joe Kennedy, co-editor of the new book The Art of Natural Building. "Now we have exponential growth, and we're riding an intense wave." By Jim Motavalli
Read more!
GREEN LIVING
Credit Where It’s Due
Green Credit Unions Do Well by Doing Good
While many of us may feel we don’t have the extra money, let alone the spare time, to take the plunge into the vortex of socially responsible investing (SRI), just about everyone has a bank account. A developing trend in banking allows customers’ deposits to be used to fund low-interest loans to socially responsible small businesses and nonprofits. Banking customers looking to "do well by doing good" can choose from several different types of socially responsible financial institutions offering such deposit-based community investment and sustainable development programs. By Roddy Scheer
Read more!
EARTH TALK
Week of 5/23/2004
What is the safest way to get a tan?
Is the world running out of oil?
Read more!
FEATURES
The Paper Chase
The paperless office is still a distant dream. In the interim, we should be recycling more and developing alternatives to wood-based paper. While many futurists predicted that we’d be enjoying the paperless office around this time, Americans are still at the epicenter of a paper blizzard. Were you under the impression that the electronic age would free us from all that? According to The Myth of the Paperless Office, a company’s use of e-mail causes an average 40 percent increase in paper consumption. The demand for ream after ream of white paper is putting a huge strain not only on America’s forests, but the world’s. And it’s forcing the environmental movement to consider the alternatives. By Jim Motavalli
Read more!
ON OUR WEBSITE
Paperless Version of E
E Magazine is currently determining our readership’s interest in a "paperless version" of E
Read more!
THIS WEEK
Bush Clashes with Democrats over Oil Politics
In a curious turn of political events, President Bush has been lambasting Democrats for playing politics over oil. The issue in question is whether or not to open America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help offset skyrocketing prices at the gas pump for consumers.
Read more!
Environmentalists Rally to Protect Canada's Boreal Forest
In an effort to reform logging practices in Canada's 1.4 billion acre boreal forest, environmentalists are asking consumer products manufacturers and retailers to buy only wood, pulp and paper from logging companies certified as sustainable extractors.
Read more!
European Union Allows Biotech Imports After Six-Year Ban
Overturning its six-year old ban on genetically engineered foods, the European Union (EU) last week changed course and approved the import of an insect-resistant strain of corn developed by Swiss company Syngenta.
Read more!
International Treaty Phases Out Toxins
Last week an international treaty mandating the phase-out of a dozen highly toxic chemicals, including DDT and PCBs, took effect with 50 signatories despite lack of formal involvement by the United States.
Read more!
Reporting by Roddy Scheer
COMMENTARY
Design for Green Living
"The natural building movement is where organic food was 20 years ago," says Joe Kennedy, co-editor of the new book The Art of Natural Building. "Now we have exponential growth, and we're riding an intense wave." By Jim Motavalli
Read more!
GREEN LIVING
Credit Where It’s Due
Green Credit Unions Do Well by Doing Good
While many of us may feel we don’t have the extra money, let alone the spare time, to take the plunge into the vortex of socially responsible investing (SRI), just about everyone has a bank account. A developing trend in banking allows customers’ deposits to be used to fund low-interest loans to socially responsible small businesses and nonprofits. Banking customers looking to "do well by doing good" can choose from several different types of socially responsible financial institutions offering such deposit-based community investment and sustainable development programs. By Roddy Scheer
Read more!
EARTH TALK
Week of 5/23/2004
What is the safest way to get a tan?
Is the world running out of oil?
Read more!
FEATURES
The Paper Chase
The paperless office is still a distant dream. In the interim, we should be recycling more and developing alternatives to wood-based paper. While many futurists predicted that we’d be enjoying the paperless office around this time, Americans are still at the epicenter of a paper blizzard. Were you under the impression that the electronic age would free us from all that? According to The Myth of the Paperless Office, a company’s use of e-mail causes an average 40 percent increase in paper consumption. The demand for ream after ream of white paper is putting a huge strain not only on America’s forests, but the world’s. And it’s forcing the environmental movement to consider the alternatives. By Jim Motavalli
Read more!
ON OUR WEBSITE
Paperless Version of E
E Magazine is currently determining our readership’s interest in a "paperless version" of E
Read more!
Posted on Tue, May. 25, 2004
Kucinich, Democrats call on Bush to take steps to reduce gas prices
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Seventy-five U.S. House Democrats, including five from Ohio, called on President Bush on Tuesday to take several steps to combat rising gasoline prices.
The Democrats claim in a letter obtained by The Associated Press that recent mergers between several large oil companies could have set the stage for price gouging practices, and they asked Bush to investigate.
"There is substantial evidence that anticompetitive practices by domestic corporations - made possible by recent mergers - are partly to blame for high gasoline prices.
"We believe only an increase in government oversight can restore the transparency and accountability consumers need," the Democrats said in a letter sent to Bush.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, who led the effort, said the president should take six steps to ensure lower gas prices, which included requiring oil companies to store more gas for use in high demand months, and stopping to fill the nation's petroleum reserve when prices are high.
Jim Morrell, a spokesman for the White House, said the president is...(Full Story)
Kucinich, Democrats call on Bush to take steps to reduce gas prices
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Seventy-five U.S. House Democrats, including five from Ohio, called on President Bush on Tuesday to take several steps to combat rising gasoline prices.
The Democrats claim in a letter obtained by The Associated Press that recent mergers between several large oil companies could have set the stage for price gouging practices, and they asked Bush to investigate.
"There is substantial evidence that anticompetitive practices by domestic corporations - made possible by recent mergers - are partly to blame for high gasoline prices.
"We believe only an increase in government oversight can restore the transparency and accountability consumers need," the Democrats said in a letter sent to Bush.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, who led the effort, said the president should take six steps to ensure lower gas prices, which included requiring oil companies to store more gas for use in high demand months, and stopping to fill the nation's petroleum reserve when prices are high.
Jim Morrell, a spokesman for the White House, said the president is...(Full Story)
Web posted Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Dem convention goes with liberal Kucinich
By CATHY BROWN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Close to half of Alaska's elected delegates to the Democratic National Convention will cast their votes for Dennis Kucinich - the only candidate to visit the state and a man with virtually no chance of winning the nomination.
The rest of the elected delegates, a little more than half, are pledged to support the presumed presidential nominee, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry.
Alaska Democrats send 18 delegates and four nonvoting alternates to the convention. That's just a sliver of the 5,000 delegates and alternates from around the country who will gather at the July 26-29 convention in Boston, according to the Democratic National Convention Committee.
(Full Story)
Dem convention goes with liberal Kucinich
By CATHY BROWN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Close to half of Alaska's elected delegates to the Democratic National Convention will cast their votes for Dennis Kucinich - the only candidate to visit the state and a man with virtually no chance of winning the nomination.
The rest of the elected delegates, a little more than half, are pledged to support the presumed presidential nominee, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry.
Alaska Democrats send 18 delegates and four nonvoting alternates to the convention. That's just a sliver of the 5,000 delegates and alternates from around the country who will gather at the July 26-29 convention in Boston, according to the Democratic National Convention Committee.
(Full Story)
Kucinich brings call for change to Montana
By MIKE DENNISON
Tribune Capitol Bureau
HELENA -- Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich knows he won't be his party's nominee this year, but said Monday a vote for him in Montana's June 8 primary election can help shape a strong party position on universal health care, peace in Iraq and other issues.
"I'm here to tell you the last best place may be the last best chance for the Democratic Party," he told 100 cheering supporters at the state Capitol in Helena.
"I want the people of Montana to know that...(Full Story)
By MIKE DENNISON
Tribune Capitol Bureau
HELENA -- Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich knows he won't be his party's nominee this year, but said Monday a vote for him in Montana's June 8 primary election can help shape a strong party position on universal health care, peace in Iraq and other issues.
"I'm here to tell you the last best place may be the last best chance for the Democratic Party," he told 100 cheering supporters at the state Capitol in Helena.
"I want the people of Montana to know that...(Full Story)
Kucinich stumps in Helena
By ALLISON FARRELL - IR State Bureau - 05/25/04
HELENA - Montana Democrats still have a chance to pull the national party further to the left before the November presidential election by voting for Dennis Kucinich in the June 8 primary, the Ohio congressman told a crowd of about 100 supporters Monday.
Even though Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts has earned enough delegate support to be considered the Democratic nominee, Kucinich said he's still pounding the campaign pavement for the sake of his party.
''My candidacy is about the Democratic Party having a backbone,'' Kucinich told the cheering crowd in the Capitol rotunda. ''If people can't tell the difference between Democrats and Republicans, that isn't going to help Democrats.
"My campaign helps send that message to the national party.''
Kucinich, a former Cleveland mayor and fourth-term U.S. congressman, is the first and only major party presidential candidate to make a campaign stop in Montana this political season.
He hopes that his continued stumping influences the Democratic party platform at the national convention in Boston this summer.
''You still can really put an exclamation mark on the direction of the party,'' Kucinich told his supporters. ''The last best place may be the last best chance for the Democratic Party.''
Touting his plan for universal health care, Kucinich said the country spends more than enough money on health care - $1.6 trillion a year - to support a universal, government-funded, single-payer health care system.
But instead of providing medical treatment for all Americans, that money is lining the pockets of private insurance and health care companies, he said.
''We have a system of gouging the public,'' Kucinich said to loud applause. ''It's time we...(Full Story)
By ALLISON FARRELL - IR State Bureau - 05/25/04
HELENA - Montana Democrats still have a chance to pull the national party further to the left before the November presidential election by voting for Dennis Kucinich in the June 8 primary, the Ohio congressman told a crowd of about 100 supporters Monday.
Even though Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts has earned enough delegate support to be considered the Democratic nominee, Kucinich said he's still pounding the campaign pavement for the sake of his party.
''My candidacy is about the Democratic Party having a backbone,'' Kucinich told the cheering crowd in the Capitol rotunda. ''If people can't tell the difference between Democrats and Republicans, that isn't going to help Democrats.
"My campaign helps send that message to the national party.''
Kucinich, a former Cleveland mayor and fourth-term U.S. congressman, is the first and only major party presidential candidate to make a campaign stop in Montana this political season.
He hopes that his continued stumping influences the Democratic party platform at the national convention in Boston this summer.
''You still can really put an exclamation mark on the direction of the party,'' Kucinich told his supporters. ''The last best place may be the last best chance for the Democratic Party.''
Touting his plan for universal health care, Kucinich said the country spends more than enough money on health care - $1.6 trillion a year - to support a universal, government-funded, single-payer health care system.
But instead of providing medical treatment for all Americans, that money is lining the pockets of private insurance and health care companies, he said.
''We have a system of gouging the public,'' Kucinich said to loud applause. ''It's time we...(Full Story)
Presidential candidate Kucinich spreads his message to enthusiastic supporters in Missoula
By ERICKA SCHENCK SMITH of the Missoulian
Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich is realistic about the chances of winning his party's nomination - nil - but he's confident he still has the power to influence the party platform, he told enthusiastic supporters in Missoula on Monday.
Entering the packed Wilma Theatre to a huge round of applause and a standing ovation, the only major-party presidential candidate to visit the state so far said simply, "Wow."
"They said, 'C'mon to Missoula; we've got a small group of people who want to meet with you here,' " Kucinich said. "Wow!"
The Ohio representative and former Cleveland mayor drew loud cheers for his plans to stop the war in Iraq, repeal the Patriot Act, get out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and develop a national, single-payer, nonprofit health insurance program.
It's his hope, he said, that a strong showing in the final primary elections of the year - including Montana's on June 8 - will send delegates bearing his message to the Democratic National Convention in Boston in July. Montana delegates have 21 of 4,322 total votes at the convention.
"If we're able to get a powerful vote here in Montana, then we can take that to the convention," Kucinich said.
He added: "The Democrats have to present a viable alternative. . . . It's not enough for the Democrats just to say, 'George Bush. Vote against George Bush.' "
During a press conference before his appearance, he said his campaign has been picking up...(Full Story)
The war on terror and the war in Iraq, he said, seem to have stemmed from a fear that has "gripped this country . . . dropped like a dark cloth over this country."
By ERICKA SCHENCK SMITH of the Missoulian
Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich is realistic about the chances of winning his party's nomination - nil - but he's confident he still has the power to influence the party platform, he told enthusiastic supporters in Missoula on Monday.
Entering the packed Wilma Theatre to a huge round of applause and a standing ovation, the only major-party presidential candidate to visit the state so far said simply, "Wow."
"They said, 'C'mon to Missoula; we've got a small group of people who want to meet with you here,' " Kucinich said. "Wow!"
The Ohio representative and former Cleveland mayor drew loud cheers for his plans to stop the war in Iraq, repeal the Patriot Act, get out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and develop a national, single-payer, nonprofit health insurance program.
It's his hope, he said, that a strong showing in the final primary elections of the year - including Montana's on June 8 - will send delegates bearing his message to the Democratic National Convention in Boston in July. Montana delegates have 21 of 4,322 total votes at the convention.
"If we're able to get a powerful vote here in Montana, then we can take that to the convention," Kucinich said.
He added: "The Democrats have to present a viable alternative. . . . It's not enough for the Democrats just to say, 'George Bush. Vote against George Bush.' "
During a press conference before his appearance, he said his campaign has been picking up...(Full Story)
The war on terror and the war in Iraq, he said, seem to have stemmed from a fear that has "gripped this country . . . dropped like a dark cloth over this country."
Posted on Mon, May. 24, 2004
Alaska Democrats split between Kerry, Kucinich
CATHY BROWN
Associated Press
JUNEAU, Alaska - Close to half of Alaska's elected delegates to the Democratic National Convention will cast their votes for Dennis Kucinich - the only candidate to visit the state and a man with virtually no chance of winning the nomination.
The rest of the elected delegates, a little more than half, are pledged to support the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry.
Alaska Democrats send 18 delegates and four nonvoting alternates to the convention. That's just a sliver of the 5,000 delegates and alternates from around the country who will gather at the July 26-29 convention in Boston, according to the Democratic National Convention Committee.
Kucinich, an Ohio congressman, gained little support among Democrats elsewhere in the country. Bridget Gallagher, executive director of the Alaska Democratic Party, said one reason Alaskans looked more favorably upon him is simply because he showed up.
"He did make an effort to visit here," Gallagher said Monday, noting the candidate made stops in Juneau and Fairbanks right before the March caucuses.
No other candidate for the nomination visited Alaska, which has only three electoral votes and a history of voting Republican in presidential elections.
State Rep. Beth Kerttula, D-Juneau, is among the Alaska delegates pledged to support Kucinich at the national convention. She favored Howard Dean before he dropped out of the race, but said Kucinich's positions on state's rights and individual liberties strike a chord for Alaskans.
"He's just a terrific person and has terrific ideals," Kerttula said...(Full Story)
Alaska Democrats split between Kerry, Kucinich
CATHY BROWN
Associated Press
JUNEAU, Alaska - Close to half of Alaska's elected delegates to the Democratic National Convention will cast their votes for Dennis Kucinich - the only candidate to visit the state and a man with virtually no chance of winning the nomination.
The rest of the elected delegates, a little more than half, are pledged to support the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry.
Alaska Democrats send 18 delegates and four nonvoting alternates to the convention. That's just a sliver of the 5,000 delegates and alternates from around the country who will gather at the July 26-29 convention in Boston, according to the Democratic National Convention Committee.
Kucinich, an Ohio congressman, gained little support among Democrats elsewhere in the country. Bridget Gallagher, executive director of the Alaska Democratic Party, said one reason Alaskans looked more favorably upon him is simply because he showed up.
"He did make an effort to visit here," Gallagher said Monday, noting the candidate made stops in Juneau and Fairbanks right before the March caucuses.
No other candidate for the nomination visited Alaska, which has only three electoral votes and a history of voting Republican in presidential elections.
State Rep. Beth Kerttula, D-Juneau, is among the Alaska delegates pledged to support Kucinich at the national convention. She favored Howard Dean before he dropped out of the race, but said Kucinich's positions on state's rights and individual liberties strike a chord for Alaskans.
"He's just a terrific person and has terrific ideals," Kerttula said...(Full Story)
Ex-Dean, Kucinich backers keep light lit
BRAD SHANNON THE OLYMPIAN
Sherri Goulet, once a hard-driving supporter of Howard Dean's campaign for president, felt despair after Dean shelved his campaign in February. She and other supporters decided to have a potluck where, she later joked, people would "cry in their beer" and maybe go on a "crying jag."
But to Goulet's surprise, the people who showed up weren't the least bit ready to give up on politics -- although some were not keen to support the presumptive Democratic nominee, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts.
"People were really ready to move on. ... We were shocked. People wanted to know: 'What next?' " Goulet recalls.
Three months after that first meeting, Goulet and her friends are still meeting regularly -- along with plenty of people they'd never met before.
Awakened by Dean's outsider candidacy, many hadn't been involved in politics before.
They were a big part of the record 100,000 or more Democrats who turned out in February for the party's presidential precinct caucuses.
They have begun calling their group of a couple dozen Thurston County members "Voices for Change." They say they want to build a network of support for political progressives in South Sound who can channel the energy of the Dean and Dennis Kucinich campaigns into new causes.
One activist, John Pierce, has set up his own Web site. Plans by others are in the works for fund-raising events and meetings with community and political groups in South Sound. The goal is to see what common causes they can support.
"I see this as a way of staying connected with local activism," said Jennifer Spieler, a newcomer to politics last year who within months became a field organizer for Dean, the Vermont governor who has since endorsed Kerry.
Spieler hopes their group can support "progressive candidates" as well as hold town hall meetings to discuss issues on a neighbor-to-neighbor level. "We didn't want to be another progressive group that preaches to the choir," Spieler said. "We need to find out how to speak to people on the other side of the political spectrum."
Karyn Lindberg, a Kucinich supporter who hosted the group's meeting in her living room earlier this month, said she now hopes to stage a backyard music concert in July to raise money for candidates the group can support -- whether it's via the national MoveOn political action committee or locally in races for Congress and Legislature.
Others like Olympia-based fiber artist Julia Moore, who supported Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich's candidacy, see the new group as a chance to sink their teeth into a political cause, knowing that Kucinich is all but eliminated from contention as a presidential candidate.
Moore said she made up her mind to get involved with Voices for Change after attending a potluck at Lindberg's home.
Like many Kucinich supporters, Moore is still backing her candidate in the hope he can get enough delegates that he'll be ensured of a chance to speak about his ideas -- universal health care and ending the war in Iraq -- at the Democratic National Convention in July in Boston.
Like many Dean and Kucinich supporters, Moore is also having a hard time finding enthusiasm for Kerry.
"He doesn't inspire me at all that he's going to make the kind of changes this nation needs to make ... to pull out of the direction we're going -- economically and diplomatically," Moore said.
Despite her reticence, Moore said she...(Full Story)
- Backers of the Voices for Change group plan a meeting at 6:30 p.m. June 1 at Sherri Goulet's home in Olympia to explore their future. The group also is setting up a June 16 meeting with other community organizations. For more information, call 352-8225.
BRAD SHANNON THE OLYMPIAN
Sherri Goulet, once a hard-driving supporter of Howard Dean's campaign for president, felt despair after Dean shelved his campaign in February. She and other supporters decided to have a potluck where, she later joked, people would "cry in their beer" and maybe go on a "crying jag."
But to Goulet's surprise, the people who showed up weren't the least bit ready to give up on politics -- although some were not keen to support the presumptive Democratic nominee, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts.
"People were really ready to move on. ... We were shocked. People wanted to know: 'What next?' " Goulet recalls.
Three months after that first meeting, Goulet and her friends are still meeting regularly -- along with plenty of people they'd never met before.
Awakened by Dean's outsider candidacy, many hadn't been involved in politics before.
They were a big part of the record 100,000 or more Democrats who turned out in February for the party's presidential precinct caucuses.
They have begun calling their group of a couple dozen Thurston County members "Voices for Change." They say they want to build a network of support for political progressives in South Sound who can channel the energy of the Dean and Dennis Kucinich campaigns into new causes.
One activist, John Pierce, has set up his own Web site. Plans by others are in the works for fund-raising events and meetings with community and political groups in South Sound. The goal is to see what common causes they can support.
"I see this as a way of staying connected with local activism," said Jennifer Spieler, a newcomer to politics last year who within months became a field organizer for Dean, the Vermont governor who has since endorsed Kerry.
Spieler hopes their group can support "progressive candidates" as well as hold town hall meetings to discuss issues on a neighbor-to-neighbor level. "We didn't want to be another progressive group that preaches to the choir," Spieler said. "We need to find out how to speak to people on the other side of the political spectrum."
Karyn Lindberg, a Kucinich supporter who hosted the group's meeting in her living room earlier this month, said she now hopes to stage a backyard music concert in July to raise money for candidates the group can support -- whether it's via the national MoveOn political action committee or locally in races for Congress and Legislature.
Others like Olympia-based fiber artist Julia Moore, who supported Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich's candidacy, see the new group as a chance to sink their teeth into a political cause, knowing that Kucinich is all but eliminated from contention as a presidential candidate.
Moore said she made up her mind to get involved with Voices for Change after attending a potluck at Lindberg's home.
Like many Kucinich supporters, Moore is still backing her candidate in the hope he can get enough delegates that he'll be ensured of a chance to speak about his ideas -- universal health care and ending the war in Iraq -- at the Democratic National Convention in July in Boston.
Like many Dean and Kucinich supporters, Moore is also having a hard time finding enthusiasm for Kerry.
"He doesn't inspire me at all that he's going to make the kind of changes this nation needs to make ... to pull out of the direction we're going -- economically and diplomatically," Moore said.
Despite her reticence, Moore said she...(Full Story)
- Backers of the Voices for Change group plan a meeting at 6:30 p.m. June 1 at Sherri Goulet's home in Olympia to explore their future. The group also is setting up a June 16 meeting with other community organizations. For more information, call 352-8225.
Candidate making convention plans: Presidential longshot working to make impact
By MIKE STARK
Of The Gazette Staff
At times it felt more like an old-time tent rival than a political rally.
Fresh off an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" and before a telephone interview with CNN, Dennis Kucinich arrived in Billings Sunday night with both feet running. A crowd of about 60 people gathered at Rocky Mountain College to greet him, cheering loudly as he ran through his proposals for a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, universal health care, trade improvements and American policies that embrace, not offend, international attitudes.
"This is a moment of transformation for America," Kucinich said.
But is he the guy to do it?
The Cleveland native and Ohio congressman knows he's not likely to be the Democrats presidential nominee this year. But while the presumptive nominee, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has tried to strike a presidential pose, Kucinich has been hitting the pavement.
The idea isn't to pull off a surprising upset, Kucinich said, but to garner enough delegates in the primary and caucuses to hold sway on the national Democratic platform at the convention this summer.
"There's still time to change the direction of this country," Kucinich said.
Controversy in Iraq along with other recent events have brought more support and attention to the campaign, he said. He picked up 17 percent of a recent primary vote in Oregon and has notched several delegates in Colorado, Maine and Alaska.
With Montana's June 8 primary looming, Kucinich scheduled a three-day trip that includes Billings, Helena, Great Falls, Bozeman and Butte.
During an hourlong session at Rocky Mountain College Sunday night, and an additional half-hour with the press, Kucinich railed against the Bush administration and took particular aim at the war in Iraq.
"The entire war in Iraq has been a disaster for this country," Kucinich said, adding that the invasion was based on "untruths." "It's really time that we got out."
So far, close to $200 billion has been spent on the war, he said. Soon, American casualties will hit 800 and Iraqi "innocents" who have died number around 10,000, he said. Kucinich said the war has been a "farce" that has alienated the United States from the rest of the world and is a transparent attempt to control oil supplies.
"Isn't that enough?" he said. "Isn't that enough to want to change the administration?"
Kucinich is proposing a peace plan which relies heavily on the United Nations and allows U.S. soldiers to return home.
But before than can happen, he said, the United States needs to give up its private contracts in Iraq, including Halliburton's "sweetheart" deals, and give Iraqis control of their oil and wealth, he said. The United Nations should also oversee the development of a new constitution and elections and provide peacekeeping forces, he said.
"This plan could be put into place within 90 days," Kucinich said.
Those steps would allow U.S. troops to pull out, which in turn would provide stability and curb violence, Kucinich. The scheduled June 30 hand-over will do nothing but pass the power from one U.S.-backed authority to another, he said.
"It doesn't mean a thing. It's really all a farce," Kucinich said.
He also focused on domestic issues including proposals for alternative energy development, trade policies and, especially, health care.
Everywhere he travels, people pull on his sleeve about the rising cost of health care, Kucinich said. Many people are one major medical problem away from financial disaster, he said.
"There's a new kind of poverty developing because of the high cost of health care," he said.
The primary reason, he said, is that private health care and insurance companies are having their way in America and the public are left to foot more and more expensive bills for operations, prescription drugs and routine procedures.
"If (the health care industry) can't make money off of it, they're not interested," Kucinich said.
Kucinich has proposed a universal, single-pay not-for-profit health-care system that he said could be paid for with the money that's already being poured into the health-care system by the government and private companies.
"We're already paying for it," he said.
Part of the problem, he said, is that...(Full Story)
By MIKE STARK
Of The Gazette Staff
At times it felt more like an old-time tent rival than a political rally.
Fresh off an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" and before a telephone interview with CNN, Dennis Kucinich arrived in Billings Sunday night with both feet running. A crowd of about 60 people gathered at Rocky Mountain College to greet him, cheering loudly as he ran through his proposals for a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, universal health care, trade improvements and American policies that embrace, not offend, international attitudes.
"This is a moment of transformation for America," Kucinich said.
But is he the guy to do it?
The Cleveland native and Ohio congressman knows he's not likely to be the Democrats presidential nominee this year. But while the presumptive nominee, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has tried to strike a presidential pose, Kucinich has been hitting the pavement.
The idea isn't to pull off a surprising upset, Kucinich said, but to garner enough delegates in the primary and caucuses to hold sway on the national Democratic platform at the convention this summer.
"There's still time to change the direction of this country," Kucinich said.
Controversy in Iraq along with other recent events have brought more support and attention to the campaign, he said. He picked up 17 percent of a recent primary vote in Oregon and has notched several delegates in Colorado, Maine and Alaska.
With Montana's June 8 primary looming, Kucinich scheduled a three-day trip that includes Billings, Helena, Great Falls, Bozeman and Butte.
During an hourlong session at Rocky Mountain College Sunday night, and an additional half-hour with the press, Kucinich railed against the Bush administration and took particular aim at the war in Iraq.
"The entire war in Iraq has been a disaster for this country," Kucinich said, adding that the invasion was based on "untruths." "It's really time that we got out."
So far, close to $200 billion has been spent on the war, he said. Soon, American casualties will hit 800 and Iraqi "innocents" who have died number around 10,000, he said. Kucinich said the war has been a "farce" that has alienated the United States from the rest of the world and is a transparent attempt to control oil supplies.
"Isn't that enough?" he said. "Isn't that enough to want to change the administration?"
Kucinich is proposing a peace plan which relies heavily on the United Nations and allows U.S. soldiers to return home.
But before than can happen, he said, the United States needs to give up its private contracts in Iraq, including Halliburton's "sweetheart" deals, and give Iraqis control of their oil and wealth, he said. The United Nations should also oversee the development of a new constitution and elections and provide peacekeeping forces, he said.
"This plan could be put into place within 90 days," Kucinich said.
Those steps would allow U.S. troops to pull out, which in turn would provide stability and curb violence, Kucinich. The scheduled June 30 hand-over will do nothing but pass the power from one U.S.-backed authority to another, he said.
"It doesn't mean a thing. It's really all a farce," Kucinich said.
He also focused on domestic issues including proposals for alternative energy development, trade policies and, especially, health care.
Everywhere he travels, people pull on his sleeve about the rising cost of health care, Kucinich said. Many people are one major medical problem away from financial disaster, he said.
"There's a new kind of poverty developing because of the high cost of health care," he said.
The primary reason, he said, is that private health care and insurance companies are having their way in America and the public are left to foot more and more expensive bills for operations, prescription drugs and routine procedures.
"If (the health care industry) can't make money off of it, they're not interested," Kucinich said.
Kucinich has proposed a universal, single-pay not-for-profit health-care system that he said could be paid for with the money that's already being poured into the health-care system by the government and private companies.
"We're already paying for it," he said.
Part of the problem, he said, is that...(Full Story)
Maine's Democratic State Convention winds up in Portland
Sunday,May23,2004,8:37 AM
PORTLAND (AP) -- Maine's Democratic State Convention winds up Sunday in Portland with the party more unified behind John Kerry.
While the gathering was in its second day Saturday, presumptive presidential nominee Kerry drew broad pledges of support from Maine backers of his one-time party rivals
. One of them, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, all but took over the event for a while. Kucinich did that with a highly charged attack on the first-term record of Republican President Bush that set Democratic delegates roaring...(Full Story)
Sunday,May23,2004,8:37 AM
PORTLAND (AP) -- Maine's Democratic State Convention winds up Sunday in Portland with the party more unified behind John Kerry.
While the gathering was in its second day Saturday, presumptive presidential nominee Kerry drew broad pledges of support from Maine backers of his one-time party rivals
. One of them, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, all but took over the event for a while. Kucinich did that with a highly charged attack on the first-term record of Republican President Bush that set Democratic delegates roaring...(Full Story)
KUCINICH HOPES TO INFLUENCE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
Maine's Democratic party welcomed a presidential candidate to their convention this weekend. No, not John Kerry... Dennis Kucinich.
Kucinich said he knows he can't win the Democratic nomination, and he will drop out once Kerry becomes the nominee.
But he said there's still time to influence the Democratic party platform, and he wants the party to support universal health care, the end of NAFTA, and an immediate withdrawl of troops from Iraq.
Kucinich said...(Full Story)
Maine's Democratic party welcomed a presidential candidate to their convention this weekend. No, not John Kerry... Dennis Kucinich.
Kucinich said he knows he can't win the Democratic nomination, and he will drop out once Kerry becomes the nominee.
But he said there's still time to influence the Democratic party platform, and he wants the party to support universal health care, the end of NAFTA, and an immediate withdrawl of troops from Iraq.
Kucinich said...(Full Story)
Saturday, May 22, 2004
Democratic presidential candidate Kucinich to visit Montana
Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich will visit Bozeman on Tuesday, May 25, as part of a two-day tour of the state, his campaign announced Friday.
Kucinich, who is challenging Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry in Montana's June 8 primary election, is scheduled to arrive in Bozeman at 11 a.m., hold a news conference at the Gallatin County Courthouse on Main Street, followed by a public rally, according to a prepared statement.
If it rains, an alternative venue will be announced.
During his tour of Montana, Kucinich will also...(Full Story)
Democratic presidential candidate Kucinich to visit Montana
Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich will visit Bozeman on Tuesday, May 25, as part of a two-day tour of the state, his campaign announced Friday.
Kucinich, who is challenging Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry in Montana's June 8 primary election, is scheduled to arrive in Bozeman at 11 a.m., hold a news conference at the Gallatin County Courthouse on Main Street, followed by a public rally, according to a prepared statement.
If it rains, an alternative venue will be announced.
During his tour of Montana, Kucinich will also...(Full Story)
Monday, May 24, 2004
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Governor asks for emergency ash borer help
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Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is asking for federal disaster funds to
prevent the tree-killing emerald ash borer from spreading into more states.
Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (5/24)
Wisconsin group joins call for money for Great Lakes
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A top environmental leader in Wisconsin is joining a coalition of state and
regional wildlife organizations in urging congressional leaders to approve
up to $6 billion in spending to restore the Great Lakes. Source: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel (5/24)
EDITORIAL: Get moving on the Great Lakes
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Last week came two more pieces of evidence that efforts to clean up Lake
Michigan and the other Great Lakes are going too slowly. Source: Chicago
Tribune (5/24)
Federal money to help protect Michigan wetlands
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Up to $500,000 in federal money is expected to beef up protection of
Michigan wetlands next year, by helping to enforce wetlands regulations at
development projects. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/24)
COMMENTARY: Bush gives attention to Great Lakes with task force
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President Bush paid special attention to the Great Lakes last week, taking a
step that he said would enhance this "national treasure" as "an economic
engine and recreational haven." Source: The Detroit News (5/23)
Let's be clear: Beachcombers must be water huggers
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Those who wish to stroll along the shores of Lake Michigan may have to
become waders or risk being charged with trespassing, due to a recent court
ruling. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (5/23)
Sewage overflows as Milwaukee closes all gates
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In its most drastic measure yet this year, Milwaukee's regional sewerage
district shut all the gates in its system over the weekend, causing sewage
to overflow into the area's creeks, rivers and streams at more than 100
different points. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/23)
Whoops: Cranes fly off-course
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Six migrating whooping cranes, having strayed into southwest Michigan, have
to figure out how to get around Lake Michigan in order to return to their
summer home in Wisconsin. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/22)
A changing of the command at Coast Guard
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A ceremony in Cleveland over the weekend honored Rear Adm. Ronald Silva,
outing commander of the Coast Guard's Ninth District, and welcomed his
replacement, Rear Adm. Robert Papp, Jr. Source: The Plain Dealer (5/22)
Great Lakes could drop by 1 metre within 50 years
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Water levels in the Great Lakes could drop more than one meter over the next
50 years due to droughts linked with global warming, according to an
unpublished study by Environment Canada. Source: The Montreal Gazette (5/22)
For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/
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Governor asks for emergency ash borer help
----------------------------------------
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is asking for federal disaster funds to
prevent the tree-killing emerald ash borer from spreading into more states.
Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (5/24)
Wisconsin group joins call for money for Great Lakes
----------------------------------------
A top environmental leader in Wisconsin is joining a coalition of state and
regional wildlife organizations in urging congressional leaders to approve
up to $6 billion in spending to restore the Great Lakes. Source: Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel (5/24)
EDITORIAL: Get moving on the Great Lakes
----------------------------------------
Last week came two more pieces of evidence that efforts to clean up Lake
Michigan and the other Great Lakes are going too slowly. Source: Chicago
Tribune (5/24)
Federal money to help protect Michigan wetlands
----------------------------------------
Up to $500,000 in federal money is expected to beef up protection of
Michigan wetlands next year, by helping to enforce wetlands regulations at
development projects. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/24)
COMMENTARY: Bush gives attention to Great Lakes with task force
----------------------------------------
President Bush paid special attention to the Great Lakes last week, taking a
step that he said would enhance this "national treasure" as "an economic
engine and recreational haven." Source: The Detroit News (5/23)
Let's be clear: Beachcombers must be water huggers
----------------------------------------
Those who wish to stroll along the shores of Lake Michigan may have to
become waders or risk being charged with trespassing, due to a recent court
ruling. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (5/23)
Sewage overflows as Milwaukee closes all gates
----------------------------------------
In its most drastic measure yet this year, Milwaukee's regional sewerage
district shut all the gates in its system over the weekend, causing sewage
to overflow into the area's creeks, rivers and streams at more than 100
different points. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (5/23)
Whoops: Cranes fly off-course
----------------------------------------
Six migrating whooping cranes, having strayed into southwest Michigan, have
to figure out how to get around Lake Michigan in order to return to their
summer home in Wisconsin. Source: Detroit Free Press (5/22)
A changing of the command at Coast Guard
----------------------------------------
A ceremony in Cleveland over the weekend honored Rear Adm. Ronald Silva,
outing commander of the Coast Guard's Ninth District, and welcomed his
replacement, Rear Adm. Robert Papp, Jr. Source: The Plain Dealer (5/22)
Great Lakes could drop by 1 metre within 50 years
----------------------------------------
Water levels in the Great Lakes could drop more than one meter over the next
50 years due to droughts linked with global warming, according to an
unpublished study by Environment Canada. Source: The Montreal Gazette (5/22)
For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/
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Saturday, May 22, 2004
Kucinich: Bush's Support of Rumsfeld 'Misses the Whole Point'
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 10, 2004
Contact: Matt Harris, (216) 403-3980, press@kucinich.us, Terre Lundy, (515) 988-5534
President Bush's endorsement today of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld "misses the whole point of the growing outcry from people all over the world regarding what's happening in Iraq," Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich said today.
"Who is or isn't the secretary of defense is not the issue," said Kucinich. "It's the war that's wrong. The policy of this administration is wrong. As long as Bush is in the White House, it doesn't matter who's in the Pentagon. Nothing will change -ˆ except that it will get worse."
Kucinich, campaigning in Oregon, said continuing promises from the Administration "to do whatever it takes" represent "a formula for turning a disaster into a catastrophe."
"Every day we stay there, there are more deaths and more horror stories," Kucinich said. "There was no credible, justifiable, or honorable reason for invading Iraq in the first place. For the President, the Secretary, and other members of the Bush War Council to vow that the United States will remain there 'until the job is done' is outrageous. What job? Who defines 'done'?"
Kucinich said the debate over coalition mistreatment and torture of Iraqi detainees, over the size and firepower of U.S. forces there, and over the growing financial costs "is the wrong debate. We should be debating how soon we can bring this nightmare to an end and bring our troops home."
Last year, early in his campaign, Kucinich, who led the opposition on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to the 2002 war authorization resolution, laid out a 10-point plan to end U.S. involvement in Iraq. Some elements of his exit strategy, including substantial U.N. involvement in developing an interim government and managing Iraqi assets and reconstruction contracts, have been embraced by political leaders in both parties in recent months.
For information about the National campaign: http://www.kucinich.us
For Congressman Kucinich's Schedule: http://www.kucinich.us/schedule.htm.
To schedule an interview with Kucinich or a spokesperson: jonathans@kucinich.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 10, 2004
Contact: Matt Harris, (216) 403-3980, press@kucinich.us, Terre Lundy, (515) 988-5534
President Bush's endorsement today of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld "misses the whole point of the growing outcry from people all over the world regarding what's happening in Iraq," Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich said today.
"Who is or isn't the secretary of defense is not the issue," said Kucinich. "It's the war that's wrong. The policy of this administration is wrong. As long as Bush is in the White House, it doesn't matter who's in the Pentagon. Nothing will change -ˆ except that it will get worse."
Kucinich, campaigning in Oregon, said continuing promises from the Administration "to do whatever it takes" represent "a formula for turning a disaster into a catastrophe."
"Every day we stay there, there are more deaths and more horror stories," Kucinich said. "There was no credible, justifiable, or honorable reason for invading Iraq in the first place. For the President, the Secretary, and other members of the Bush War Council to vow that the United States will remain there 'until the job is done' is outrageous. What job? Who defines 'done'?"
Kucinich said the debate over coalition mistreatment and torture of Iraqi detainees, over the size and firepower of U.S. forces there, and over the growing financial costs "is the wrong debate. We should be debating how soon we can bring this nightmare to an end and bring our troops home."
Last year, early in his campaign, Kucinich, who led the opposition on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to the 2002 war authorization resolution, laid out a 10-point plan to end U.S. involvement in Iraq. Some elements of his exit strategy, including substantial U.N. involvement in developing an interim government and managing Iraqi assets and reconstruction contracts, have been embraced by political leaders in both parties in recent months.
For information about the National campaign: http://www.kucinich.us
For Congressman Kucinich's Schedule: http://www.kucinich.us/schedule.htm.
To schedule an interview with Kucinich or a spokesperson: jonathans@kucinich.us
Kucinich cancels Rapid City visit
RAPID CITY -- Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich has canceled his planned weekend trip to Rapid City.
Kucinich will skip his trip in order to talk about the war in Iraq on the Sunday morning television program "Meet the Press" on NBC, according to an announcement issued late Friday afternoon.
(Chicago, IL — WMAQ, 10:00 AM Sunday)
(Full Story)
RAPID CITY -- Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich has canceled his planned weekend trip to Rapid City.
Kucinich will skip his trip in order to talk about the war in Iraq on the Sunday morning television program "Meet the Press" on NBC, according to an announcement issued late Friday afternoon.
(Chicago, IL — WMAQ, 10:00 AM Sunday)
(Full Story)
Friday, May 21, 2004
A very unique and wonderful movie about a special place at the heart of Madison, WI: http://www.streetswithoutcars.com
This is an absolute trasure, leave off the big time politics and environmental discourse and take a look at one of the most unusual places that grace this country.
This is an absolute trasure, leave off the big time politics and environmental discourse and take a look at one of the most unusual places that grace this country.
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Great Lakes News: 21 May 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.
For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/
Sportsmen's groups balk at Bush's Great Lakes plan
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Saying the Great Lakes cannot afford another year's delay in clean-up
efforts, a coalition of sportsmen's groups is pressing Congress to approve
billions in new funding. Source: Booth Newspapers (5/21)
Granholm agrees to federal purchase of Humbug Marsh
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Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has agreed to allow the federal government
to purchase the Humbug Marsh, 400 acres of environmentally sensitive land
along the lower Detroit River, as part of an international wildlife refuge.
Source: Detroit Free Press (5/21)
Battle-ready PM launches $125M waterfront plan
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Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin came to Toronto yesterday to announce
$125 million to spruce up the waterfront just days before he is expected to
call an election in which his majority government hangs in the balance.
Source: The Toronto Star (5/21)
Lake levels exceed expectations
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Lakes Michigan and Huron are rising faster than normal for spring, according
to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, potentially signaling a significant
trend away from the low levels that have caused many shoreline problems in
recent years. Source: The Green Bay Press-Gazette (5/21)
Man-made peninsula becomes haven for migratory birds
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A Lake Erie peninsula created from polluted soil scooped off the bottom of
the Cuyahoga River has become a traveler's rest area for birds migrating
through Ohio. Source: The Akron Beacon Journal (5/21)
Chequamegon Bay is priority site in Nature Conservancy's campaign
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The Nature Conservancy has announced a statewide initiative to protect some
of Wisconsin's most outstanding lands and waters, including the largest
undeveloped wetland complex remaining in the Great Lakes region. Source: The
Ashland Daily Press (5/20)
Watershed summit shows how students relate to science
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A monitoring program involving teams of high school students from the Green
Bay area helped them learn about the science of stream ecology while
providing long-term data for predicting impacts on the lower Fox River
watershed. Source: The Green Bay Press-Gazette (5/20)
Ceremony to dedicate 'Coastal Highway'
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A long-awaited marketing strategy for Michigan's US-23 corridor, from now on
known as the "Sunrise Side Coastal Highway," will showcase what's best and
brightest about the Lake Huron side of the state. Source: The Bay City Times
(5/19)
MacArthur Lock to close for inspection
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In a rare in-season closure, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced
that one of the Soo Locks will be dewatered for inspection next month.
Source: The Sault Ste. Marie Evening News (5/18)
For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/
Did you miss a day of Daily News? Remember to use our searchable story
archive at http://www.great-lakes.net/news/inthenews.html
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Great Lakes News: 21 May 2004
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.
For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/
Sportsmen's groups balk at Bush's Great Lakes plan
----------------------------------------
Saying the Great Lakes cannot afford another year's delay in clean-up
efforts, a coalition of sportsmen's groups is pressing Congress to approve
billions in new funding. Source: Booth Newspapers (5/21)
Granholm agrees to federal purchase of Humbug Marsh
----------------------------------------
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has agreed to allow the federal government
to purchase the Humbug Marsh, 400 acres of environmentally sensitive land
along the lower Detroit River, as part of an international wildlife refuge.
Source: Detroit Free Press (5/21)
Battle-ready PM launches $125M waterfront plan
----------------------------------------
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin came to Toronto yesterday to announce
$125 million to spruce up the waterfront just days before he is expected to
call an election in which his majority government hangs in the balance.
Source: The Toronto Star (5/21)
Lake levels exceed expectations
----------------------------------------
Lakes Michigan and Huron are rising faster than normal for spring, according
to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, potentially signaling a significant
trend away from the low levels that have caused many shoreline problems in
recent years. Source: The Green Bay Press-Gazette (5/21)
Man-made peninsula becomes haven for migratory birds
----------------------------------------
A Lake Erie peninsula created from polluted soil scooped off the bottom of
the Cuyahoga River has become a traveler's rest area for birds migrating
through Ohio. Source: The Akron Beacon Journal (5/21)
Chequamegon Bay is priority site in Nature Conservancy's campaign
----------------------------------------
The Nature Conservancy has announced a statewide initiative to protect some
of Wisconsin's most outstanding lands and waters, including the largest
undeveloped wetland complex remaining in the Great Lakes region. Source: The
Ashland Daily Press (5/20)
Watershed summit shows how students relate to science
----------------------------------------
A monitoring program involving teams of high school students from the Green
Bay area helped them learn about the science of stream ecology while
providing long-term data for predicting impacts on the lower Fox River
watershed. Source: The Green Bay Press-Gazette (5/20)
Ceremony to dedicate 'Coastal Highway'
----------------------------------------
A long-awaited marketing strategy for Michigan's US-23 corridor, from now on
known as the "Sunrise Side Coastal Highway," will showcase what's best and
brightest about the Lake Huron side of the state. Source: The Bay City Times
(5/19)
MacArthur Lock to close for inspection
----------------------------------------
In a rare in-season closure, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced
that one of the Soo Locks will be dewatered for inspection next month.
Source: The Sault Ste. Marie Evening News (5/18)
For links to these stories and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/
Did you miss a day of Daily News? Remember to use our searchable story
archive at http://www.great-lakes.net/news/inthenews.html
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Kucinich outlines plan for 'peace with honor' in Iraq
By Terry Dillman Of the News-Times
U.N. in, U.S. out.
Distilled to its essence, that is the Dennis Kucinich plan to end what he calls the "illegal and unjustified" war in Iraq, and take a giant step toward restoring America's credibility throughout the world.
Kucinich, a Democratic Congressman from Ohio, outlined his plan as part of a May 15 presidential primary campaign stop at Lincoln City's Bijou Theatre.
A standing-room-only crowd filled the 172-seat theatre to greet and hear Kucinich, who - despite the almost inevitable nomination of Massachusetts Senator John Kerry as his party's nominee for president - has stayed the course for one "primary" reason: To work for much-needed change within the Democratic Party. He wants to remain the voice of those people whose issues Kerry and other party leaders are either ignoring or not discussing.
"The Democratic Party needs every vote to win in November," he said. "We must stand for something that represents the values and practical aspirations of American citizens."
Elected to Congress in 1996, the former Cleveland mayor is the only presidential candidate who voted against the "civil liberties-shredding" PATRIOT Act. He also rallied opposition to the war in Iraq, raising it from a small group of dissenters to the almost two-thirds of House Democrats who voted against the war resolution. Kucinich has also emerged as a national political leader of the progressive movement, and his focus on the primary in Oregon, where many progressive initiatives get their start, aimed at tallying enough votes to send a message to the presumptive nominee and party leaders to indicate "they don't represent your views on the issues."
Kucinich backs universal health care with a single payer plan; full Social Security benefits at age 65; withdrawal from the North American Free Trade Agreement and World Trade Organization; a woman's right to choose, the right to privacy, and civil rights; balance between worker's rights and corporate profits; quality education from pre-kindergarten through college; environmental protection and clean energy; restoring rural communities and family farms; repealing the PATRIOT Act; and a renewed commitment to peace.
Peace emerged as the central theme in Lincoln City.
Standing in...(Full Story)
By Terry Dillman Of the News-Times
U.N. in, U.S. out.
Distilled to its essence, that is the Dennis Kucinich plan to end what he calls the "illegal and unjustified" war in Iraq, and take a giant step toward restoring America's credibility throughout the world.
Kucinich, a Democratic Congressman from Ohio, outlined his plan as part of a May 15 presidential primary campaign stop at Lincoln City's Bijou Theatre.
A standing-room-only crowd filled the 172-seat theatre to greet and hear Kucinich, who - despite the almost inevitable nomination of Massachusetts Senator John Kerry as his party's nominee for president - has stayed the course for one "primary" reason: To work for much-needed change within the Democratic Party. He wants to remain the voice of those people whose issues Kerry and other party leaders are either ignoring or not discussing.
"The Democratic Party needs every vote to win in November," he said. "We must stand for something that represents the values and practical aspirations of American citizens."
Elected to Congress in 1996, the former Cleveland mayor is the only presidential candidate who voted against the "civil liberties-shredding" PATRIOT Act. He also rallied opposition to the war in Iraq, raising it from a small group of dissenters to the almost two-thirds of House Democrats who voted against the war resolution. Kucinich has also emerged as a national political leader of the progressive movement, and his focus on the primary in Oregon, where many progressive initiatives get their start, aimed at tallying enough votes to send a message to the presumptive nominee and party leaders to indicate "they don't represent your views on the issues."
Kucinich backs universal health care with a single payer plan; full Social Security benefits at age 65; withdrawal from the North American Free Trade Agreement and World Trade Organization; a woman's right to choose, the right to privacy, and civil rights; balance between worker's rights and corporate profits; quality education from pre-kindergarten through college; environmental protection and clean energy; restoring rural communities and family farms; repealing the PATRIOT Act; and a renewed commitment to peace.
Peace emerged as the central theme in Lincoln City.
Standing in...(Full Story)
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