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  Canvas bags the way to go....

  but there will always be things that need to have their own container.  Wolverine, I like natural peanut butter as much as the next guy, but I'm confused about how you do away with packaging when you buy bulk peanut butter. Do you, like, fill up your pockets? :-).  I've been grocery shopping for about 50 years, and there have always been items that weren't appropriate for bulk sale.  I don't remember seeing a communal toothpaste bucket at the store where I'd scoop out what I need.  Milk has always come in unit packaging.  And, I prefer canvas bags to recyclable bags because some recycle markets are getting saturated; in many cases it's just better to have something you can reuse yourself.  On Whole Foods to stop giving out plastic grocery bags by Earth Day posted 1 year, 10 months ago 18 Responses

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  Hmmm, interesting logic

  So, at the hearings today, there were reports that Michigan's politicos are against tough emissions laws because it would cost Michigan jobs.  I guess that they're sort of admitting, then, that automakers in Michigan don't know how to build energy efficient transportation. And to think we used to be so smart.  And, indirectly, it sounds like they're saying that the damage of global warming is less important than the jobs of folks in Michigan.  Maybe the population there should demand that the automakers start building cars that meet the planet's needs instead of just the lining the pocketbooks of their investors.

  Also, you gotta love the logic of the EPA chief.  He says the law allows him the flexibility to make these decisions, even if it means he's going against the recommendations of his own staff, who make it clear that if EPA gets sued on this, they will lose.  More taxpayer money down the drain.  So, I guess, no matter how idiotic his decisions might be, the law says it's ok.  Well, we had a disaster management chief who knew nothing about disaster management, I guess it's ok to have an EPA chief who doesn't know what the letters of his department stand for, especially the "Protection" part.On EPA staff supported California auto-emissions waiver, documents show posted 1 year, 10 months ago 1 Response

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  Boom

  I guess we're going back to the days when ranchers would bait traps loaded with dynamite and think that that was some sort of really macho thing to do.  

  We're supposed to be the intelligent life on this planet.  Why is it that we, especially in the U.S., think that the solution to anything we don't like is to kill it?  I guess the answer is that it's worked so well for us in the past.  On Rule change eases restrictions on wolf kills in northern Rockies posted 1 year, 10 months ago 16 Responses

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  Reality time

  Gore absolutely did NOT come to global warming after the disastrous 2000 election. He has been fighting for environmental reforms since the 1970s while also holding public office. It wasn't until after the 2000 election that he decided to make it his life's work.  To claim otherwise is simply not correct.

  As far as Gore being one of the wealthiest people on the planet, I have never heard that anywhere. Are there some figures to back that up?On Why Al Gore isn't running for president posted 1 year, 10 months ago 25 Responses

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  Responsible thing to do

  Well, it seems that since we're the ones who caused this problem in the first place by putting the dam there, we have the responsibility to put the thing right.  First, we don't fix the problem by just killing other animals who take advantage of the situation. Should we kill other predators who take advantage of the fish ladders as well? Why don't we just do the right thing and ban fishing there until the dam is removed?  We're the ones who caused the problem, we should bear the brunt of the "pain" until it's fixed.   On Federal officials suggest killing sea lions to protect salmon posted 1 year, 10 months ago 40 Responses