Just Mine Now

Love the idea of this road trip. It's something I'd like to take. Abbey has been one of my favorite authors. I've read "Desert Solitaire" multiple times.  Following environmentalist Edward Abbey's footsteps in the Utah and Arizona deserts Can't argue with science - Letter: Border Wall via @tucsonstar Excerpts of The Wall can be found at the link in the 2nd paragraph - if watching these don't move you, then IMHO you have no heart. What's also interesting to note is that FB seems to claim this article violates their policies and wouldn't allow it to be posted, thus infringing on my first amendment rights - sad -  Migrant worker has a powerful moment in talkback about 'The Wall'  via @DandC A public lands story  via @DailySentinelGJ Reader's View: Selling public lands insults past Duluthians More construction coming to border Public lands, endangered species are worth the fight  via @DailySentinelGJ Time to develop BLM r...

Coloradans celebrate statewide Public Lands Day Sad but not surprising for a red state -  Plan to manage vast BLM lands in central Montana realigned with Trump administration's goals  via @billingsgazette Sen. Udall’s environmental work not done  via @abqjournal Lawsuit challenges Trump administration approval of Enefit oil shale development in Uintah Basin  via @KSLcom Opinion | We were warned 150 years ago about our water shortage. We have to do better. Making conservation reflect diversity | Rachel Kippen, Our Ocean Backyard

Midwest flooding exposes Keystone XL risks Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and NRDC Confront Federal Failures via @nrdc Critics say Illinois bill threatens to chill protest against fossil fuel interests New York Grassroots Movement Defeats Fracked Gas Pipeline National Grid says no new NYC natgas customers without Williams pipeline  Sounds like National Grid is bullying much like that guy in the WH to get what it wants. Shameful! -  National Grid says no new NYC natgas customers without Williams pipeline  Regulators May Reconsider Rules That Incentivize Pipeline Construction  via @truthout Volunteers team up for public lands cleanup  via @montrosepress Judge rejects plan for public land grazing allotments  via @SFGate Delegislating Wilderness by @NatCounterPunch Virginia Senators, Reps urged to protect Appalachian Trail | Southern Environmental Law Center Dump back on him -  Week 121: David Bernhardt's (Document) Dump on Congress via ...

Activists' lawyers: Sheriff should defend anti-protest laws Midwest Flooding Exposes Another Oil Pipeline Risk — on Keystone XL’s Route  State Rejects NYC’s Big New Pipeline Project—For Now  via @EARTH3R Texas lawmakers may stiffen penalties for pipeline damage Penalties for protesting pipelines increase in 15 states The actions of an ingrate -  Analysis | The Energy 202:  Trump's Interior chief hasn't 'lost any sleep over' new climate record A life taken too soon. RIP brother.   Life through a lens: Flagstaff remembers local filmmaker Jake Hoyungowa  via @azds Definitely not sorry to see this -  Drilling company files for bankruptcy, citing pipeline explosion Interesting alternative explanations.   Is the Williams Pipeline plan out of gas?  via @Newsday Another section of border wall to be replaced in southern Arizona The “smarter” wall: how drones, sensors, and AI are patrolling the border  via @voxdotcom (long read...

A Keystone-Like Pipeline Opens Fierce Battle Over New York’s ‘Energy Future’ His ignorance "shines" again -  In Louisiana, Trump talks bridges, Biden and birds - ABC News  Not "may" - they will come back to haunt her -  Letter: ‘Power And Pride’  via @pressanddakotan Investors don't share Trump's enthusiasm for fossil fuels. @Matthew_Winkler on the boom in clean-energy stocks  via @bopinion Damage of anchor strike to Straits of Mackinac pipeline finally revealed  via @freep Mountain Valley Pipeline to Pay $266K for Environment Violations 'It's my homeland': the trailblazing Native lawmaker fighting fossil fuels Past time for governmental agencies to stand up to the egregious actions of this corrupt administration that is only concerned about pleasing their fossil fuel buddies - “In their world, our lands are only here for exploitation and financial gain, not protection and preservation.”  via @HuffPostPol How do tribal nation’s t...

After Standing Rock, protesting pipelines can get you a decade in prison and $100K in fines  via @grist Past time to shut down ALEC & its influence -  After Standing Rock, protesting pipelines can get you a decade in prison and $100K in fines  via Grist Journalist Jacques Poitras conducts post mortem on Energy East  via @nationalpost Leaders: Report cites need for better tribal consultation Clutching to fossil fuels, and losing, in the era of climate change What a Border Wall Would Do to the Texas Wilderness via @MotherJones Border wall to go up in national monument, wildlife refuge House Democrats aim to slash DoD’s money-moving authority over Trump’s border wall ‘gimmicks’ Border wall along Mexico to go up in national monument, wildlife refuge , via @sltrib The papers filed are included - Dozens Of Ex-Gov’t Bigwigs Pick Apart Nat’l Emergency Reasoning In Court Filing  via @TPM Trump Administration Waives Laws to Build 100 Miles of Bord...

Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials What do Native Americans want from a president? Or is the real question: Will 2020 candidates listen?   Groups against new gas pipelines protest in Albany  via @timesunion Paul Andersen: Veterans inspire law to open public lands Lawsuit Targets Trump Administration Renewal of Oregon Ranchers' Grazing Permit As Evidence of Border Failures Mount, Trump Again Raids Military Funding for Border Wall Construction via @AmericasVoice Bears Ears’ only visitor center isn’t run by the feds @highcountrynews People who can think knows that guy in the WH is wrong; may he continue to lose in the courts -  Trump Administration Continues to Clash with Courts over Energy Policy  U.S. senators draft bill to sanction work on Nord Stream 2 pipeline  via @bpolitics