Hillary Clinton Rallies Support for Mary Landrieu, The Top Keystone Pipeline Proponent

"Environmentally minded donors and voters are likely to hold greater sway among Democrats in the 2016 presidential election than they did when Clinton ran and lost in 2008. Her refusal to take a stand on Keystone has disappointed some of the loudest — and richest — environmental activists who view the project as a test of a candidate’s environmental bona fides."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clintons-noncommittal-stance-on-environment-creates-political-dilemma/2014/12/01/609d95a0-796c-11e4-9a27-6fdbc612bff8_story.html

Army Corps of Engineers Proposes Killing Cormorants to Save Salmon

SEAFOODNEWS.COM [New York Times] By Felicity Barringeraug - August 18, 2014 -

ASTORIA, Ore. — The salmon here in the Columbia River, nearly driven to extinction by hydroelectric dams a quarter century ago, have been increasing in number — a fact not lost on the birds that like to eat them. These now flock by the thousands each spring to the river’s mouth, where the salmon have their young, and gorge at leisure.

As a result, those charged with nursing the salmon back to robust health have a new plan to protect them: shoot the birds.

Joyce Casey, chief of the environmental resources branch at the Army Corps of Engineers office in Portland, said that for young salmon headed seaward, the hungry horde of about 30,000 double-crested cormorants on East Sand Island has posed a risk no less serious than that posed by some of the dams her agency built.

[link:http://www.seafoodnews.com/Story/940759/Plan-to-shoot-cormorants-that-feast-on-Columbia-River-salmon-is-controversial|

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Why Dogs Are Even Better Than Fire Alarms

#Nomakeupselfies For Cancer Awareness

I like the idea but I wish it would go a bit further. It's well known by now that some cosmetic products are toxic and carcinogenic. Buying more makeup just means more animals will have to be tested and the impact on the environment will surely be worsened as well. I'm not saying make it illegal or anything, I'm just saying it would be nice if they were increasing awareness for other issues, including makeup itself. That said, I still think this is a great idea.

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Dolphin Goes To Diver For Help

It's not often that I see something on tv that makes me cry, so I figured I would share this.