[BCNnet] Re: bcnnet Digest, Vol 101, Issue 1

Mon Aug 30 21:12:36 CDT 2010

_http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/17/the-gulfs-bird-toll/_ 
(http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/17/the-gulfs-bird-toll/) 
EDITORIAL: The Gulf's bird toll 
Windmills slaughter more than oil spill 
By  _THE WASHINGTON  TIMES_ 
(http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/the-washington-times/) 
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The  Washington Times
6:26  p.m., Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Lt.  Jamison Ferriel, Dr. Sharon Taylor and AET Everett Hill release 
pelicans into  the Indian River Lagoon on Sunday. About a dozen birds tainted with 
oil from the  gulf spill were released at Merritt Island National Wildlife 
Refuge. The birds  were treated in Louisiana and flown Sunday on board a 
United States Coast Guard  HC 144 aircraft with a crew of 4 and veterinarian 
Dr. Sharon Taylor with US Fish  and Wildlife. (Associated Press)
While several million gallons of crude oil have poured into the Gulf  of 
Mexico since April, nature has been far more resilient than environmental  
doomsayers would like. The left is counting on images of oiled pelicans and  
lingering devastation to build urgency for unpopular policies like  
"cap-and-trade." Nature is refusing to cooperate, and the so-called  environmentalists 
are proving to be the true hazard.

President _Obama_ (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/barack-obama/) , 
criticized for the  lax federal response to the spill, is eager to put the 
incident behind him. On  Saturday, the _White House_ 
(http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/white-house/)  released a  photograph of the commander in 
chief frolicking in the sheltered waters at  Alligator Point in Panama City 
Beach, Fla. The message is that the Gulf is back  in business.
In  some respects, it is. According to the latest figures, cleanup crews 
have  collected 6,286 birds impacted by the spill. A total of 4,359 were found 
dead,  and 1,927 were alive but covered in oil. A good deal of luck kept 
these numbers  far below those seen in the wake of the 1989 _Exxon_ 
(http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/exxon/)  Valdez disaster. The Deepwater Horizon 
 explosion happened much farther from shore, in warmer waters, with the 
force of  the Mississippi River offering some protection to the coastal marsh  
zone.

"As  tragic as it is to have this many birds affected, either dead or 
injured ... a  couple months ago we were fearing for the worst, and this is a 
pretty low  number, all things considered," Fish and Wildlife Service spokesman 
_David Patte_ (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/david-patte/)  told 
The  Washington Times. The effort is far from over, as fall migration season 
draws  closer and teams race to clean up as much of the remaining oil as 
possible  before an estimated 30 million birds descend on the region.

The  death toll of the "worst environmental disaster in history" pales in 
comparison  to the carnage wrought in the name of environmentalism. For 
example, the  Altamont Pass, Calif., wind farm's cruel blades pulverize 4,700 
birds each year,  according to the National Audubon Society. Victims of this 
green power plant  include golden eagles, red-tailed hawks, American kestrels 
and burrowing owls.  The windmill industry defends itself by claiming newer 
turbine blades turn more  slowly, making it less likely that Tweety will 
meet his maker. It may only  change the victim. According to a 2008 study of 
the high-tech wind farm in  Judith Gap, Mont., the project's 90 turbines 
killed fewer birds, 406, but three  times as many bats - 1,206.

The  impact of the Gulf oil spill on tourism and the fishing and shrimp 
industries  cannot be denied, but the wounds will soon heal. Environmentalism's 
avian  holocaust will continue - 33,000 birds annually, according to a 2002 
Fish and  Wildlife Service estimate - until government pulls the plug on 
subsidies for  inefficient, unnecessary and deadly windmills.

©  Copyright 2010 The Washington Times
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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:50:13 -0500
From: "Carolyn A. Marsh"  <cmarshbird at prodigy.net>
Subject: [BCNnet] Gulf Science  Blackout
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FYI, Carolyn  Marsh

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/opinion/25hooper-Bui.html?_r=2
<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/opinion/25hooper-Bui.html?_r=2&pagewanted
=print>  &pagewanted=print

New York Times ed-op

August 24,  2010

A Gulf Science Blackout

By LINDA HOOPER-BUI

Baton  Rouge, La. 

THE Deepwater Horizon blowout may be capped and the surface  oil slick
dispersed, but the scientists' job has just begun: hundreds of us  are
working in and around the gulf to determine the long-term  environmental
impact of the drilling disaster. 

Although we are all  doing needed research, we're not receiving equal money
or access to the  affected sites. Those working for BP or the federal
government's Natural  Resource Damage Assessment program are being given the
bulk of the  resources, while independent researchers are shoved  aside.
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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:06:31 EDT
From:  Birdchris at aol.com
Subject: [BCNnet] BCNnet: Save Grant Park - Please fill  out survey
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The Children's Museum proposal will negatively  impact birds in the 
northern 
end of Grant Park. Please fill out the survey  to keep open space open for  
birds.

Christine  Williamson
Chicago/Cook
_birdchris at aol.com_ (mailto:birdchris at aol.com)  

Hi  All,   
The  Chicago Park District is preparing to make  changes to the  area they 
are calling North  Grant Park - the northeast corner of  Grant Park  
including the location of the proposed  Chicago  Children's Museum. 
Because of water  leakage into the East Monroe  Street Parking  Garage, 
some changes must be made. However,  the  Chicago Park and its architects 
are  keeping their cards close to  their chest  regarding plans for the 
museum.  As far as  we  know, the Chicago Children's Museum is  forging 
ahead 
with their  plans to build in Grant  Park.

A survey is being circulated by  the  Chicago Park District to collect 
public  input. Please  participate and be heard! Share  the link with your 
fellow park   lovers.

_http://bit.ly/grantparksurvey_  
(http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103631556479&s=67&e=001lDhB_FTayWQjWQdYag5OPH
Fj-xJ
RqWufUvicmXTn6MGg0XrkKEoHMc9MW2kNyPCDBruTv-wy0PuZMTVAzdJEB0QNdYG1cuj4IbFq4xu
0PVRC9Uhgpq4UAg==)   
At  a public meeting with the architect, one  attendee expressed  the 
simple concern that  any design  for the park should be  true  park, and 
not include shopping. The  architect's response?  A space this size would  
almost certainly include some type of   selling.

The Grant Park East Parking  Garage lease deal allowed  for only a  
relatively modest budget of $30 million for   resurfacing the garage roof. 
However, at  public meetings the  possibility of grander (and  more 
expensive!) plans have been  suggested.  An August 7 report in Chicago 
Gazette  mentioned  costly proposed changes including  narrowing Monroe 
drive and  building an  underpass at Queen's landing (Lake Shore Drive  at  
Buckingham fountain, formerly a  pedestrian crossing). No information  
about  these or other current proposals is posted on  the  website for the 
North Grant Park  project.

As plans for  changes to Grant  Park grow ever more elaborate and 
expensive,   who do you think will end up shouldering the  bill? And who 
will  benefit - the people of  Chicago, or private interests including  the 

Chicago Children's Museum, restaurateurs and  vendors?  
Best  Regards, 
Peggy  Figiel 
Save  Grant Park  

PS.  Please share this link with friends today!  
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Peggy  Figiel
Save Grant  Park     
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