Corporate
Welfare Policies and Big Sugar sour the Everglades Celticsirius It
has begun, the most intensive ecological restoration project in world
history. The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) will include
68 projects estimated to take 36 years and $7.8 billion to complete. The
federal government as agreed to pay half of the costs and state, tribal,
and local agencies will cover the rest. The sugar-farmers, a large source
of the destructive pollutants, have been ordered by the Everglades Forever
Act of 1994 to contribute no more then $320 million, only 4% of the total
restoration costs. This policy, along with an extensive history of
sugar-farming subsidies, continues to cause extensive damages to the
Everglades and hinder restoration. The removal of sugar
subsidies and increased taxation of sugar-farmers are necessary in CERP
policy in order for a successful completion of the CERP goal "to
restore, protect, and preserve the water resources of central and southern
Florida, including the Everglades."
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Sometimes
a Great Notion Radio Show Drs. Deborah & Frank Popper,
Rutgers University Sometimes
we live in the country. Sometimes we live in the town. Sometimes we get a
great notion… to give the heartland back to the buffalo!
Topics include a look at the expanding frontier in
America's heartland; why the Poppers believe we should turn that expanding
frontier back to the buffalo; and what it would mean to fence the wild
buffalo out, instead of in.
a film by Dawn Mikkelson
" ...follows Xcel Energy customer, Dawn Mikkelson, as she journeys to
the subzero forests of northern Manitoba to witness firsthand the impact
of her electricity-dependent life. There she meets the people of the
Pimicikamak and Nisichawayasihk Cree nations who share their personal
stories and how they believe hydroelectric power has impacted their
lives. These stories are interwoven with interviews with the top
executives of Manitoba Hydro who say that the Cree situation is
"under control" and with Xcel Energy executives who say they are
"monitoring the situation" as they sign a 10-year contract to
purchase more energy from Manitoba Hydro. At the same time, Cree
suicide rates skyrocket and thousands of acres of Aboriginal lands are
flooded.
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