Acts of Futility
I for one like symbolic but futile acts. Take the Sell Fuel Efficient Cars Act of 2008 recently introduced on the floor of the senate. It proposes a $10,000 subsidy for low income families who trade in their old cars for a newer, American made model that get at least 25 mpg or 4.9 mpg [...]
Action Alert: National Park Service Rule Change
The National Parks Service has finally proposed a rule change which will streamline the process of approving mountain bike access in National Parks. The rule will be open for comment for 60 days. Riders in favor of this rule will have this time to weigh in on its advantages.
Essentially the new rule, the result of [...]
BoA to curtail lending for Mountain-top mining.
Bank of America announced yesterday that it would phase out lending to companies engaged in mountain-top removal coal mining as part of their energy policy.
A combination of public protest and inside negotiations prompted BoA to reconsider its the impacts of its lending policies. The straw that broke the camel’s back might have been an NRDC [...]
Moab Trail Update
The Moab Times-Independent reports, The BLM has agreed to a compromise to prevent oil and gas leases on 22 of the most sensitive parcels around Moab.
The devil may be in the details however. The compromise included only land that was located near national parks or in “potential wilderness-quality areas,” leaving some question as to whehter [...]
Save Moab
It turns out that some of the last minute rule changes proposed earlier this week may help remove significant roadblocks to the development of oil and natural gas extraction in the area around Moab, and with it some of the areas most popular trails. The Moab Times-Independent reports such trails as Porcupine Rim and Amasa [...]
