Well, that was fast. The Environmental Protection Agency has rejected a petition by environmental and conservation groups to ban the use of lead bullets and fishing sinkers because of their potential health effects.
Republicans are crowing about a petition, submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency by environmental and conservation groups, to ban the use of lead bullets and fishing sinkers because of their potential health effects.
This morning as I tried to draw up plays for the anemic Bengals offense — the worst since Coach Marvin Lewis offered a glimmer of hope when he took over six seasons ago — I was greeted with a press release from the hunting and fishing stalwart, Field & Stream, More…
As Art Allen reported yesterday, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is a proponent of a video game-style of hunting, where hunters shoot animals, like wolves and bears, from the sky in a low-flying airplane.
This morning I found a disturbing new ad from Defender’s of Wildlife Actionfund in my inbox More…
This morning our science reporter Arthur Allen explored the bizarre world of aerial wolf hunting, an Alaskan activity supported and actually furthered by Gov. Sarah Palin. There’s a small facet I’d like to add to that story.
Alaska’s Board of Game is a seven-member body that meets throughout the More…
The wolf is an intelligent, handsome creature and, for many visitors to Alaska, an integral part of the state’s wild appeal. Wolves live in complex social structures, mate for life and don’t attack humans — it’s easy to see in them the family resemblance to mankind’s best friend.
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At Economist’s View, Mark Thoma gives an eloquent explanation for why Democrats should think carefully about responding to the charge that they’re condescending toward small-town American values. Thoma, a University of Oregon economics professor, grew up in a small town in California.
To him, Republican vice presidential nominee More…
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