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LETTER: Global warming conference attendees fly in on private jets
Rick Clawson North Las Vegas November 12, 2021 - 9:01 pm I give great credit to Joanne Leovy for her Saturday letter on global warming. She made a great effort to state her opinion. That’s it. At the most recent climate change summit attended by representatives from around the world, more than 400 private jets were used for travel to and from the summit. If these attendees are so concerned about this climate change deal, why didn’t they use commercial aircraft?
LETTER: Lowering behavior standards for Clark County students
THE LATEST Dorothy Wagner Henderson June 2, 2021 - 6:01 pmJune 2, 2021 - 9:00 pm Maybe if the federal government hadn’t grown so big, we could just keep those tax dollars here and spend them on Nevada priorities. Alfred Dushman Las Vegas June 1, 2021 - 9:01 pmJune 1, 2021 - 9:01 pm Gun violence is out of control. It is the responsibility of the government to keep us safe. Local, state and federal governments have all failed in this responsibility.
Jeff Irish, David Graves and Rick North: Taking a principled stance on water fluoridation
By Jeff Irish, David Graves and Rick North The latest fluoridation controversy is over the city moving forward with a cost analysis. Although initially funded by Delta Dental’s Arcora Foundation, the city must pay for it if it decides not to fluoridate.
Tea Partiers: Inside the Bubble
Jeff Alworth The New York Times and CBS News released the results of a joint poll of Tea Partiers on Wednesday. Perhaps you've seen something about it--a blog or two may have made a mention. There are scads and scads of fascinating findings here, and you'd do well to click around to some of the better analysis--Digby did a nice job, as does Steve Benen.
Opinion: Water Fluoridation Is An Emperor Without Clothes
Putting a drug – any drug – in drinking water is absurd. Putting fluoride – a known neurotoxin – in the water is unconscionable. Yet the U.S. government has endorsed water fluoridation since 1950. Many organizations in the medical establishment, led by the American Dental Association, American Medical Association and American Public Health Association, quickly jumped on the bandwagon, before any long-term health studies were done.
The Yakama Nation vs. Coal Pollution
Tribal objection to coal pollution like the objections of conservationists and sportsmen alike has seemingly been not enough to stop coal from threatening the fisheries of the Columbia River. After all, no less than the New York Times has been detailing the opposition of Native American tribes to northwest coal export proposals since 2012, as have flagship tribal media outlets, and tribal organizations themselves.
What the Oregon restaurant and lodging lobby doesn’t want you (and its members) to know about Measure 97 - BlueOregon
You wouldn’t know it from the industry’s campaign spending, but the odds are remote that Oregon restaurant and lodging facilities will be paying the Measure 97 tax if voters approve the measure this fall. Measure 97 would apply to a tiny sliver of the state’s more than 10,000 restaurant and lodging businesses. The measure would establish a 2.5 percent tax for C-corporations on their Oregon sales over $25 million.
Occupy’s message still relevant at five - BlueOregon
Five years ago, protestors descended on Zuccotti Park near Wall Street, launching the Occupy movement. The protests that flared across the nation, Oregon included, finally put income inequality on the forefront of the national dialogue, making “the 99 percent” and “the 1 percent” household terms. But while Occupy changed the terms of the debate and our lexicon, the reality on the ground has yet to catch up.
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