Burlington-area Vermonters protest the Keystone debacle

I wish I had been able to attend this, but the e-mail advertising this and other protest rallies in Vermont did not, unfortunately, list times and dates. Oh well. I did join friends from Pennsylvania in the giant protest rally in Washington D.C. last year. Great fun.

Obama tells donors of tough pollitics on environment

I continue shaking my head in wonderment over the jobs vs. clean air, clean water, healthy land, healthy fish and wildlife populations because that is the undercurrent the mainstream media outlets continue to blather on about. This article explores what the president said/did during his just-finished fund-raising expedition to California.

Precedent-setting verdict could reduce bird collisions in Canada

When reading about the ongoing toll of migratory birds dying when colliding with buildings, I am always reminded of the many avian victims I have found over the years, themselves killed when colliding with buildings. Like the Wood Thrush I found on a downtown Hazleton, Pa., sidewalk one fall. This article notes how a court verdict in Canada could help birds.