News in the West
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~~ Diné turning Hogans into Cash on Airbnb
(Be sure to read the comments after the article. Many Dine' have concerns about this; similar to the concerns about tourists tramping all over "sacred" lands in Bears Ears landscapes.)
~~ Is Renewable Energy Viable or Dammed? High Country News
Have you signed? 14 counties have secured with enough signatures, but the combined effort must reach 116,000 signatures statewide. To Sign: contact Logan Monson in Blanding, Kim Henderson in Monticello, Kelly and Cricket Green in La Sal, and Cassie Patterson in Moab.
~~ Mojave County Fights BLM Jeep Trail Closures "The BLM Works for Us!"
~~ America a Nation of Builders; Pres. Trump Hopes to Speed up the Process
~~ Here's to a "Meatless" Golden Globe Awards Event by Matt Goble of Dry Bottom Farms in Utah
~~ BLM's Move West Based on Common Sense
~~ Businesses in Cedar City Help Referendum Push -- Go and do likewise!
~~ Protesters in Virginia Stop Gun Confiscation Legislation
~~ Video Explains the Seriousness of Virginia's Infractions Against Constitutional Rights of Citizens
~~ Vegan or Beef? What are the Facts?
~~ Salt Lake Trib. via Zac Podmore Attacks Sutherland Institute The lack of balance in Podmore's reporting results in lopsided news, i.e. fake news. No listing included in the article of " Non-profits" and foundations who dump tens of thousands into support FOR Bears Ears enlarged. One such donor is the Wyss Foundation:
Canyon Zephyr editor, Jim Stiles noted: "I've been perusing Guidestar this afternoon, looking at non-profits like the "Conservation Lands Foundation," whose chair is Mr Wyss...CLF gave $130,000 to Utah Dine' Bikeyah in 2018. And another $100,000 to Friends of Cedar Mesa. Mr.Podmore surely knows this because until recently his wife was assistant director of FCM. Cold scrutiny of groups like Sutherland is fair and necessary. But The Tribune KNOWS what resides on the other side of the coin, and so surely does Podmore. And they say nothing. Yet Podmore wasn't always like this. In an email to me three years ago, Podmore wrote, ""You make the best case against alliances between conservationists and the recreation industry that I've heard in a while. I agree with you. Silence about the destructive nature of industrial tourism is poisoning greater conservation movement, and like you've written time and again, it often threatens wild places more than extractive industry." I agree. "Silence is poisoning the greater environmental movement."
~~ Bad Forest management, Cause of California Fires
~~ Native Tribes Impacted Negatively Because of Kayenta Coal Mine Closure
~~ The Temper Tantrum that Never Ends: Environmentalists Using Tribes
~~ Natural Resources Chair, Grijalva Opposes BLM Move to Colorado -- "because it's Racist"
~~ The Irony of Wind Turbine Blades; They take forever to Disintegrate
