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I owe my life to bat guano

Published: Aug 17 2008, 10:18 PM · Updated: Aug 17 2008, 10:18 PM

By Mike Scarlett

Recently I needed a break from counseling, so my wife and I took our family on a short excursion to New Mexico. While on the trip, we visited Carlsbad Caverns. The 51-degree caverns were spectacular and a cool reprieve from the 105-degree New Mexico desert heat.

Saving the Eureka High School swimming pool

Published: Aug 13 2008, 11:32 PM · Updated: Aug 13 2008, 11:32 PM

By John Fullerton

The Eureka High School swimming pool does not have to close. Back on May 7, I voted along with the other four Eureka School board members to close the pool. It was part of the $3.5 million worth of cuts we were forced to make to balance our budget. Closing the pool at the end of August would save us $45,000 and we had little choice in the matter.

The ‘gratingest’ generation

Published: Aug 10 2008, 9:53 PM · Updated: Aug 10 2008, 9:54 PM

By Thomas Sowell

If our era could have its own coat of arms, it would be a yak against a background of mush. This must be the golden age of endless and pointless talk.

California needs a scientific plan for ocean protection

Published: Aug 9 2008, 11:24 PM

By Vern Goehring

Gov. Schwarzenegger recently joined the governors of Oregon and Washington to announce ambitious goals to safeguard critical marine resources along the West Coast.

Facing an opportunity

Published: Aug 8 2008, 12:03 AM

By Dennis Hunter

We have an opportunity staring us right in the face. What we do with it will shape the future of our area for many years to come.

EarthTalk

Published: Aug 4 2008, 9:12 PM

By the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk: I’ve read that plastic bottles are not always safe to reuse over and over, as harmful chemicals can leach out into the contents. I’m wondering if the same issues plague Tupperware and other similar plastic food storage containers. — Sylvie, Dawson City, Yukon, Canada

Why the nation’s forests are burning so hot

Published: Aug 3 2008, 10:29 PM

By M. David Stirling

Since June 20, roughly 2,000 lightning-sparked wildfires in Northern California have consumed some 900,000 acres of forests, woodlands and brush, destroyed more than 240 homes and other structures, and caused thousands of evacuations. More than 22,000 federal and state firefighters, together with 2,000 California National Guardsmen and 2,500 state prison inmates, battled the blazes. The estimated firefighting costs alone exceed $320 million.

Presidents and the economy

Published: Jul 29 2008, 10:42 PM

By Ron Ross

In less than six months, a new president will be in the White House. If the economy is still struggling, what, if anything, can he do about it? For a number of reasons, the answer is probably “not much.” Fortunately, that’s good news, not bad.

Law of the Sea Treaty: faux fixes

Published: Jul 28 2008, 10:34 PM

By Douglas Bandow

The Law of the Sea Treaty, an omnibus treaty originally blocked by President Ronald Reagan, is back, supported by internationalist activists and profit-minded businessmen. Originally intended to promote large-scale income redistribution to Third World states, the LOST would now create an International Seabed Authority to regulate ocean mining and the LOST Enterprise to mine for it.

Mozart in Arabia

Published: Jul 28 2008, 10:33 PM

By Peter Hannaford

Mozart’s music gets around a lot, but never before in Saudi Arabia, where it was recently on the program of a first-ever concert of European music to be performed in the desert kingdom. Not only that, the German quartet was playing before an audience composed of both men and women in the same hall.

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