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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch

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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (32997)12/18/2003 7:12:01 PM
From: lurqer  Read Replies (1) of 89467
 
MAN WE NEED TO DESTROY

One of the great things about the net is how one thing leads to another. Your post reminded me of a story that I had seen yesterday on the tube about how Rove had caused the largest fish kill in American history. That led to

Crimes Against Nature

alternet.org

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Later, she and White House political adviser Karl Rove forced National Marine Fisheries scientists to alter findings on the amount of water required for the survival of salmon in Oregon's Klamath River, to ensure that large corporate farms got a bigger share of the river water. As a result, more than 33,000 chinook and coho salmon died – the largest fish kill in the history of America. Mike Kelly, the biologist who drafted the original opinion (and who has since been awarded federal whistle-blower status), told me that the coho salmon is probably headed for extinction. "Morale is low among scientists here," Kelly says. "We are under pressure to get the right results. This administration is putting the species at risk for political gain – and not just in the Klamath."

There is a lot more in this article and it is well worth the read.

JMO

lurqer
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