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as common sense is a gift to each soul,
as common environment is the inseparable planet,
as common desire is to live in a better world.


Why no bailout ($3 trillion so far) for Arizona? 21 out of 30 state parks...entire parks system to close due to budget cuts

south face of Picacho Peak, Arizona, United States

Roper Lake SP, Safford AZ

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Arizona decides to close most state parks
Facing a multibillion-dollar shortfall, the state will shut 13 parks by June. Several had already been closed. Wrestling with a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, Arizona decided Friday to close nearly all of its state parks, including the famed Tombstone Courthouse and Yuma Territorial Prison. The State Parks Board unanimously voted to close 13 parks by June 3. Eight others had already been closed, and the decision would leave nine open -- but only if the board can raise $3 million this year. The action represents the largest closure of state parks in the nation, although several other states are considering similar moves.

Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park, Arizona

21 of 30 state parks will be closed: The Arizona State Parks Board voted unanimously Friday to begin shuttering state parks, a move that will leave the parks system with fewer than one third of its properties open by June 3  read more »

"There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German Poet, Philosopher..1749-1832)

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German Poet, Philosopher... 1749-1832)

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. - George Bernard Shaw

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

— George Bernard Shaw

Arctic: pollution on its way. Oil drilling in Chukchi Sea threatens clean air, water, ocean resources & sea life

Oil operations at Prudhoe Bay, on Alaska's North Slope, are gradually moving offshore into the Beaufort and Chukchi seas.

Washing out the tanks of oil tankers, dumping bilge water and minor spillages on board or in port are the main sources of hydrocarbon pollution of marine origin.

Shall we protect Nature as it is,
reserve some land, ocean, resources
for coming generations, for our children’s children?
Shall we, or shall we not? In words, or in action?

(quote) Approval of oil drilling in Chukchi Sea fails to include recent science and violates laws that protect clean air, water, and ocean resources. Oceana, together with Arctic communities and other conservation groups filed a legal challenge in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to the Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) approval of Shell Offshore Inc.’s proposed exploration drilling in the Chukchi Sea. The groups argue that MMS and Shell have not complied with federal laws that require thorough analysis of potential impacts and protections for clean air, water, and marine life.  read more »

"We must never be driven by fear but by our values." ... "To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."

"We must never be driven by fear but by our values."
"To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."

— 1st quote by Viviane Reding, 2nd by Bertrand Russell

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