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Dear Rep. Matheson – I cannot believe that you support removing the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to implement water quality guidance for mountaintop removal sites (as demonstrated by your vote in roll call #129, supporting amendment #109 to H.R.1). I cannot believe that you support removing the EPA’s authority to protect citizens and residents [...] I think I’ve mentioned before that one of the things I love about living in Utah is the absolutely amazing sunsets we get at times … below are a couple of images of tonight’s sunset, as seen from the roof of my building in Holladay. Sunset over Holladay, Utah 8/1/2010 Sunset over Holladay, [...] Much smaller than the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but to residents of Salt Lake City, it helps bring the problem home. Hopefully Chevron is much more proactive about addressing the problems here than British Petroleum has been in the Gulf. A leak from an underground oil pipeline may have gone undetected for [...] It’s times like this that I really love living in Utah.
Mt. Olympus, as seen from Holladay at sunset
Another view of Mt. Olympus
Sunset over Holladay [...] You know that post from earlier today about the IOC’s idiotic decision to elect Pat McQuaid? Never mind that, this is much worse. Pull out of climate coalition, panel urges Herbert Gov. Gary Herbert would be asked to pull Utah out of the Western Climate Initiative under a resolution passed Friday by a House panel [...] Look … I like winter; I might even go so far as to say that I love winter. However, this is way too fucking cold for December, and for as little snow that we have on the ground in the mountains right now … neither of which is really conducive to outdoor recreational activity. [...] … I think he’s doing the right thing, here: Chaffetz won’t earmark road funds, gives state cash – Salt Lake Tribune Washington » Rep. Jason Chaffetz plans to punt about $15 million to the Utah Department of Transportation instead of earmarking it himself, saying merit — not politics — should determine what roads get built [...] I just hope they got the rest of the state right … I’d hate to find out that I really live in Wyoming; or worse … like Idaho. Deseret News | Four Corners marker 21/2 miles off? Too late The Four Corners, a famous and popular tourist spot in the American Southwest, is and isn’t [...] I have published downloadable or iCal subscribe-able calendars of all the Utah cycling events I’ve been able to find, and plan to keep it updated as more events are scheduled. Utah Cycling Association (UCA) Races: Subscribe | Download (.ics) Intermountain Cup (MTB) Races: Subscribe | Download (.ics) Utah Cyclocross Series: Subscribe | Download (.ics) Full [...] |
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