Boxer’s Committee Staffers Are Jumping Ship

With so many key experts jumping ship, one has to wonder what is going on in Senator Boxer’s committee.

Canada: Massive amounts of money to be blown on climate hoax

CALGARY -- The Alberta and federal government have agreed to chip in $865-million to build a commercial carbon capture and storage facility in the heart of Canada's oil patch.

[North Dakota: Double whammy for pheasants: Lack of global warming killed many, while an insane global warming "solution" resulted in less available habitat]

The winter of 2008-2009 was the most severe in the past decade, with significant snowfall and extended cold snaps wholloping the northern regions of the pheasants’ range from November into April. The harsh winter was followed by a generally cold and wet spring, which hindered the nesting and reproduction ability of pheasants in their northern reaches. This double-whammy resulted in winter mortality and decreased reproduction with smaller clutches being recruited into the population, if any hatch occurred at all. However, the inclement weather was not the only factor leading to a reduction in bird numbers this year.

The decrease in pheasant habitat in recent years also set the stage for this season’s lower numbers. With the ethanol boom and the increased demand for corn, farmers in this recession have opted to turn over marginal lands for row-crop production. Areas that were held fallow under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) were recently planted for the first time in many years. As a result, approximately 500,000 acres of wildlife habitat was changed over to farmland and significant areas of pheasant habitat were lost in North Dakota and Minnesota.