Ted Williams's Blog Archive May, 2012

Conservation Hawks Condemn Heartland Institute

Heartland Institute advertising “experiment” compares Americans who accept the reality of climate change with “murderers, tyrants and madmen.”

BIGFORK, Mont. – Conservation Hawks, Inc., a group of hunters and anglers working to defend America’s sporting heritage, has released the following statement:
The Heartland Institute recently compared Americans who accept the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change to the Unabomber, and to mass murderers Charles Manson and Osama bin Laden. According to the Washington Post, “A stark mug shot of domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski briefly took center stage in the increasingly ugly debate over climate change Friday as the Heartland Institute, a libertarian think tank funded by major corporations, launched a billboard campaign equating people convinced that global warming is real to the convicted killer."

Hagan and Burr run over sea turtles, rare birds, pedestrians, and tourism to unleash ORVs in Cape Hatteras National Seashore

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.— U.S. Senators Hagan (D-NC) and Burr (R-NC) yesterday introduced a bill to overturn the National Park Service plan to manage beach driving within Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The following is a statement from National Audubon Society, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Southern Environmental Law Center: