Friday, September 7, 2007

? for President? From The Denver Post, "Colorado GOP chairman Dick Wadhams on Thursday officially moved up the party's caucus date from March 18 to Tuesday, Feb. 5. Republicans will also hold a presidential-preference poll on that day, although it is nonbinding on the delegates going to to the Republican National Convention next summer. Six weeks ago, state Democrats moved up their caucuses to Feb. 5. Colorado is now one of more than 20 states holding, or planning to hold, their presidential caucuses or primaries on that date." "2008 pres" 7:07:44 AM

GAO report on climate change The GAO delivered a report on climate change on Thursday according to Reuters. From the article: More beetles and fewer spruce trees in Alaska, whiter coral and fewer scuba-divers in Florida and more wildfires in Arizona already show the impact of climate change on U.S. lands and waters, a congressional watchdog agency reported on Thursday. But the federal agencies that manage over 600 million acres of federal land -- nearly 30 percent of the land area of the United States -- and more than 150,000 square miles of protected waters have little guidance on how to deal with the effects of global warming, the Government Accountability Office said... "Undertaking activities that address the effects of climate change is currently not a priority" for the five U.S. agencies that manage this territory, the report by the nonpartisan investigative arm of Congress said. These agencies are the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Interior Department, which includes three of the five agencies, ordered them in 2001 to analyze potential climate change effects on U.S.-managed lands, but has not yet provided direction to managers on how to plan for climate change, the report said. Resource managers at the other two agencies echoed that sentiment, according to the report... The Agriculture, Commerce and Interior departments all generally agreed with the report's recommendation to develop clear plans for resource managers at the five agencies, the report said. "2008 pres" 7:00:31 AM

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