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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
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Talking Points Memo: "Rudy Giuliani is set to address a National Rifle Association convention this Friday as part of his campaign for the GOP nomination -- but a rival campaign has now sent us a video of Giuliani in a 1995 interview with Charlie Rose in which he repeatedly lambasted the NRA, even suggesting that it's made up of 'extremists.'"
Palm Beach Post: "Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson met with Florida Gov. Charlie Crist in Tallahassee this morning and said he wouldn't rule out drilling for oil in the Everglades."
Thanks to Oliver Willis for the link.
Political Wire: "In a new Rasmussen poll of New Hampshire Democratic primary voters, Sen. Hillary Clinton has opened a commanding 23-point lead over her rivals. The poll shows Clinton with 40% support, Obama with only 17%, and Edwards with 14%. Bill Richardson scores in double digits for the first time with 11% support."
"2008 pres"
6:16:00 PM 
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Josh Marshall: "Turns out the Pentagon's newly released numbers on civilian casualties in Iraq contradict the numbers Gen. Petraeus was hawking just last week."
Don Surber: "Morale is high in Iraq."
"2008 pres"
6:14:23 PM
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NYT: "In the coming days and months, the wonk set -- on the right and the left (and, in fact in all places in between) -- as well as politicians -- will be parsing the details and scouring for the unmentioned potential pitfalls in Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's just-released health care plan. Early estimates are that it would cost $110 billion. And if anyone fails to pick apart the financials, as they should, that would be a surprise. Democrats talk about using the expiration, or the repeal, of the Bush administration's tax cuts on the higher-end income levels, as well as trying to score savings through preventative care, to pay for the latest definition of universal health care.
Be sure to read the whole article. Thanks to Ed Cone for the link.
"2008 pres"
6:31:41 AM
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Here's a background piece on Powertech's proposed uranium mining operation in Weld County, from The Loveland Reporter-Herald. From the article:
Company officials say if all the uranium is mined from the Centennial Project site, it would be enough fuel to serve the residential power needs of a city the size of Fort Collins for 150 years -- with no carbon emissions. "One pellet of uranium on the tip of your finger is equivalent to a ton of coal," said Richard Blubaugh, Powertech vice president of health, safety and environmental resources. "It really does make good sense." But [Robin Davis] wasn't convinced. So the 4-H leader, animal lover and renewable-energy advocate decided to fight what she worried would become a radioactive nightmare on her land and in the community's water supplies. "After I did my research, I said, 'Oh, we can't let this happen,'" Davis said...
Increasingly, mining companies, including Powertech, are choosing to extract uranium using a more modern, easier-on-the-land method called in-situ leaching. With conventional mining, workers remove rock from the ground, break it up and treat it to remove the uranium. But with in-situ leaching, crews can remove the uranium with far less ground disturbance. In-situ leaching involves pumping treated water into the uranium-laced deposits, which dissolves the mineral so the uranium can be pumped to the surface. The solution is then shipped to a processing plant to remove the uranium from the water. From there, the water is cleaned and returned to the area. But opponents say that's the problem: Pumping water back into the ground may contaminate water supplies with radioactive waste and loosen other minerals that may taint the water. None of the other 20-plus active uranium mines in Colorado extracts uranium with the in-situ leaching process, said Ron Cattany, director of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. Most uranium mines with active permits are in Montrose and San Miguel counties on the Western Slope, and all active ones are in compliance with their permits, Cattany said. Though there are no in-situ mines in the state, Cattany said Powertech would have to go through a rigorous permitting process to ensure its mines are safe and will not contaminate water supplies. "At this point, we feel pretty confident in the regulatory structure that's in place," Cattany said.
Thanks to Nonpoint Source Colorado for the link. More Coyote Gulch coverage here.
"2008 pres"
6:07:00 AM
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