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Thursday, October 27
Exxon Mobil Posts Highest Profit In Company History
by
Chad Thompson
on Thu 27 Oct 2005 12:34 PM CDT
 Exxon Mobil Posts Highest Profit In Company History
Good Grief.
Exxon
Mobil Corp., the world's largest publicly traded oil company, on
Thursday said quarterly profit surged 75 percent to nearly $10 billion,
raking in a bonanza from record oil prices.
The
profit was the highest in the company's history, surpassing the record
it set in the 2004 fourth quarter. Revenue jumped 32 percent to just
over $100 billion.
For some reason, the standard "supply and demand" argument seems to wear a little thin.
Something to note: the big reason for higher gas prices lately
has been "lack of refining capacity", to the point of the Bush
administration wants to make refinery construction "easier":
"It
ought to be clear to everybody that this country needs to build more
refining capacity to be able to deal with the issues of tight supply,"
Bush said at a White House news conference. He pledged to support
legislation aimed at making it easier to expand refineries and build
new ones
Despite all of this supposed red tape - the cost of building a new refinery in Gary, Ind. clocked in at a profit-busting $100 million:
The
total construction cost of a refinery with a production capacity of
200,000 bbl/day in Gary, Indiana, completed in 2001 was $100 million.
It is proposed that a similar refinery with a production capacity of
300,000 bbl/day be built in Los Angeles, California, for completion in
2003. For the additional information given below, make an order of
magnitude estimate of the cost of the proposed plant.
So - for the "reasons" given for this high price crunch - can someone
do the math for me? What is $10 Billion minus $100 million?
Sunday, October 23
HOGS, HOGS, HOGS AGAIN
by
Molly Regan
on Sun 23 Oct 2005 11:00 AM CDT
 Hogs, Hogs, Hogs Again
A
public health emergency needs to be issued for the state of Iowa.
Industrial-strength hog lot confinements are getting a strangle hold on
our air.
If you live in one of the medium to large cities in IOWA and step
outside one snowy morning and are slapped in the face with the stench
of HYDROGEN SULFIDE or AMMONIA, it's too late for you. The time
will have passed for you to do anything. So get educated now
because the request for new and expanding hog confinements is exploding.
According to a September 19th article by Perry Beeman of the Des Moines
Register, "Construction permits for new livestock operations through
August - 137 - already were up 59 percent over last year's
record. For the third straight year, IOWA - the nation's top hog
producer - has issued a record number of permits for new livestock
operations, MOST OF THEM CONFINEMENTS FOR MORE THAN 2,500 HOGS."….
"…'People need to be greatly vigilant about what is going on in their
neighborhoods,' said Hugh Espey of IOWA Citizens for Community
Improvement, which opposes large-scale hog confinements. 'We
think IOWA has too many factory farms as it is. There are bound
to be problems.'"
"The risks are documented. Studies by the University of IOWA, the
University of North Carolina, Duke University, the state of Utah and
others have associated hog confinements with neighbors' complaints of
nausea, respiratory problems, headaches, depression and diarrhea.
The University of IOWA estimated HOG CONFINEMENTS EMIT MORE THAN 100
CHEMICALS AND COMPOUNDS, INCLUDING HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND AMMONIA.
"Manure applied as fertilizer to crop fields sometimes runs into
streams, killing fish, and into lakes, which is one reason state park
swimming areas are unsafe at times.
"Espey's group successfully pushed for tighter controls on hog
operations, but IT STILL IS PUSHING FOR A MORATORIUM ON CONSTRUCTION.
The group also wants the state to give local authorities control over
the construction. As it is, county boards of supervisors can only
ask for a state hearing and rate confinement proposals on a state
checklist intended to promote operations that pollute less and cause
fewer area disruptions…."
For the entire article go to www.desmoinesregister.com
We must all honestly take a look at what we do to contribute to the big
demand for pork. Have you asked at a restaurant if the meat they
serve is free range or confined? Do you think the average server
knows or cares? So, ask next time and ask at the grocery
store. Find restaurants that use local growers. Then also
watch the IOWA Department of Natural Resources website www.iowadnr.com
or call their office to see whether anyone has requested an animal
confinement construction permit recently in your area.
Just a reminder: CRP - CONSERVE/RECYCLE/PARTICIPATE
Sunday, October 16
Iowa Native ALDO LEOPOLD'S Legacy to be Honored
by
Molly Regan
on Sun 16 Oct 2005 11:00 AM CDT
 Iowa Native ALDO LEOPOLD'S Legacy to be Honored
Members of a newly-formed heritage group from ALDO LEOPOLD'S
hometown of Burlington are bringing a noted Leopold scholar to their community as
part of a season-long celebration of their native son's legacy.
On TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, Leopold biographer CURT MEINE will speak at a
town meeting in BURLINGTON. It will start at 7:30 PM, 321
N 5th STREET at the FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The event is
hosted by the Des Moines County Historical Society. This is
designed to raise awareness of LEOPOLD'S IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENTAL
PHILOSOPHY AND HIS BURLINGTON ROOTS.
The organization, known as the Leopold Heritage Group, has obtained
grants from the Rand Lecture Trust-Burlington and Humanities Iowa to
help fund the activities, with additional support from the Burlington
Community Schools and the Des Moines County Conservation Foundation.
Copies of Leopold's landmark book of essays, "A SAND COUNTY ALMANAC,"
are being provided by the LEOPOLD CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AT
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY IN AMES, Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever.
Meine is director of conservation programs at the Wisconsin Academy of
Sciences, Arts and Letters in Madison. He is author of the biography
Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work (1988) and co-editor with Richard L.
Knight of The Essential Aldo Leopold: Quotations and Commentaries
(1999). Meine also is a research associate with the International Crane
Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin, and founder/member of the Sauk
Prairie Conservation Alliance in Sauk County, Wisconsin.
Jerry Rigdon, co-facilitator of the Leopold Heritage Group with his
wife, Lois, said retired University of Iowa English professor Bob Sayre
approached him nearly a year ago, suggesting that they do something in
Burlington to honor Leopold and acknowledge how important his
philosophy regarding our interaction with nature remains today. Both
Rigdon and Sayre have noted that LEOPOLD IS REVERED BY NATURALISTS,
ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND ECOLOGISTS WORLDWIDE, yet has received very
little formal recognition in the town where he grew up and the state in
which he was born.
For more information about other events or the Leopold Heritage Group,
contact the Rigdons at (319) 753-2661, or by e-mail at
ledgerguy@lisco.com.
Following is an excerpt from the 'October/Red Lanterns' section of "A Sand County Almanac":
"One way to hunt partridge is to make a plan, based on logic and
probabilities, of the terrain to be hunted. This will take you
over the ground where the birds ought to be.
"Another way is to wander, quite aimlessly, from one red lantern to
another. This will likely take you where the birds actually
are. The lanterns are blackberry leaves, red in October sun.
"Red lanterns have lighted my way on many a pleasant hunt in many a
region, but I think that blackberries must first have learned how to
glow in the sand counties of central Wisconsin. Along the little
boggy streams of these friendly wastes, called poor by those whose own
lights barely flicker, the blackberries burn richly red on every sunny
day from first frost to the last day of the season. Every
woodcock and every partridge has his private solarium under these
briars. Most hunters, not knowing this, wear themselves out in
the briarless scrub, and, returning home birdless, leave the rest of us
in peace.
"By 'us' I mean the birds, the stream, the dog, and myself. The
stream is a lazy one; he winds through the alders as if he would rather
stay here than reach the river. So would I. Everyone of his
hairpin hesitations means that much more streambank where hillside
briars adjoin dank beds of frozen ferns and jewelweeds on the boggy
bottom. No partridge can long absent himself from such a place,
nor can I. Partridge hunting, then, is a creekside stroll,
upwind, from one briar patch to another.… Almost anything can happen
between one red lantern and another."
From "A Sand County Almanac" by Aldo Leopold, (1949) by Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, NY
Please Give It A Read…And also, remember to CPR…CONSERVE/PARTICIPATE/RECYCLE
Friday, October 14
Nuclear Funding Accountability
by
Caroline Vernon
on Fri 14 Oct 2005 04:00 PM CDT
 Nuclear Funding Accountability
Excerpts from nirs.org
At a time when Congress is threatening to cut off hundreds of thousands
of individuals from their life-lines by making drastic cuts to Medicaid
in order to reduce the deficit, here is an opportunity to eliminate
some of the pork from the DOE’s Fiscal Year 2006 budget.
The Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) has evaluated and
identified seven nuclear weapons and three nuclear energy programs in
next year’s budget that are wasteful and warrant cutbacks or
elimination of the programs entirely. Proposed cuts would result in
immediate savings of over $1.8 billion. Billions more could be cut from
the DOE’s budget over the next five years and much of the savings could
be applied toward addressing the environmental and potential health
effects which result from nuclear weapons production.
It comes as no surprise that I have heard little to nothing about these
proposed nuclear weapons programs within the mainstream media.
Evidently, our fourth estate has decided that this same issue that
permeated our airwaves throughout the 60's and 70's and which
threatened not only our national security but our global security, is
no longer newsworthy enough to share with the American people.
We
still haven’t cleaned up many of the Superfund sites which this
Congress has neglected to fully fund, and yet the DOE wants to pile a
new mess on top of an old one, but this is one mess you can’t continue
to just sweep under the rug.
Congress
could save taxpayers nearly a billion dollars by simply agreeing to
cuts already made in the House and Senate versions of the FY 2006
Energy & Water spending bill (H.R. 2419). The Chairmen of the
Conference Committee have the most power over what cuts or increases
survive in the final bill. Call your legislators and urge them to tell
the Chairmen to accept the House and Senate funding cuts to nuclear
weapons and energy programs while preserving the House increases to
environmental cleanup and nuclear warhead dismantlement.
TIMING: Valid for the month of October, 2005.
Differences between the House and Senate versions of the Energy &
Water spending bill must be worked out by a joint House-Senate
Conference Committee. With the deficit over $330 billion, it is
imperative that Congress approve the $1 billion in cuts to nuclear
weapons and energy programs that were adopted earlier this year.
Budget cuts that we support include:
* $85 million for the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative, a dangerous and expensive return to REPROCESSING nuclear waste.
* $74 million from the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository;
* $303 million for plutonium fuel fabrication (MOX), a commercial reactor fuel;
* $7.6 million for a new plutonium bomb plant to mass-produce nuclear bomb triggers;
* $4 million for research into a nuclear bunker buster that has the
potential of a million casualties but would be unable to penetrate many
of the deepest targets;
* $25 million to increase the readiness to resume underground nuclear testing;
* $146 million for constructing the National Ignition Facility for nuclear weapons research;
Budget increases we support include:
* $115 million to dismantle nuclear warheads as pledged by the President following the Moscow Treaty;
* $190 million to the environmental cleanup budget for sites to adhere
to legal obligations for cleanup of contamination from U.S. nuclear
weapons production.
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, (202) 544-0217
You can also send a letter to your members of congress by going to the following links:
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation has posted the alert on Capwiz (which has already generated over 1,000 messages) at: http://capwiz.com/wagingpeace/mail/oneclick_compose/?alertid=8067771
Working Assets has posted a similar alert on its Act for Change site (which has already generated over 11,650 messages) at http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?itemid=19499
A postcard version of the alert is attached, which can be copied, cut
and distributed at local events. The alert is posted online at http://www.ananuclear.org/action.html
See ANA’s radioactive pork report at http://www.ananuclear.org/topten2005.html
See sign-on letter from 44 national and local groups to Energy & Water Conferees at http://ananuclear.org/E%26Wletteroct305.html
This Alert originated with:
Jim Bridgman, Program Director
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
322 4th Street, NE, WDC, 20002
202-544-0217 x3
FAX: 202-544-6143
jcbridgman@earthlink.net
www.ananuclear.org
Sunday, October 9
HOGS, HOGS, HOGS ON THE RADIO
by
Molly Regan
on Sun 09 Oct 2005 11:13 AM CDT
 HOGS, HOGS, HOGS ON THE RADIO
Normally an IOWA-based radio program about hogs mentions the words
commodity, pork bellies, or futures at least once. The one this
morning on 1270 AM-WKBF did not. The program "Conversation With Cathy
And Karl" is broadcast on our local Air America affiliate. It was
sent out over the airwaves from 9-9:30 AM this sunny but cool October
morning. Those listening in the Quad-Cities area and for those up
to 70 miles away, this is local, progressive, discussion radio at its
best. We here in eastern IOWA and those in western Illinois can
pickup the signal.
This particular program heard Cathy Bolcom and Karl Rhomberg interview
me about HOG CONFINEMENTS IN IOWA AND THE MASTER MATRIX. I talked
about the problems stemming from too many pigs being raised in too
small an area. HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND AMMONIA as well as
ANTIBIOTICS and ASTHMA IN CHILDREN were all part of the program.
NERVOUS SYSTEM AND/OR BRAIN DAMAGE OR DEATH can result with even short
exposure to strong doses of hydrogen sulfide or ammonia. Many of
you who visit this web site have read the articles I've previously
written about this issue so are already aware of these things. By
hopefully stressing the HEALTH perspective as well as the SOCIAL,
CULTURAL, and ECONOMIC aspects of what hog confinements represent we'll
bring this topic back to continued public discussion.
Before the IOWA and Illinois legislatures convene again, I hope to have an open forum on this matter.
To see what has happened in counties west of Eastern IOWA is crucial in
understanding the life of a confined hog. No longer is this just
about a person trying to make a living at what they love to do; this
first and foremost must be considered a HEALTH ISSUE. THE DAMAGE
TO OUR HEALTH, ESPECIALLY TO CHILDREN'S HEALTH, CAN BE AVOIDED if
confinements do not increase.
It is also about the AGRICULTURE /INDUSTRIAL /CORPORATE
COMPLEX. Do we want our state to become a place where our health,
air, and water are decimated to feed those in other states and around
the world? This is my main question. After hearing Scott
County Board of Supervisor Chairman Larry Minard's final remarks on
July 28th, it appears there is lack of concern for the majority of
those living in our county. He said we live in a global economy
and for economic reasons the Thomas Dittmer hog lot expansion was
approved. All 5 supervisors voted in favor: 2 Democrats, 3
Republicans.
On the radio program today, Karl called this a "sham" referring to the
fact that no matter how the local board of supervisors votes, the final
say for permit approval or denial rests with the IDNR (IOWA Department
of Natural Resources). But at least since the board has opted the
past 3 years to be part of the permit process, public input is received
for 30 days after the construction permit request is received by the
IDNR.
Those near Reynolds, Illinois, who I mentioned last week, are
apprehensive about their chances to stop the confinement near their
town of 550 (I had too many people listed previously, sorry). On
Thursday, September 29th, many of the 12 who are suing the farmer Jim
O'Leary appeared in the Rock Island County courthouse. It was the
first hearing regarding a request for a TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
that would put a halt to the construction of the confinement
buildings. But since there are no pigs on the site yet, the judge
deemed there was no emergency situation.
On Monday, November 7th, the group and their lawyer will be back in
court this time asking for a temporary INJUNCTION. More to come
later.
BLACK ELK, GREAT OGLALA SIOUX LEADER WOULD SAY WE DISHONOR THE EARTH.
SAINT FRANCIS WOULD TELL US WE NEED TO BE MORE KIND TO ANIMALS.
JOHN DENVER WOULD BE APPALLED.
GEORGE HARRISON WOULD SEE THE INJUSTICE.
BELLA ABZUG WOULD TAKE THEM TO COURT.
In your busy week, don't forget to CPR...CONSERVE/PARTICIPATE/RECYCLE
Tuesday, October 4
A Flood of Fraud
by
Caroline Vernon
on Tue 04 Oct 2005 04:00 PM CDT
 A FLOOD OF FRAUD
By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman
Russell Mokhiber is editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Corporate Crime\Reporter, http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com. Robert
Weissman is editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Multinational Monitor,
http://www.multinationalmonitor.org, and on the steering committee of
the Center for Corporate Policy. Mokhiber and Weissman are co-authors
of On the Rampage: Corporate Predators and the Destruction of Democracy
(Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press).
As
you read this article, bear in mind that the bird-brain in charge has
issued a suspension of the Davis-Bacon Act, effectively allowing these
corporate scavengers to increase their profits at the expense of the
workers, once again. Oh yeah, let’s not forget the fact that FEMA wants
to reimburse faith-based organizations for their "charitable
contributions" in assisting both the victims of Katrina and Rita. Gee,
I wonder how much they’ll be profiting from God’s wrath. But hey, it’s
all good right? Just don’t let those lowly workers take unfair
advantage of the government by reaping the fruits of their labor,
unless the fruit is rotten of course... I mean, so what if many of
those workers are also victims of the hurricanes and will need to find
some means of rebuilding their livelihood? After all, they’ve already
lost everything they’ve ever owned, so what the heck, what’s a few more
dollars an hour, right? They should be getting used to it by now, don’t
you think?
There's no question that post-hurricane relief and reconstruction in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast are going to pose many genuinely difficult challenges.
But some things seem pretty simple.
For example, it's a dumb idea to have cruise ships house evacuees and then pay the cruise lines as four times what they would charge vacationers.
As it happens, however, that's exactly what the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is doing. An investigation by Senators Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma, and Barack Obama, D-Illinois, found that what should
have been a short-term FEMA emergency deal is turning into a six-month boondoggle. FEMA has contracted with Carnival Cruise Lines, to the tune of $192 million, to house hurricane evacuees on three cruise ships.
The result, according to the senators: "Taxpayers are paying, per evacuee, four times the amount a vacation cruise passenger would have to pay. Three Carnival ships are only half full and mostly occupied by relief workers. Carnival's overhead costs in the FEMA operation are far
lower than during normal cruises. The Carnival ships are docked. No fuel is being used and no entertainment is being provided to the relief workers. Yet, taxpayers are paying $2,550 per guest per week, which is four times the cost of a $599 per person '7 Day Western Caribbean' Cruise from Galveston, Texas."
Another thing that seems straightforward: the government should not be contracting with companies that have made a habit of ripping it off, or engaging in illegal and irresponsible activities. (That happens to be existing U.S. law, which stipulates that the government should contractonly with "responsible prospective contractors.")
There are many companies that one might reasonably argue fail this test, but it would be hard to identify a corporation that fails it more miserably than Halliburton.
Noting this, 19 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus last week wrote to President Bush, urging that Halliburton be "suspended from any hurricane damage assessment and reconstruction contracts until the many ongoing investigations into the company are completed."
The abridged version of Halliburton's wrongdoing cited in the
Progressive Caucus letter includes:
* Bribery. Halliburton has admitted that its KBR subsidiary "may" have bribed the government of Nigeria for the purpose of winning a multi-billion dollar construction contract.
* Bid-rigging on foreign projects. The Justice Department has initiated a criminal inquiry into Halliburton for bid-rigging in connection with the company's work on foreign construction projects.
* An epidemic of fraud and waste in Iraq: The company has allegedly charged taxpayers $45 for a pack of soda. The inspector general for the U.S. Coalition Provisional Authority found Halliburton charged the government $2.85 million for hotel costs in Kuwait even though cheaper housing arrangements were available. A defense audit agency says the company overcharged for fuel by more than $200 million, and jacked up the price of meals served to troops. (Is it really the case that the army can't feed itself?)
To read the rest of the article click here:
Sunday, October 2
MORE HOGS, HOGS, HOGS
by
Molly Regan
on Sun 02 Oct 2005 11:00 AM CDT
 HOG CONFINEMENT PUBLIC DISCUSSION IN REYNOLDS, ILLINOIS
Monday, September 26th, 2005 saw more than 150 people gather at 6:30pm
in the Reynolds, IL American Legion hall to gather information about
HOG CONFINEMENTS.
For those unfamiliar, a CONENTRATED ANIMAL CONFINEMENT OPERATION
(CAFO) is a building or location which houses hogs, chickens, turkeys,
cattle or other animals in close quarters for possible high money
return for the farmer and the corporation with which they may have a
contract. See www.farmweb.org
In Reynolds, IL, the public meeting is one of similar gatherings going
on all across the country in states whose citizens come to obtain
information on this complex issue.
Jim O'Leary is constructing a hog confinement building or buildings
approximately 1¼ miles east of this town of about 750
residents. The meeting was hosted by
ConfinementFamilies Against Animal Threats (FAACT). One of the two guest speakers was
KAREN HUDSON, a farmer from Peoria County, IL. Her family farm is
close to a SMITHFIELD hog factory in Knox County. Smithfield is a
Virginia-based company.
Karen was appointed to the IL House/Senate Joint Livestock Committee in
1997. She is president of F AMILIES AGAINST RURAL MESSES (FARM)
which organized in the fall of 1996. She is also a board member
of the IL Stewardship Alliance and a consultant for the GRACE Factory
Farm Project. Karen stressed she eats meat and has a freezer full
of beef and chicken and knows the families that raise these animals
SUSTAINABLY.
Ms. Hudson described that she became active in educating others when a
huge hog confinement came to her county. THE LAGOON WHICH COVERED MORE
THAN 8 ACRES AND HELD THE HOGS' WASTE WAS BEING PUMPED INTO DRY AREAS
OF LAND. WASTE WAS FLOWING INTO A LAKE. THE LAGOON WAS
SANDBAGGED BECAUSE IT HAD GOTTEN SO FULL.
THE MANAGER OF THIS FACILITY ENDED UP PUMPING BETWEEN 2,000,000 AND 10,000,000 GALLONS OF THIS SEWAGE ON TO THE LAND.
Neighbors complained of awful smells (HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND AMMONIA
mostly) and increased illnesses. The IL Attorney General had to
step in. The manager was cited by the state and faces nearly
$50,000 a day fines and possible jail time.
THE HEALTH RISKS are the main concern of many people who do not wish to
see this facility completed. NOISE is also a concern of
others. Neighbors of another facility also owned by Mr. O'Leary
have complained of the awful NOISE coming from the squealing, screaming
hogs.
According to information in "Facing The Facts, Reasons For Concerns"
compiled by FAACT, "We have heard that the water table in our area has
already been dropping one foot per year. We have also been
told that this (proposed) confinement will use approximately 5000
gallons of water per day. Keep in mind that the extra use will
affect not only those living next to this facility, but the entire town
of Reynolds as well…."
"An IOWA study evaluated the health of 18 neighbors living within a two
mile radius of a hog confinement. The neighbors reported health
problems similar to those of confinement workers. Symptoms
reported were bronchitis, coughing, chest tightness, shortness of
breath, wheezing, nausea, weakness, dizziness, and fainting. Many
confinement workers have died after being overcome by hydrogen sulfide
fumes while working in or around manure holding tanks."
Large ventilation fans pump the hydrogen sulfide and ammonia and other
gases out the buildings ending up in the atmosphere outside.
Brain damage and central nervous system damage can result. THE
MOST SUSCEPTIBLE ARE THE CHILDREN.
The FAACT brochure also states, " In 1995, Julie Jansen, who operated a
day care center in Minnesota, was advised to take the children away
from the home after they were suffering from nausea, diarrhea,
headaches and other symptoms of hydrogen sulfide poisoning. Hog
factories, more than a mile from her home, were contaminating the air."
"Confinements of this size are truly INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS PRODUCING AS
MUCH OR MORE WASTE THAN ENTIRE TOWNS. HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT
SUBJECT TO INDUSTRIAL LAWS OR REGULATIONS. They only have to
follow the agriculture laws that were originally put in to place to
govern the smaller family farms. Ironically, these large-scale
facilities have made it virtually impossible for the smaller farmers to
compete and HAVE HELPED END THE FARMING CAREERS OF MOST OF THEM."
More on this on-going issue later.
PLEASE, don't forget to CPR: CONSERVE/PARTICIPATE/RECYCLE...especially PARTICIPATE
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