Hosts: Darren Weeks, Nancy Levant
Bird Flu is back with outbreaks in Iowa and Minnesota. New incident brewing in Oregon between the American people and the Bureau of Land Management. Will these clashes become more frequent? Is this a sign that the American people are getting fed up with the bullies? Organization of American States recently held a meeting in South America on hemispheric cooperation on police training, police management, social transformations, and community policing. Wood stoves are under fire. We discuss carbon sequestration and the future of gardening. Duke University has a new study on Global Warming. The USDA has a new "climate mitigation" plan. Obama has a new push for Fast Track Authority and so-called "Free-Trade" agreements. We lay out some details from the investment chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership with an emphasis on international tribunals and schemes which are connected with the World Bank.
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3rd bird flu outbreak hits 34,000 Iowa turkeys
ACTUALITY: BIRD FLU MINNESOTA (from link above)
Oregon mine that summoned armed guards in land dispute files appeal
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/23/us-usa-miners-oregon-idUSKBN0NE16020150423
Tension Between BLM and Mining Operation, Oath Keepers Set Up Camp
http://www.kdrv.com/news/Mining_Operation_Standoff_Begins.html
ACTUALITY: BLM OATH KEEPERS
Armed Oregon protesters gather at Bureau of Land Management office over mine dispute, report says
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/04/24/armed-oregon-protesters-gather-at-bureau-land-management-office-over-mine/
Proposed Public Land Transfer Denounced by Recreation Businesses
http://www.westernslopenow.com/story/d/story/public-lands-business-denounce-state-transfer/13516/RJEirK0vx0aqQtPyOTrYqg
ACTUALITY: CO BIZ SUPPORT BLM
Alaska Miners Dispute Claim That ‘Much’ Of Alaska’s Federal Lands Are Open To Mining
http://www.alaskapublic.org/2015/04/23/alaska-miners-dispute-claim-that-much-of-alaskas-federal-lands-are-open-to-mining/
Our climate models are WRONG: Global warming has slowed - and recent changes are down to ‘natural variability’, says study
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3052926/Our-climate-models-WRONG-Global-warming-slowed-recent-changes-natural-variability-says-study.html
Global March Against Chemtrails and Geoengineering
http://www.globalmarchagainstchemtrailsandgeoengineering.com/
USDA lays out broad climate change mitigation plan
http://farmfutures.com/story-usda-lays-broad-climate-change-mitigation-plan-0-126804-spx_1
Feds plan to improve resilience of four regions around US to impacts from climate change
http://www.fiercehomelandsecurity.com/story/feds-plan-improve-resilience-four-regions-around-us-impacts-climate-change/2015-04-23
Bonfire of Insanities: Solar Panels Start Fire at Green Party-Run Hove Town Hall
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/04/21/bonfire-of-insanity-solar-panels-start-fire-at-green-party-run-hove-town-hall/
Bay Area Air Quality Management District Seeking to Ban Wood-Burning Fireplaces
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Bay-Area-Air-Quality-Management-District-Seeking-to-Ban-Wood-Burning-Fireplaces-297244071.html
Air regulators ban "visible chimney smoke" from woodstoves in Eugene area
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/01/air_regulators_ban_visible_chi.html
Utah: Proposed wood burning ban sparks controversy
http://www.standard.net/Environment/2015/01/18/Proposed-wood-burning-ban-fuels-controversy.html
New Jersey privatizes its water in the worst way possible
http://americablog.com/2015/03/new-jersey-privatize-water.html
Texas introduces statewide “marketing and conveyance grid” water bill
http://farmandranchfreedom.org/texas-water-alert/
Colorado House votes to end unique ban on rain barrels
http://www.krdo.com/news/Colorado-House-votes-to-end-unique-ban-on-rain-barrels/31964942
China to quadruple ocean desalination for fresh water by 2020
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-09/china-embraces-desalination-to-ease-water-shortages
Heinrich proposes feds have final say over power lines
http://www.abqjournal.com/574319/news/heinrich-proposes-feds-have-final-say-on-transmission-lines.html
52 Congress members sign letter warning of GMOs killing monarch butterflies
http://www.naturalnews.com/049067_monarch_butterflies_GMOs_Congress.html
W.H.O. Report Links Ingredient in Roundup to Cancer
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/21/business/who-report-links-ingredient-in-roundup-to-cancer.html
Next-generation GMOs: Pink pineapples and purple tomatoes
http://www.myfoxny.com/story/28691965/next-generation-gmos-pink-pineapples-and-purple-tomatoes
GMO labeling bill filed in Texas
http://farmandranchfreedom.org/gmo-labeling-bill-filed-in-texas/
GMO labeling bill stalls amid interagency, committee tussle
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060017117
Students rip school lunches: #ThanksMichelleObama ‘for screwing us out of a good meal’
http://eagnews.org/students-rip-school-lunches-thanksmichelleobama-for-screwing-us-out-of-a-good-meal/
Unemployment numbers
http://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf
Starbucks: Registers down at many US, Canada stores; shops stay open
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102619639
House panel passes fast track trade bill
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/24/us-usa-trade-idUSKBN0NE2W820150424
Establishment GOP Plots to Empower Obama on “Progressive” Trade
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/20684-establishment-gop-plots-to-empower-obama-on-progressive-trade
Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) - Investment Chapter
https://wikileaks.org/tpp-investment/WikiLeaks-TPP-Investment-Chapter/page-1.html#
Lori Wallach of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch
http://www.c-span.org/video/?325414-4/washington-journal-lori-wallach-transpacific-partnership-trade-deal
Wikipedia — Investor-state dispute settlement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investor-state_dispute_settlement
Leak of Secret Trade Doc Reveals Sovereignty-destroying Courts
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/20563-leak-of-secret-trade-document-reveals-sovereignty-destroying-courts