Tree-Hugger News: Obama Signs Public Lands Omnibus Act

[rattlesnakeroot]

The news was depressing yesterday about the car companies in Michigan and the stock market heading downward again. I have no idea what is going to happen next.

But there was actually a huge piece of good news yesterday for tree huggers like me.

Obama signed the Public Lands Omnibus Act with is going to protect 2 Million acres of wilderness, and

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[lemon_ashwinder]

So many challenges and bad news lately, but this made me very happy!

[rattlesnakeroot]

Oh good - this news really got overshadowed yesterday, so I figured alot of people hadn't heard about it.

Here's something I just saw on Snitchseeker - JKR is having dinner with the Obamas tonight in London at the G-20 Conference.

Times Online

It is among the trickiest of decisions for any hostess. But when Sarah Brown was deciding who to put next to Michelle Obama at tonight’s dinner for summit spouses in 10 Downing Street, she had years of experience in public relations to draw on

[lemon_ashwinder]

Ahh… Hmm…

[rattlesnakeroot]

What will they talk about, I wonder? Michelle Obama used to be an attorney - they can compare notes on copyright cases, haha.

Or she will ask Michelle if she ever had a wardrobe malfunction.

[lemon_ashwinder]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[aredwitch]

It is great to see more parks being preserved if not for us then for the species that need those areas to survive.
It would be nice to see good paying manufacturing jobs survive too. :-( Let's keep our fingers crossed.