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The Texas Tribune: Texas’ Sale of 100 Longhorns Stirs Debate on Breed’s Future

State Representative Charles Anderson has filed a bill to bar Texas Parks and Wildlife from further reducing the Big Bend herd. See the original article here: The Texas Tribune: Texas’ Sale of 100 Longhorns Stirs Debate on Breed’s Future ; ;Related ArticlesGreentech: Squeezing More From EthanolCalifornia Wildfire Drives Thousands From HomesBusiness Briefing | Company News: A Second Nuclear Plant in Turkey Is Approved ;

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The Texas Tribune: Texas’ Sale of 100 Longhorns Stirs Debate on Breed’s Future

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California Wildfire Drives Thousands From Homes

No injuries were reported, but the intensity and early arrival of the season’s first major wildfire in California offered a worrisome indicator of what may be a severe fire season. Read the article: California Wildfire Drives Thousands From Homes ; ;Related ArticlesCalifornia Wildfires May Be Controlled This Weekend, Official SaysGreentech: Squeezing More From EthanolBusiness Briefing | Company News: A Second Nuclear Plant in Turkey Is Approved ;

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California Wildfire Drives Thousands From Homes

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A Cool But Splendid Spring in the Northeast

A short walk on a beautiful spring day. View original:   A Cool But Splendid Spring in the Northeast Related ArticlesStudy Charts 2,000 Years of Continental Climate ChangesSustaining Cities on a Crowding PlanetA Photographer’s Focus Shifts from Suffering to Serenity

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A Cool But Splendid Spring in the Northeast

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Scientists Propose a New Architecture for Sustainable Development

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The Art of Raising a Puppy (Revised Edition) – Monks of New Skete

For more than thirty years the Monks of New Skete have been among America’s most trusted authorities on dog training, canine behavior, and the animal/human bond. In their two now-classic bestsellers, How to be Your Dog’s Best Friend and The Art of Raising a Puppy, the Monks draw on their experience as long-time breeders of German shepherds and as t […]

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World of Warcraft: Dawn of the Aspects: Part II – Richard A. Knaak

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. […]

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The Drunken Botanist – Amy Stewart

Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet? In The Drunken Botanist , Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol ov […]

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World of Warcraft: Dawn of the Aspects: Part III – Richard A. Knaak

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Train Your Dog Positively – Victoria Stilwell

Victoria Stilwell, positive reinforcement dog trainer and star of the hit Animal Planet TV show, It’s Me or the Dog , explains how to use her force-free, scientifically-backed training methods to solve common canine behavior problems. Victoria Stilwell is one of the most well-loved and trusted names in America’s […]

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All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition – Mel Bartholomew

Rapidly increasing in popularity, square foot gardening is the most practical, foolproof way to grow a home garden. That explains why author and gardening innovator Mel Bartholomew has sold more than two million books describing how to become a successful DIY square foot gardener. Now, with the publication of All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition , t […]

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The Honest Life – Jessica Alba

As a new mom, Jessica Alba wanted to create the safest, healthiest environment for her family. But she was frustrated by the lack of trustworthy information on how to live healthier and cleaner—delivered in a way that a busy mom could act on without going to extremes. In 2012, with serial entrepreneur Brian Lee and environmental advocate Christopher Gavigan, […]

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World of Warcraft: Dawn of the Aspects: Part I – Richard A. Knaak

THE AGE OF DRAGONS IS OVER. Uncertainty plagues Azeroth’s ancient guardians as they struggle to find a new purpose. This dilemma has hit Kalecgos, youngest of the former Dragon Aspects, especially hard. Having lost his great powers, how can he—or any of his kind—still make a difference in the world? The answer lies in the distant past, when savage beasts cal […]

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How to Raise the Perfect Dog – Cesar Millan & Melissa Jo Peltier

From the bestselling author and star of National Geographic Channel’s Dog Whisperer , the only resource you’ll need for raising a happy, healthy dog. For the millions of people every year who consider bringing a puppy into their lives–as well as those who have already brought a dog home–Cesar Millan, the preeminent dog behavior expert, says, “Yes, […]

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Inside of a Dog – Alexandra Horowitz

A fresh look at what goes on inside the minds of dogs “that causes one’s dog-loving heart to flutter with astonishment and gratitude” (The New York Times Book Review)—from a cognitive scientist with a background at The New Yorker. As one of the millions of dog owners in America, Horowitz is naturally curious to learn what her dog thinks about and knows. And […]

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Scientists Propose a New Architecture for Sustainable Development

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Meet Arnold Schwarzenegger, sorta green activist and Keystone XL fan

Meet Arnold Schwarzenegger, sorta green activist and Keystone XL fan

Arnold Schwarzenegger (hereafter, “Arnold”) has long championed environmental action. He recently announced that he planned to spend his post-political life fighting climate change. And yet, in an interview with Politico, he says he supports building Keystone XL.

Schwarzenegger isn’t likely to win over the environmental community with his position on the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which Obama is expected to decide on early next year.

“In general, I’m all for it,” Schwarzenegger said. “I think that I’d rather get the energy from Canada than get it from the Middle East.”

Hm.

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Let me tell you how Arnold became governor of the state of California. In 2003, California was one year into the second term of a fairly milquetoast Democratic governor, Gray Davis. He won reelection in 2002 because the Republican party successfully convinced Bill Simon, the least-likeable person in California, to run against him. (Well, Davis helped, by attacking the bejesus out of Simon’s primary opponents.) So California kind of shrugged and reelected the guy.

But in 2003, a few things happened. First, the state of California continued its attempts to go completely broke, a process begun by unwitting voters in 1978. This prompted Davis to reinstate a hefty fee for people registering their cars, which wasn’t popular. And later in the year, the state wasn’t able to provide enough electricity to meet demand, due to various reasons some of which rhyme with “Benron.” The pre-planned brownouts reinforced the perception that the state wasn’t working right. People were mad.

Enter car-alarm magnate and U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.). Issa, who had scads of money because he invented that annoying combination of sounds (“anh anh anh anh bee ooo bee ooo bee ooo woooooop wooooop,” etc.), decided he might want to be governor. As part of the reforms implemented during the Progressive era a century ago, California had a process allowing for a state official to be recalled from office. (Those reforms also spawned the initiative process, which is why the state budget was broken in the first place.) So Issa started a campaign, in concert with some Southern California radio talk show hosts, to recall Gray Davis. It worked. The recall was on the ballot for October 2003.

For years, Arnold had toyed with running for office. (Surprising, given that his career was predicated on playing hyper-powerful men.) What prevented him from doing so was his not-exactly-wholesome past: steroid use off-camera, marijuana use on, reported and demonstrated inappropriateness with women. But Arnold was tailor-made for the recall election. The vote had two parts: First, whether Gray Davis should be removed from office, and second, who should replace him if he was. This favored someone with a high name recognition. And the short run-up to the election minimized the chances that Arnold would have to answer tough questions, and meant limited time for deep dives into his background. Remember how Donald Trump led the Republican 2012 field for a while? Imagine if the election had abruptly happened toward the peak of that popularity. That was the good luck that Arnold enjoyed. So Davis was recalled and Arnold won handily.

Here’s a little secret about being an elected official: It sucks. Every elected official who isn’t president is always negotiating a high wire between two frustrated constituencies. The job is about boring dinners and boring legislation and boring pandering. Opportunities for leadership are few. To be fair, Arnold had more pizzazz in the role than most, in part because of his fuck-it-who-cares attitude. Can’t smoke cigars in the Capitol building? Fine, Governor Arnold will put up a tent in a featureless interior courtyard and smoke in there. That sort of thing. He wasn’t a great governor, but he was memorable and interesting, and in a state like California, that was enough. In 2006, he went up for reelection against the Democrats’ most boring possible candidate, and beat him silly. (Figuratively.) Four years later, politician Arnold was done.

Because what Arnold always liked was running things, calling the shots, making the rules. He didn’t want to become a senator or a member of the House; there, he’d just be running with the pack. Arnold wants to point at shit and see it blow up, boom. This new iteration, Arnold as activist, fits that better than anything else. He has a ton of money, thanks to your enthusiasm for The Terminator, and all the time in the world. So he’s found a space where he can call the shots and still be the biggest guy in the room: environmentalism.

While governor, Arnold’s pro-green work was primarily of the let’s-make-California-number-one-in-green-research-and-investment school. It was the business side of environmentalism. There’s a market in renewables and in developing products, and that’s good for all comers. Arnold is, after all, a Republican, taking a market-based Republican approach to the problem of global warming.

And that’s why he doesn’t care about Keystone. Arnold wants America to win. To chomp a cigar in its teeth and piss on China in everything — energy production, cutting the hell out of our pollution, having the coolest solar tech, whatever. Fuck the world, we’re pumped up and kicking ass. He is not sitting down with Bill McKibben and working through the math, he’s going rock-climbing with CEOs and figuring out how to dominate. For Arnold, Keystone is just a thing outside this competition, except that it lets us tell the Middle East to go to Hell. Fine. Build that pipeline. Because we’re going to beat you at the game we want to play.

With Arnold, you don’t have an environmentalist, not really. You have a deeply competitive man who wants to win, and sees green industry as a place to make that happen. Sierra Club, NRDC: you will not want him to speak at your convention, probably, because he’ll say things to make you mad both intentionally and unintentionally. Arnold wants to lead, not to change the world.

At various points during his governorship, Arnold fantasized about running for president. In 2010, during an appearance on Leno (the same place he announced his plans to run for governor), Arnold suggested that he would “without a doubt” run for President. Unfortunately for the Austrian-born actor, the Constitution prevents those not born as naturalized citizens from holding that office. We can thank the Founding Fathers for preventing President Schwarzenegger. But we can also lament that this leaves us with Arnold Schwarzenegger, “green activist.”

Philip Bump writes about the news for Gristmill. He also uses Twitter a whole lot.

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Meet Arnold Schwarzenegger, sorta green activist and Keystone XL fan

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