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| The Ogallala Aquifer |
the beauty of not only the land, but of the wildlife and the people living there.
The idea that another horrific oil spill could happen to this pristine, fragile ecosystem, was incomprehensible and I have railed against this idea since first hearing of it.
Now, that the plan has hopefully, finally been put down, it has been revealed which species were going to be put most 'at risk' by this terrible plan.
For those of you not familiar with the Endangered wildlife
of Florida, we had two of the ten species that could potentially
have been annihilated by the approval of the Keystone Pipeline,
which would have run from Canada to Texas, affecting many wild
things, ecosystems and human populations in its pathway.
of Florida, we had two of the ten species that could potentially
have been annihilated by the approval of the Keystone Pipeline,
which would have run from Canada to Texas, affecting many wild
things, ecosystems and human populations in its pathway.
One only has to bring to mind the two most recent oil disasters
to understand why this was such a terrible idea to begin with:
to understand why this was such a terrible idea to begin with:
the BP Gulf Oil and the Exxon/Mobile Oil Yellowstone River disasters.
The two Florida species on the 'at risk' list were:
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| Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle |
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| Whooping Crane |
The two Florida species on the 'at risk' list were:
the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle and the Whooping Crane.
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