Did you know that one aspect of "sustainability" means drinking recycled water? Here's how that is happening in Australia.
Is this happening to your water? Before you say, "No way", you had best check. It happened to the folks in Huntington Beach, CA a while back and the "sustainability" notion is spreading.
Deed restrictions, mandatory inspections, pre-enforcement and proactive enforcement exist under the banner of "streamlining" and "simplifying" the "permit reform" process. A continuation of the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisor's Hearing is April 15 2008. [The link goes to Agenda Item 37, takes a long time to download and is at times inaccessible. See page 19 of the 126 page document.]
As forests have become legally "protected" from fire-fuel management the frequency and ferocity of infernos has dramatically increased. Has the Forest Service adopted a "make it burn" policy?
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