Daily Archives: January 5, 2011

Bring back the two fingered Peace Sign!

January 5, 2011-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor. It started mostly with sports car drivers in the middle 1960s sharing pleasantries, but was popularized by the Smothers Brothers with their Comedy Hour and finally became the nearly universal sign of brotherhood … Continue reading

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Crops benefit from wind turbines, wakes may fend off disease

January 5, 2011-by Bill Opalka in Renewables Biz For years the economic benefits of wind turbineson farms have been limited to discussions about lease payments. Now, a new study seems to indicate the presence of spinning blades has the added economic … Continue reading

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Federal Taxpayers spend $245 million to subsidize reclamation at surface mines

January 5, 2011-by Carrie La Seur, president of Plains Justice, an organization similar to Valley Watch but dealing with the northern Plains States. Some spectacular numbers were reported by the Associated Press yesterday. Apparently the U.S. Department of the Interior is … Continue reading

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