As we militarize our way into a future that looks more and more like a military state prepared for invasion, we now have the opportunity to shoot down any bills like this before it’s too late. This is one misguided proposed piece of legislation. I am not intending to pick on Republicans in specific, but this is one of those misguided pieces of legislation that would only come from someone not understanding how we live out here on the Peninsula, and what this legislation might mean to our locale.
Ashley Ahearn of EarthFix takes a look at HR1505 which would allow the Department of Homeland Security to build roads, transmission lines, and security installations on any federally-owned land within 100 miles of the U.S. coast or border.
Altogether, the bill would allow the Department of Homeland Security to override 36 environmental and other laws on these federal lands in the interest of border security — including such bedrock laws as the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.
Proposal Puts National Security Ahead of Environmental Protection http://earthfix.kcts9.org/land/article/national-security-trumps-environmental-protection-/
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