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Gary Burden, that great designer of album covers such as Joni Mitchell's Blue and Neil Young's After the Gold Rush, just got $75 million from Sony to make a movie of The Monkey Wrench Gang, the rights to which he's owned for 17 years. Catherine Hardwicke will direct. Burden promises exploding bridges, Hayduke winching his Jeep over the cliff and Karo syrup will all remain in the picture.

Gary's also just put out a "booklet" of album covers printed on ecologically friendly, Rainforest Alliance approved, FSC certified paper with Domtar Paper of Canada and L.A.'s InSync Media. I still don't get exactly why they did it, but it's cool.

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[P]erchlorate blocks uptake of iodine by the thyroid gland which may lead to decreased synthesis of the thyroid hormones, T3 and T4. These thyroid hormones are critical determinants of growth and development in fetuses, infants and young children.

Perchlorate's on the short list to be added to the banned chemicals regulated under the 1986 California state law, Prop 65. Read all about why. And if you live in California, let them know what you think.

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Now that you bring it up:

I am puzzled why the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is examining the issue of animal rights and eco-terrorism since the Committee lacks jurisdiction over criminal law enforcement issues. Such matters are more appropriately addressed by the Judiciary or Homeland Security Committees. Nevertheless, I look forward to learning what the Environment Committee can do to address the problems posed by domestic terrorism.

For that reason, I am extremely disappointed that Congressman Bennie Thompson, the ranking member of the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, has not been allowed to testify today. This violates basic congressional courtesy and Senate tradition. Moreover, based on his position as ranking on the Homeland Security Committee, his testimony would certainly have been relevant to this hearing on terrorism.

I'd like to submit for the record a report Congressman Thompson prepared, entitled - quote - "Ten Years After the Oklahoma City Bombing, the Department of Homeland Security Must Do More to Fight Right-Wing Domestic Terrorists." The report highlights the apparent failure of DHS to assess the threat posed by right-wing domestic terrorist groups in the Department's five-year budget planning document.

--Senator Jim Jeffords' hearing statement on Eco-Terrorism, May 18, 2005.

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You may never find out who sat on Dick Cheney's energy task force, but
you can watch all of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's public meetings on the Web.

The EPA just released its Toxic Release Inventory data for 2003; you can download it by zip code, by industry or by toxin and manipulate it in your spreadsheet. Whoohoo!

Horseradish may be hazardous to your health.

(Photo credit: John Harvey. )

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