America to environment: "Bite me"

Our Senate has confirmed a planet-hating new Secretary of the Interior. Only eight Senators even murmured their disapproval. You can find out who these brave souls were at Critterthink, an outstanding enviro-blog I stumbled across while researching the proposed loosening of Colorado's trapping regulations.

In related news, Alaska is melting and Adams County has a radioactive dump so sketchy Denver is afraid to use it.