Looking into the future the Pelican feeding its young from a self-induced wound in its own
breast (as depicted, mysteriously, on the state flag of Louisiana) is accepted as an
appropriate symbol of both self-sacrifice and rebirth. Through his selfless efforts, man is
raised from the slavery of ignorance to the condition of freedom conferred by wisdom.
Given the current state of affairs in Louisiana, one hopes that the understanding of the Pelican
as a symbol shall point the way towards a new consciousness of ourselves as a whole, and lead us
to face our futures with strength, grace, wisdom and faith, to learn from our mistakes and carry
our successes and zest for living to future generations.
Energy Policy Killing Our Coast
Re: "Scientists warn coastline is rapidly disapppearing"
By Kerry Allen
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Times-Picayune, New Orleans Bureau
What once was blacktop road near Shell Beach has eroded away into
a nearby bayou between the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet and Lake
Borgne.
It is not suprising that our coastlines are disappearing.
Louisiana, along with the rest of America, is suffering the high cost
of years of dirty energy policies. In an effort to clean up the
legacy that marsh and marine oil and gas exploration has left behind,
American taxpayers will need to spend an estimated $14 billion dollars
over the next 50 years.
The current energy policy proposed by the Bush administration
may once again leave Americans holding the tax burden to clean up the
foorprint of commercial resource exploration elsewhere. The current proposal will
continue exploration in our marshlands into other environmentally
sensitive areas such as our national monuments and forests.
It is time to start changing our national energy policy.
America needs to adopt an energy policy dependent on clean power,
from sources such as solar, wind and clean biomass, and to continue
researching small-scale fusion.
It is time for our policymakers to start working for our
best interests, rather than for the best interests of the corporations
that exploit our lands.
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