A false economy

Toronto Star:  Cheap salt outweighs green concerns
Our government in Toronto talks a good talk when it comes to greening, but their walk is not so effective.  Here again is a perfect example of false economy:  the use of environmentally damaging salt on the roads because it is “cheaper” even when many less toxic options exist.  In reality, of course, all that damage to our trees, plants, vegetation, rivers, lakes, animals and groundwater is immeasurably expensive.  But those don’t count, right?

No winners in water fight

MSNBC: Feds say Southern water-sharing talks failed
A decades-long battle between Alabama, Georgia and Florida over water resources has come to a head as all three states suffer through the worst drought in their collective history.  Negotiations have failed, and the US federal government is now going to impose a solution.