E.P.A. Employees Spoke Out. Then Came Scrutiny of Their Email.
"The requests came from a Virginia-based lawyer working with America Rising, a Republican campaign research group that specializes in helping party candidates and conservative groups find damaging information on political rivals, and which, in this case, was looking for information that could undermine employees who had criticized the E.P.A."
"Now a company affiliated with America Rising, named Definers Public Affairs, has been hired by the E.P.A. to provide “media monitoring,” in a move the agency said was intended to keep better track of newspaper and video stories about E.P.A. operations nationwide."
December 18, 2017 10 AM Update
Over the past week, we have gained about three minutes in the evening before the sunsets, reaching about 4:24 PM tonight compared to the earliest sunset of the year, which was 4:21 PM, on December 9th.
Upcoming Sunsets:
4:30 pm sunset – Wednesday, December 27
4:45 pm sunset – Friday, January 12
5:00 pm sunset – Wednesday, January 24
5:15 pm sunset – Sunday, February 4
5:30 pm sunset – Friday, February 16
5:45 pm sunset – Wednesday, February 28
Daylight Savings Time Begins – Sunset on Sunday, March 11 is at 6:57 pm
7:00 pm sunset – Monday, March 12
7:15 pm sunset – Sunday, March 25
7:30 pm sunset – Saturday, April 7
7:45 pm sunset – Saturday, April 21
8:00 pm sunset – Friday, May 4
Hunter Uses Wheelchair to Drag Elk
"Nothing slows down Ashlee Lundvall. A member of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, she suffered a paralyzing ranching accident at age 16 but that doesn’t keep her from doing what she loves. For example, take her most recent elk hunt. “Our persistence paid off- finally got the job done this morning! So incredibly thankful for this harvest and the meals it will provide for my family,” she wrote on her Facebook page on December 13. “So proud to be a hunter!”"
December 18, 2017 Morning
“‘Cause he gets up in the morning
And he goes to work at nine
And he comes back home at five-thirty
Gets the same train every time
‘Cause his world is built ’round punctuality
It never fails”
– The Kinks, A Well Respected Man
Good morning! Hello, Mild Monday. Next Monday is Christmas. Cloudy and 22 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. The skies will clear tomorrow around 9 pm.
Today will have a chance of snow showers before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy, with a high of 36 degrees at 2pm. One degree above normal. South wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 45 degrees. The record high of 60 was set in 1921. 17 inches of snow fell back in 1887.