10/02/06 Redden`s ruling: NWBA

To say the Idaho congressional delegation is upset with US District Court Judge James Redden's decision about Snake River water is an understatement. "Outrage" is the word used by Senators Larry Craig and Mike Crapo who were backed by Congressman Mike Simpson and Butch Otter when they vowed to 'turn back this explicit threat to Idaho's water and future.' Redden's decision that no use of Snake River water is as important as complying with the Endangered Species Act. The Idaho delegation has visions of another Klamath Basin incident, this time with millions of acres of Idaho land drying up. There's a new trade association for biofuel producers, retailers and distributors. The Northwest Biofuels Association is made up of industry leaders from Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana. Their goal is to promote the biofuel industry and hope for its expansion in the Northwest. Robert Grott of the Northwest Environmental Business Council says biofuels have great potential for farmers and farmer co-ops but quality first. GROTT "On the co-op side we're saying okay people are producing it for themselves, they can do what they want. But when it goes to the customer buying it a retail pump we want to give them a lot of quality assurance." Now with Today's Food Forethought here's Susan Allen. ALLEN "Environmentalists who shall remain nameless, have taken pot shots at Bush for passing on the Kyoto protocol. They have loved to flaunt our neighbor to the North, as the epistle of example given her environmental fortitude in pledging to be a part of the UN Treaty. Well they had better start back peddling their Hybrids. Canada just announced they are pulling out of their 1.5 million dollar pledge to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), an integral part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference and a phase of the Kyoto Protocol. Canada had pledged the most of the 20 nations taking part in Kyoto, and their with drawl muddies future international global warming negotiations . Funny, the reason Canada cited for their abrupt withdrawal is the fact Kyoto lacks a provision for major polluters like China, now home to the worlds ten most polluted cities. Now that hardly seems fair that China with its exploding economy gets off scott free while other so called rich countries Northwest Report Bill Scott