Hemp the non psychoactive form of cannabis has a complicated history in the u.s. Many of the founding fathers grew him and praised the plant as a cash crop then in 1937 a tax law essentially made the plant illegal during World War 2 The u.s. Government changed the rules again begging farmers to grow hemp and 94214000 acres of fiber hemp were harvested in the United States a goal for 943 is 300 acres. Hemp kind of. Staging a strong comeback and now after decades of redoes ignition as an illegal controlled substance Colorado farmers are leading the way in yet another major hemp comeback with the plant s high value and possible drought tolerance taking center stage there is sort of a gold rush craze right now for at However researchers like Katie Russell manager of Colorado State University s southwestern Colorado Research Center one of multiple groups doing extensive study on hemp Strout tolerance say hemp may be getting more credit for tolerating dry conditions than it currently deserv
1000 gallons of heavy Tarzan s oil in the wetlands in North Dakota and will be nearly impossible to clean it up the oil is a mix of clay water and pitchmen to get it to move through the pipeline it has to be mixed with chemicals that allow it to flow without them pumping the crude would be like sucking peanut butter through a straw when a spill occurs those chemicals evaporate leaving the heavy bit human which sinks Unlike oil spilled and water which floats and can be skimmed but cleaning up wetlands involves digging them up to get at that that s human that sunk in and that risks damaging the area in the process of trying to save it according to Vice News the Keystone pipeline came online in 2010 carrying crude from Alberta to Texas it has spilled 4 times with the latest spill estimated to be the 2nd largest pipeline was granted an exemption to run at higher than standard pressure in barrel areas and now Reuters reports that permit is in the spotlight the Keystone is separate from the
Founder and president of the group Fair Vote He joins us by phone from Tacoma Park Maryland welcome back to counter span Rob Richie thank you didn t well we spoke with you in that weird sad hit on the head moment in the immediate wake of the 2016 presidential election when we were just trying to see a way forward you talked then about ranked choice voting which had just passed in Maine as a meaningful reform of an electoral system that lets us down I wonder if you could explain a little what you mean about the ways in which the current voting system lets us down yet have a current system creates incentives and outcomes that really limit what we as voters experience both with the candidates who ultimately are seen as credible or even offer themselves at all and what we can do as voters and again our support for them and when you have a single choicest m which people might think like 0 $1.00 person one vote that has to be single choice and that s not when one person one vote mean it mea
And streaming live on the Internet at k.r.s. Dot org We are community radio connecting cultures along the upper Rio Grande day my name is Debbie on the host here this morning with ballads and bluegrass. And prior to Jess in the ground we heard the latest from the Garrett Newton band she s not. Featured per se but Lorraine Jordan composer and. Musician and producer co-producer of the album is a member of the group and from the Jesse or I m sorry the Garrett Newton band we heard back to Hancock County and a long range Orden compositions family graveyard the latest cd by the Garrett Newton band is titled bluegrass barn It is also on Pine Castle records. Now before I forget the mean give you a brief weather forecast for today in our listening area in the San Luis Valley sunny skies with projected highs near 50 today anonymous and San Luis the mid forty s today in so watch and Crestone tonight in the San Luis Valley mostly clear and cold. Projected low in Alamosa 6 degrees 22 in San Luis 1