Topic: Salt Marshes

Environmental guides in southern France express concern that rising sea levels caused by global warming could flood the salt marshes inhabited by 5,000 pink flamingos. While the birds are currently thriving on a diet of seaweed and shrimp, the report suggests their habitat may become uninhabitable in the future.

The 2009 economic stimulus package is criticized, specifically regarding alleged earmarks and pork barrel spending. A claim is made that Nancy Pelosi included $30 million in the bill to protect an endangered species of mouse in the San Francisco Bay Area. The discussion links this spending to the broader economic distress and infrastructure issues in California.