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Written by Greenwire
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Monday, 07 April 2008 |
A federal judge has blocked British mining company VANE Minerals Group PLC from mining for uranium on U.S. Forest Service land near Grand Canyon National Park. The judge issued a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction last week after environmental groups sued the U.S. Forest Service for approving the company's drilling plan without full environmental reviews.
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Written by JOHN CRAMER, The Missoulian
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Friday, 04 April 2008 |
The large crowd that gathered for the Milltown Dam breaching Friday departed quickly after witnessing two of Montana's major rivers running unhindered for the first time in 100 years.
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Written by BOB BERWYN, Summit Daily News
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Friday, 04 April 2008 |
Although this cold and snowy winter has spelled good short-term news for Dillon Reservoir and the rest of Denver Water’s supply, global warming is keeping the Front Range utility modest.
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Written by MATT COOPER, The Register-Guard
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Friday, 04 April 2008 |
For Jim Kielblock, record-breaking snow in the Cascades is like the charming guest who doesn’t know when to leave.
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Written by ERYN GABLE, Land Letter
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Thursday, 03 April 2008 |
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Some of the nation's most productive natural gas fields also appear to
be contributing to high ozone levels, leading to calls for greater
regulation of the energy industry.
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Written by MARK HAVNES, The Salt Lake Tribune
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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 |
Carolee Woods has a key question about the proposed Lake Powell Pipeline that would snake across southern Utah: Will there be any water to pump?
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Written by NICOLAS RICCARDI, Los Angeles Times
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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 |
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A new dam and reservoir project proposed for the Cache la Poudre River
is headed for a showdown if the Army Corps of Engineers this month
signs off on the proposal, as both sides expect it to do.
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Written by ALLISON WINTER, E&E News PM
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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 |
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The Bush administration announced sweeping plans today to waive more
than two dozen laws and regulations so it can finish building hundreds
of miles of walls along the U.S.-Mexico border by year's end.
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Written by ERIC BONTRAGER, E&E Daily
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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 |
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A Senate proposal to establish a new forest landscape restoration
program has received the blessing of the Bush administration, which
claims the proposal would enhance the government's existing efforts to
protect forest health.
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Written by COLLEEN LUCCIOLI, Land Letter
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Monday, 31 March 2008 |
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Fed up with the Bush administration's inactivity, an environmental group last week filed suit against the Fish and Wildlife Service in an effort to force protection of 681 Western plant and animal species under the Endangered Species Act.
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Written by Greenwire
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Monday, 31 March 2008 |
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Ten years after its reintroduction, the Mexican gray wolf, the most genetically distinct species of gray wolf in North America, is struggling to survive in the Southwest as conservation groups and ranchers battle over the wolf's place in the wild and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works to find a balance.
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Written by Greenwire
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Monday, 31 March 2008 |
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Supplies of drinking water for tens of thousands of people near Superfund
sites in Utah
have been at risk or polluted because of groundwater contamination.
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Written by KATHERINE BOYLE, Greenwire
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Monday, 31 March 2008 |
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Climate change could spur more water pollution and reduce the availability
of drinking water, according to a new U.S. EPA strategy
for coping with global warming.
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Written by HENRY BREAN, Review Journal
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Monday, 31 March 2008 |
The ideas range from tearing out thirsty groves of salt cedar to towing icebergs down from the Arctic, from seeding clouds over the Rockies to filtering salt from seawater. When it comes to squeezing every drop from the shrinking sponge of the Colorado River, few options, it seems, are too complicated or expensive.
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Written by APRIL REESE, Land Letter
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Thursday, 27 March 2008 |
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Two environmental groups filed a petition last week asking the Supreme
Court to hear their challenge to the REAL ID Act, a 2005 law that
allows the Department of Homeland Security to suspend any federal law
to expedite construction of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The groups, Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club, contend that the
law violates the Constitution's separation of powers provisions and
allows the federal government to damage the environment and dismiss
public concerns.
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Written by ERIC BONTRAGER, Greenwire
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Thursday, 27 March 2008 |
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Five former Forest Service chiefs this week endorsed a proposal by
House Democrats to create an interagency fund for fighting large
wildfires, saying the measure offered an essential step toward
reorganizing the service.
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Written by SARA GOODMAN, Land Letter
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 |
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West Coast salmon are returning to the Sacramento River in historically
low numbers, sending government fisheries managers and others
scrambling to understand what has caused the unprecedented drop.
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Written by ERIC BONTRAGER, Land Letter
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 |
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They are the giants of the forests. Older than and towering above any
person that looks up at them, the trees that make up the Pacific
Northwest's old-growth forests offer a glimpse of nature untouched by
humanity's hand.
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Written by Land Letter
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Friday, 21 March 2008 |
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WOODLAND PARK, Colo. -- Hatchet in hand, Jeff Witcosky ascends a steep,
snow-covered hillside in search of an unwelcome visitor to this
picturesque mountain town. He is on the hunt for a predator with a
voracious appetite that has already altered the landscape of 1.5
million acres in Colorado. This invader -- the mountain pine beetle --
is no bigger than the tip of a matchstick, but it has a big bite.
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Written by ERIC BONTRAGER, Greenwire
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Friday, 21 March 2008 |
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Congressional appropriators have ordered a study to determine whether
the Forest Service would be better suited as a component of the
Interior Department.
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