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Kashmiri Journalist Arrested for Exposing Felling of Historic Trees

August 4, 2012 News Editor Comments Off on Kashmiri Journalist Arrested for Exposing Felling of Historic Trees

By Zafar Iqbal NEELUM VALLEY, Jammu and Kashmir, July 27, 2012 (ENS) – A journalist has been arrested by police and is being detained after the publication of photos he […]

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Land Use/Forests

EPA Funds Brownfields Cleanups Worth $69 Million

May 24, 2012 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on EPA Funds Brownfields Cleanups Worth $69 Million

  WASHINGTON, DC, May 24, 2012 (ENS) – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it will distribute $69.3 million in grants for new investments to fund communities to clean […]

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Land Use/Forests

Poachers Steal Ancient Cedar from BC Park: Reward Offered

May 19, 2012 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Poachers Steal Ancient Cedar from BC Park: Reward Offered

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At Risk

Slow Progress on Iraq Landmine Clearance

May 10, 2012 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Slow Progress on Iraq Landmine Clearance

  By Muhammad al-Zaidi and Khalid Waleed   BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 10, 2012 (ENS) – While millions of dollars have been spent on clearing the 1,730 square kilometres (667 sq. […]

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Land Use/Forests

Mountain Waters Run Dry for Mexico’s Wixaritari People

May 9, 2012 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Mountain Waters Run Dry for Mexico’s Wixaritari People

  By Juan Pablo García Medina GUADALAJARA, Jalisco, Mexico, May 9, 2012 (ENS) – For over 500 years, the Wixaritari Indians of Mexico have suffered from poverty, malnutrition and racism […]

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Energy

First Solar Project on U.S. Public Lands Starts Generating

May 8, 2012 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on First Solar Project on U.S. Public Lands Starts Generating

  PRIMM, Nevada, May 8, 2012 (ENS) – The first utility-scale solar energy facility on U.S. public lands started delivering power on Monday with the flip of a switch by […]

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Land Use/Forests

U.S. Supreme Court Ends Bush-Era Grazing Regulations

October 3, 2011 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on U.S. Supreme Court Ends Bush-Era Grazing Regulations

  WASHINGTON, DC, October 3, 2011 (ENS) – The U.S. Supreme Court today denied consideration of an appeal by the Public Lands Council of previous federal court decisions overturning Bureau […]

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Land Use/Forests

Judge Upholds Forest Service Off-road Vehicle Ban in Wild Montana

January 24, 2011 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Judge Upholds Forest Service Off-road Vehicle Ban in Wild Montana

  GREAT FALLS, Montana, January 24, 2011 (ENS) – A federal judge in Great Falls has upheld a U.S. Forest Service travel plan that limits access by wheeled motor vehicles […]

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Land Use/Forests

General Motors Estate Will Spend $773 Million to Clean Polluted Sites

October 28, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on General Motors Estate Will Spend $773 Million to Clean Polluted Sites

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Land Use/Forests

British Columbia Bans Mining in Flathead River Valley

February 18, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on British Columbia Bans Mining in Flathead River Valley

  VICTORIA, British Columbia, Canada, February 9, 2010 (ENS) – Mining and drilling for oil, gas and coal will be banned in the Canadian portion of the Flathead river drainage, […]

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Energy

Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Lands Comes Under Intensive Scrutiny

January 28, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Lands Comes Under Intensive Scrutiny

  WASHINGTON, DC, January 7, 2010 (ENS) – Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has announced changes to the federal onshore oil and gas leasing program that he says will improve protections […]

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Air/Climate

East Coast Basalt Rocks Could Sequester Carbon Dioxide

January 28, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on East Coast Basalt Rocks Could Sequester Carbon Dioxide

  NEW YORK, New York, January 6, 2010 (ENS) – Buried volcanic rocks along the coasts of New York, New Jersey and New England might be ideal reservoirs to store […]

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Land Use/Forests

Profile: Environmental Justice Comes Naturally to New EPA Region 9 Administrator

January 28, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Profile: Environmental Justice Comes Naturally to New EPA Region 9 Administrator

  SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 27, 2010 (ENS) – Jared Blumenfeld, the newly appointed director of the U.S. EPA’s Pacific Southwest region, Region 9, is pledging to make life difficult […]

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Land Use/Forests

Kashmir Plans Logging Crackdown to Slow Deforestation

January 25, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Kashmir Plans Logging Crackdown to Slow Deforestation

  By Zafar Iqbal MUZAFFARABAD, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, January 25, 2010 (ENS) – Yousaf Butt, a timber worker in the Neelum Valley at the Line of Control in Kashmir, […]

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Land Use/Forests

Newmont Gold Mine to Pay Ghana Millions for Cyanide Spill

January 23, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Newmont Gold Mine to Pay Ghana Millions for Cyanide Spill

  ACCRA, Ghana, January 22, 2010 (ENS) – The government of Ghana has requested nearly $5 million in compensation from Denver-based Newmont Mining for negligently spilling cyanide at its Ahafo […]

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Land Use/Forests

San Francisco Gets $92 Million for Hunters Point Shipyard Restoration

January 22, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on San Francisco Gets $92 Million for Hunters Point Shipyard Restoration

  SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 21, 2010 (ENS) – San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced today that an additional $92 million has been secured for the cleanup of the contaminated […]

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Land Use/Forests

Sarawak Court Orders Oil Palm Company to Return Native Land

January 22, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Sarawak Court Orders Oil Palm Company to Return Native Land

  KUCHING, Sarawak, Malaysia, January 21, 2010 (ENS) – Sarawak’s natives have won two important court cases over native land issues, their attorney announced this morning in the Sarawak state […]

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Air/Climate

Obama’s One-Year Environmental Grades Range From ‘B+’ to ‘C-‘

January 21, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Obama’s One-Year Environmental Grades Range From ‘B+’ to ‘C-‘

  WASHINGTON, DC, January 20, 2010 (ENS) – One year after he was inaugurated with promises of “hope” and “change,” President Barack Obama has earned only a grade of “C” […]

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Energy

Thirst for Oil Imperils South America’s Most Biodiverse Wilderness

January 20, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Thirst for Oil Imperils South America’s Most Biodiverse Wilderness

  QUITO, Ecuador, January 19, 2010 (ENS) – Yasuní National Park, located in the core of the Ecuadorian Amazon, is the most biodiverse area in all of South America, a […]

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Land Use/Forests

Korean Police Arrest Protesters Against Jeju Island Naval Base

January 19, 2010 Jim Crabtree Comments Off on Korean Police Arrest Protesters Against Jeju Island Naval Base

  GANGJEONG, Jeju Island, South Korea, January 18, 2010 (ENS) – Once it was known as an eco-paradise, a resort island of peace, but today hundreds of police clashed with […]

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