Land Use/Forests
Conscience Bay Land Purchase Protects Long Island Sound
ALBANY, New York, December 14, 2009 (ENS) – The State of New York has agreed with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Center to purchase one of the largest […]
Land Use/Forests
Land Use/Forests
ASARCO Parent Pays $1.79 Billion in Record Environmental Bankruptcy Settlement
WASHINGTON, DC, December 10, 2009 (ENS) – As a result of the largest environmental bankruptcy in U.S. history, $1.79 billion has been paid to fund environmental cleanup and restoration […]
Land Use/Forests
Penan Natives Sue Malaysian State Over Land Rights, Logging
MIRI, Sarawak, Malaysia, December 10, 2009 (ENS) – The indigenous Penan people on the island of Borneo have turned to the courts in their decades-long effort to protect their […]
Land Use/Forests
Nevada Tribes Win Halt to Barrick Gold Mine Expansion
By Lisa J. Wolf SAN FRANCISCO, California, December 3, 2009 (ENS) – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today ordered that a preliminary injunction be granted to tribal plaintiffs […]
Land Use/Forests
Penan Proclaim Peace Park on Native Land Set for Logging
LONG AJENG, Sarawak, Malaysia, November 29, 2009 (ENS) – They are calling it the Penan Peace Park, but a new rainforest reserve proclaimed by indigenous Penan communities on their native […]
Air/Climate
TVA Permit to Dump Liquid Waste from Air Scrubbers Appealed
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, November 23, 2009 (ENS) – Three environmental groups are appealing a permit just issued by the state of Tennessee that allows the Tennessee Valley Authority, to discharge mercury, […]
Land Use/Forests
Judge Orders Army to Disclose Impacts on Sacred Hawaiian Valley
HONOLULU, Hawaii, November 23, 2009 (ENS) – A federal judge in Honolulu has ruled that the U.S. Army is obliged to give the community meaningful information on how military training […]
Air/Climate
Guyana and Norway Sign $250 Million Forest-Climate Pact
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, November 19, 2009 (ENS) – The governments of the northern European country of Norway and the South American country of Guyana will cooperate to provide the world with […]
Energy
New Surface Mining Chief Cracks Down on Mountaintop Removal, Valley Fills
WASHINGTON, DC, November 18, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Department of the Interior is taking immediate actions to strengthen its oversight of state surface coal mining programs. The agency […]
Land Use/Forests
EPA, Florida Agree to Limit Fertilizer, Animal Waste in State Waters
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, November 17, 2009 (ENS) – In a decision with national relevance, a federal judge in Tallahassee Monday approved a consent decree that requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]
Land Use/Forests
Valuing Ecosystem Services Makes Economic Sense, Experts Report
BRUSSELS, Belgium, November 16, 2009 (ENS) – Decision makers who factor the planet’s multi-trillion dollar ecosystem services into their national and international investment strategies are likely to see far higher […]
Land Use/Forests
INSIGHTS: Death at Dawn in a Peruvian Mining Camp
By Alejandro Zegarra Pezo PIURA, Peru, November 13, 2009 (ENS) – It is four in the morning on Sunday, November 1 in the paramo and cloud forest of Huancabamba, Piura […]
Land Use/Forests
Message of Merida: Saving Wild Places Will Save the Planet
By Greg Harman MÉRIDA, Mexico, November 13, 2009 (ENS) – For the first time in decades, the eggs of endangered sea turtles buried on a small strip of Nicaraguan […]
Land Use/Forests
WILD9: Wilderness and Water Promises in the Land of the Maya
By Greg Harman MÉRIDA, Mexico, November 10, 2009 (ENS) – Archeologist Richard Hansen, an expert in early Mayan civilization, studies human culture down to the microscopic level. And he […]
Food
Rich Countries Feeding on Poor Countries’ Farmland
By Haider Rizvi NEW YORK, New York, November 2, 2009 (ENS) – Investors from capital-rich nations that cannot produce enough food for their own consumption are squeezing small farmers […]
Land Use/Forests
Queensland National Park Handed Back to Aboriginal Owners
KOWANYAMA, Queensland, Australia, October 26, 2009 (ENS) – The historic first return to indigenous owners of an Australian national park in the state of Queensland took place Friday on […]
Land Use/Forests
Bush-era Public Land Mining Regulations Illegal, Lawsuit Claims
WASHINGTON, DC, October 20, 2009 (ENS) – Two Bush-era regulations that relaxed limits on the dumping of mine waste and removed the mining industry’s obligation to compensate the American […]
Land Use/Forests
Conservationists Campaign to Save Alaska’s Bristol Bay From Giant Mine
LOS ANGELES, California, October 14, 2009 (ENS) – The Natural Resources Defense Council is mounting a new campaign to save Alaska’s Bristol Bay, the world’s most productive salmon fishery, […]
Land Use/Forests
Uganda Trees First in Africa to Count as CO2 Emissions Reductions
KAMPALA, Uganda, October 6, 2009 (ENS) Pines and a mix of native African trees will soon cover what is now grassland within Uganda’s Rwoho Central Forest Reserve, an […]
Gov/Politics
‘Show Me’ State Governor Showcases State Parks
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, October 5, 2009 (ENS) – Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has a new project in the works – to restart the state’s declining tourism industry by promoting […]