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Leave 'Er, Man
Lieberman introduces bill to designate Arctic Refuge as wilderness |
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07 Nov 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 12:16 PM on 07 Nov 2007 Part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would be designated as wilderness under legislation introduced today by Sen. Joe Lieberman and 25 colleagues. Wilderness designation for the 1.5-million-acre coastal plains region would rebuff seemingly nonstop attempts to drill for oil and gas there. Says Lieberman in a stroke of analogy genius, "America's strength is not in our oil ... |
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| Topics: Arctic Refuge, energy, legislation, news, politics, wilderness (all these topics) |
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No More Dicking Around
House approves long-delayed Wild Sky Wilderness bill |
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19 Apr 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| No More Dicking Around House approves long-delayed Wild Sky Wilderness bill After five years of delay, the House has passed a bill creating a 167-square-mile Wild Sky Wilderness area in northern Washington state. The bill had been approved by the Senate three times in recent years, but stalled out each time in the Republican-led House, with former California Rep. Richard P ... |
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| Topics: legislation, news, politics, US House of Representatives, Washington, wilderness (all these topics) |
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A Breyer Power
Federal judge rejects Forest Service plan to log in national monument |
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23 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| A Breyer Power Federal judge rejects Forest Service plan to log in national monument A federal judge put the smackdown yesterday on a U.S. Forest Service plan to allow increased logging in California's Giant Sequoia National Monument, home to about two-thirds of the world's largest trees. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said the USFS forest management plan lacked " ... |
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| Topics: California, environmental justice, news, politics, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics) |
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A Hard Sell
Bush admin land sell-off plan may be DOA |
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12 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| A Hard Sell Bush admin land sell-off plan may be DOA The future looks dim for the Bush administration's unpopular proposal to sell off 300,000 acres of public land to fund rural schools. A House subcommittee has excluded the proposal from a spending bill; it will be considered by other committees, but has no enthusiastic backers in Congress. Rural schools and roads have traditionally been funded by the logging industry, but with ... |
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Dirk du Soleil
Interior nominee Kempthorne backs away from plan to sell U.S. forests |
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05 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Dirk du Soleil Interior nominee Kempthorne backs away from plan to sell U.S. forests Senate confirmation hearings began yesterday for Interior Secretary nominee Dirk Kempthorne, and oh, the fun that was had. One hot topic was the Bush administration's proposal to fund rural schools by selling thousands of acres of public land; the Dirkster, who supported sale of public lands when he ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, mining and drilling, news, politics, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Neverglades
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21 May 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Neverglades In more bad news for the environment, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) yesterday signed into law a highly controversial plan that will delay cleanup of phosphorus from the Everglades by a decade and, critics say, potentially result in the loss of $4 billion in federal funding for the massive restoration project. Bush -- who said signing the Everglades Forever Act was "the tough ... |
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| Topics: Florida, legislation, national parks, news, politics, wilderness (all these topics) |
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