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Leave 'Er, Man Lieberman introduces bill to designate Arctic Refuge as wilderness		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 ...
Topics: Arctic Refuge, energy, legislation, news, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Big balls, bigger wall Chertoff lies, wildlife dies	Glenn Hurowitz	24 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced yesterday that he's going to just waive the Endangered Species Act, the Toxic Waste Disposal Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (among many others) in order to plough ahead with building a wall along the Arizona-Mexico border in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. He repeated his rationale that the wall could be good for the environment because migrants ...
Topics: endangered species, international politics, jackassery, legislation, Mexico, national security, politics, Texas, wilderness (all these topics)

Prairie Chicken Why environmental groups have been slow to fight the border wall	Glenn Hurowitz	16 Oct 2007	Grist Feature
The border fence under construction in Arizona. Photo: Defenders of Wildlife The bobcat turned, looked at me, and jumped into the mesquite brush. It was the first day of a three-day visit to South Texas, and I was exploring the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge along the Rio Grande River. Seeing the bobcat was a treat for me -- but the kind of treat that could become increasingly rare ...
Topics: environmental movement, Mexico, politics, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

No More Dicking Around House approves long-delayed Wild Sky Wilderness bill		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 ...
Topics: legislation, news, politics, US House of Representatives, Washington, wilderness (all these topics)

A Breyer Power Federal judge rejects Forest Service plan to log in national monument		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 " ...
Topics: California, environmental justice, news, politics, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics)

A Hard Sell Bush admin land sell-off plan may be DOA		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 ...
Topics: news, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Dirk du Soleil Interior nominee Kempthorne backs away from plan to sell U.S. forests		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 ...
Topics: Department of Interior, mining and drilling, news, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

How the West Was Won ... Back Land-rich regions' residents tell hungry politicians to back off	Pat Williams	18 Jan 2006	Soapbox
It is difficult to recognize change while living through it. However, two recent decisions involving the use of the public's lands signal a historic political and policy transition, particularly here in the Rocky Mountain West. The first of those two is the almost unanimous rejection by Western governors of the Bush administration's multiyear attempt to punch roads into the ...
Topics: politics, West, wilderness (all these topics)

Wild to Be Born Montana's landscape is changing -- will America's be next?	Rick Bass	18 Jan 2006	Main Dish
The governor is a politician of such breathtaking dexterity, ability, and raw, hungry, political instinct that your first thought upon witnessing him -- no matter whether you're a Republican or Democrat -- is likely to be, "When does he explode, and in what manner?" For rarely in American politics has anyone this good been that way indefinitely. Gov. Brian Schweitzer. Brian Schweitzer ha ...
Topics: Montana, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Stevens and the defense bill	David Roberts	19 Dec 2005	Gristmill
Update [2005-12-19 14:47:12 by David Roberts]: Oops, I forgot the obvious: To try to stop this thing, please write your Senators. As forecast last week, Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) managed to get Arctic Refuge drilling attached to the defense spending bill. He couldn't wrangle it into the budget reconciliation bill, so this is his last-ditch effort. He has said: Katrina will be on this [defense] bill. That's what makes the defense bill a little bit a ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic Refuge, Big Oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, Ted Stevens, wilderness (all these topics)

Senate votes to keep Arctic Refuge drilling in budget bill	Grist	03 Nov 2005	Gristmill
The campaign to keep oil drills out of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has just been dealt what could be a fatal blow. Yesterday, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) introduced an amendment to drop refuge-drilling language from a filibuster-proof federal budget bill; today, the Senate voted down that amendment, 48 to 51. 'This is too important a question to slide into the budget bill,' Cantwell said yesterday. 'We are setting a very, very dangerous precedent.' But Senate Majorit ...
Topics: Alaska, energy, legislation, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

'And Now!' Grinned the Grinch, 'I Will Stuff Up the Tree!' Bush admin overhauls forest management policy		03 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
"And Now!" Grinned the Grinch, "I Will Stuff Up the Tree!" Bush admin overhauls forest management policy The Bush administration unveiled sweeping changes to federal forest-management policy on Dec. 22, while Americans milled through malls and airports, minds dancing with visions of, well, everything but forest management. The changes will "streamline" approval of forest-management plans b ...
Topics: politics, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

Lost in the Wilderness Committee Wild Sky wilderness bill dead in the water for this year		23 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Lost in the Wilderness Committee Wild Sky wilderness bill dead in the water for this year Despite overwhelming public and bipartisan support, an effort to create Washington state's first new wilderness area in 20 years died yesterday, thanks to both partisan quarreling and the intransigence of Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.), chair of the House Resources Committee. The story is complicated and rife with political finger-poi ...
Topics: politics, Washington, wilderness (all these topics)

Oh, So Nov. 15 Is After the Election? Who Knew? Bush Administration Delays Roadless Ruling		09 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Oh, So Nov. 15 Is After the Election? Who Knew? Bush Administration Delays Roadless Ruling The Bush administration announced yesterday that it will delay a final decision on whether to repeal the enormously popular Clinton-era Roadless Rule in order to gather more public input -- two more months of public input, as it happens. Some enviros (oh, the cynicism!) noted that the delay would put the final decisi ...
Topics: elections, politics, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

Tree Amigos Bush Roadless-Rule Rollback Opposed by Tree Farmers		20 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
Tree Amigos Bush Roadless-Rule Rollback Opposed by Tree Farmers The Bush administration's proposal to revamp (critics say gut) the Clinton-era Roadless Rule, which prohibits road construction on some 60 million acres of federal forestland, is finding opposition in some odd places. Owners of tree farms, not typically considered a natural ally of greens, are backing the Sierra Club and other enviro ...
Topics: food and agriculture, politics, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

This Land Is Your Land ... For Now Bush administration proposal would give BLM more incentive to sell off public lands	Amanda Griscom	06 Aug 2004	Muckraker
Your red rocks, in Utah. Photo: BLM. The old Woody Guthrie ballad "This Land Is Your Land" has been reinterpreted in more ways than one recently. There was the hilarious campaign parody cartoon that exploded virally throughout the Internet last month, in which the "liberal wiener" (John Kerry) and "right-wing nut job" ( ...
Topics: Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior, Muckraker, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Huge Tracts of Land Bush Administration Accelerates Oil and Gas Leasing in Rockies		01 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
Huge Tracts of Land Bush Administration Accelerates Oil and Gas Leasing in Rockies The Bush administration, as part of its broader effort to accelerate oil and gas development on the Rocky Mountain front, is moving ahead with plans to lease large tracts of environmentally sensitive land in Utah and southwestern Wyoming. This has prompted protests from varied quarters, including a letter to Interior ...
Topics: mining and drilling, North America, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Barton Fink Big Recipient of Industry Money to Head House Energy Committee		20 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Barton Fink Big Recipient of Industry Money to Head House Energy Committee With Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) retiring at the end of this year, the plum leadership spot on the House Energy and Commerce Committee is poised to go to Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), a true friend of the energy industry if ever there was one. Barton has received more campaign contributions from the energy sector than ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic, energy, mining and drilling, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Snow News Day Yellowstone Snowmobile Saga Gets Even More Convoluted		18 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: environmental justice, national parks, outdoor recreation, placemaking, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Coal and Calculating Bush Admin. Decision Could Boost Pollution in National Parks		17 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Coal and Calculating Bush Admin. Decision Could Boost Pollution in National Parks In a move that could lead to more pollution in national parks, the Bush administration on Friday said it will permit North Dakota to change the way it estimates air pollution in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Seems like a small thing, but the new estimation formula is likely ...
Topics: energy, national parks, North Dakota, politics, pollution and waste, US EPA, Utah, wilderness (all these topics)

Snowmobefuddlement Judge Issues Yet Another Reversal of Yellowstone Snowmobile Ban		11 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Snowmobefuddlement Judge Issues Yet Another Reversal of Yellowstone Snowmobile Ban An already-confusing winter for tourists and tour operators in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks got more muddled yesterday, when a federal judge overturned severe restrictions on snowmobiling in the parks. For those of you keeping score at home, a quick rundown of the ...
Topics: Bill Clinton, environmental justice, national parks, outdoor recreation, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Natural Gas, Unnatural Allies Unlikely Coalition Opposes Bush's Plan to Drill in New Mexico		11 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Natural Gas, Unnatural Allies Unlikely Coalition Opposes Bush's Plan to Drill in New Mexico New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) is leading an improbable coalition of enviros, ranchers, hunters, and property-rights activists in a fight against the Bush administration's plans to drill for natural gas in the Otero Mesa area of New Me ...
Topics: Bill Richardson, Department of Interior, elections, energy, New Mexico, oil and gas drilling, politics, West, wilderness (all these topics)

The Thinners Have Much More Fun Forest Service to Triple Sierra Nevada Logging		23 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
The Thinners Have Much More Fun Forest Service to Triple Sierra Nevada Logging Citing the need to prevent catastrophic forest fires like the ones that plagued Southern California last year, on Thursday the U.S. Forest Service announced a plan to spend $50 million a year to thin forests in California's Sierra Nevada mountains. The plan would allow logging of 330 million board-feet of g ...
Topics: California, logging, Nevada, politics, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics)

Hasta La Vista, Fishies Schwarzenegger Cuts Moola for California Marine Reserves Plan		14 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Hasta La Vista, Fishies Schwarzenegger Cuts Moola for California Marine Reserves Plan In a boon for headline-writers who still haven't exhausted their Terminator puns, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has put an indefinite hold on planning for a more than 1,000-mile-long necklace of no-fishing marine reserves along the California coast -- mandated by a 1999 state law ...
Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, marine life, oceans, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Sales Pitched Forest Service Cancels Timber Sales in Tongass		13 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Sales Pitched Forest Service Cancels Timber Sales in Tongass The U.S. Forest Service plans to cancel 20 timber sales in Alaska's Tongass National Forest -- not because it's dedicated to preserving old growth in the vast rainforest, but because the sales were sure to be money-losers for logging companies. Enviros are feeling vindicated by the development; they say it proves ...
Topics: Alaska, business, logging, politics, rainforests, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics)

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