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Headline	Author	Published	Section
How Smart Is Your City? An urban-dweller's pop quiz		12 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: green building, public lands, public transportation, Smartish Cities, special series, sprawl, urban planning (all these topics)

What's a Sustainable City, Anyway? Green-city ranking group SustainLane explains its methodology	James Elsen	12 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: green building, placemaking, public lands, public transportation, Smartish Cities, special series, sprawl, urban planning (all these topics)

California, here we come Unprecedented land conservation deal	Jason D Scorse	09 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: California, habitat protection, placemaking, public lands, wildlife (all these topics)

Market force of nature Social concerns complicate an issue that, for scientists, is a no-brainer	Maywa Montenegro	23 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: business, Guyana, investing, public lands, rainforests (all these topics)

Sworn to Be Wild House gives thumbs-up to conservation program		09 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 4:36 PM on 09 Apr 2008 Some 27 million acres of federal land in the U.S. West and Alaska would be formally recognized as conservation-worthy under legislation passed Wednesday by the House of Representatives. The National Landscape Conservation System has been in place since 2000 to "conserve, protect, and restore these nationally significant landscapes," and the House legislation would make the program law. The ...
Topics: habitat protection, legislation, news, politics, public lands, US House of Representatives (all these topics)

Deep Impact Uranium mine near Grand Canyon blocked		07 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 3:17 PM on 07 Apr 2008 A judge has blocked a British mining company's plan to build an exploratory uranium mine near the Grand Canyon. U.S. District Judge Mary Murguia agreed with litigious environmental groups that considering the location of the proposed mine and the risks associated with uranium mining, VANE Minerals Group should be required to conduct further environmental reviews before moving forward. sources:� Associated Press, ...
Topics: Arizona, energy, mining, news, public lands (all these topics)

The U.S. never had small government Taxes and public investment: less intrusive than alternatives	Gar Lipow	03 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, politics, public lands (all these topics)

An Ugly Prospect Mining claims encroaching on Western population centers		12 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 12:50 PM on 12 Mar 2008 Mining claims on federal land in the West are coming increasingly close to urban areas, according to a new report from the Environmental Working Group. Thanks to a spike in the value of many minerals -- and antiquated U.S. mining law, which is highly prospector-friendly -- there are now 51,600 hardrock claims within five miles of Western population centers, nearly double the count in 2003. ...
Topics: Environmental Working Group, mining, news, placemaking, public lands (all these topics)

The hills What would you build on the land near the iconic Hollywood sign?	Sarah van Schagen	13 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: green space, Los Angeles, placemaking, public lands (all these topics)

Curb Uranium Enthusiasm Exploratory uranium mine near Grand Canyon given go-ahead		07 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 7:22 AM on 07 Feb 2008 The U.S. Forest Service has granted a permit to a British mining company to drill exploratory uranium mines just miles from Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona and just three miles from a popular lookout. Officials in the county voted unanimously to try to stop the exploration, but their opposition has had little effect since the mine is on national forest land. An antiq ...
Topics: Arizona, mining, news, public lands, United States (all these topics)

Drain Lake Powell ... before nature does it for us	Erik Hoffner	19 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change impacts, public lands, Utah (all these topics)

Is the government a criminal syndicate? The Supreme Court considers an extortion suit against federal land managers	Justin Pidot	22 Mar 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Bureau of Land Management, litigation, placemaking, public lands (all these topics)

That'll Anacostia A plan to spruce up D.C.'s Anacostia River has some residents anxious	Ethan Goffman	15 Mar 2006	Main Dish
In the southeast corner of Washington, D.C., the capital of the most powerful nation in history, lies a polluted, neglected neighborhood known as Anacostia. Slated for a grand renewal project centered on the local river that gives it its name, the area stands at the juncture of poverty and opportunity. If plans move forward, it will one day be a showcase of urban design, with revi ...
Topics: environmental justice, green space, placemaking, politics, Poverty and the Environment, public lands, Washington DC (all these topics)

What's Yours Is Mine Mining-law revamp could put millions of public acres up for sale	Amanda Griscom Little	17 Nov 2005	Muckraker
Greens beamed and GOP leaders bristled last week after language paving the way for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and on the Outer Continental Shelf was stricken from the House budget reconciliation bill. But many Democrats and enviros are now sounding the alarm over another provision in the bill, one that's stirred up far less of a public ruckus but is ...
Topics: legislation, mining, Muckraker, politics, public lands (all these topics)

Andy Kerr, National Public Lands Grazing Campaign A rabble-rousing conservationist answers readers' questions		04 Jun 2004	InterActivist
We all know that logging and grazing are not inherently destructive practices. Do you work for, or know of, groups that are actively trying to remake the way grazing and logging are done on our federal lands, as opposed to merely campaigning against them altogether?��-- John Hintz, Lexington, Ky. Andy Kerr, director of the National Public Lands Grazing Campaign. We all don ...
Topics: heroes, InterActivist, interview, placemaking, politics, public lands (all these topics)

Andy Kerr, National Public Lands Grazing Campaign A rabble-rousing conservationist answers Grist's questions		01 Jun 2004	InterActivist
With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I currently spend 30 hours a week directing the National Public Lands Grazing Campaign (NPLGC), 5 hours a week advising Alternatives to Growth Oregon (AGO), and 15 hours as senior counselor for the Oregon Natural Resources Council (ONRC). I fill the remaining 10 hours of my 60-hour workweek (I'm a well-adjusted workaholi ...
Topics: heroes, InterActivist, interview, placemaking, politics, public lands (all these topics)

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