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Groups Target EPA For Not Safeguarding Rocky Mountain West
Outdated standards, air pollution from drilling endanger communities, climate
Read MoreWhat Is Lost, What Remains
Photos tell story of the energy boom’s threat to wild Wyoming. The natural gas industry has boomed nowhere like it has in southwest Wyoming, in the Upper Green River Valley at the south end of the Yellowstone ecosystem. Hundreds of well pads have been scraped and an industrial web of facilities and roads have gone…
Read MoreShopping As a Climate-neutral Act
In my last post I told you about using Freecycle, Craigslist, and eBay to reduce-reuse-and-recycle my way through a total refurnishing of my new, post-divorce life. It was a lot more fun and I found better quality things than shopping at garage sales and second-hand stores. There’s really great stuff out there if you follow…
Read MoreA Bit of Good News
If the polar bears aren’t drowning it’s flooding somewhere and drying to dust somewhere else. Or, as a folk group from my youth sang, "They’re rioting in Africa. . .and Texas needs rain." Plus ça change. With all the horrible news, a bright spot is welcome, and this week’s comes from the World Wildlife Fund…
Read MoreBLM Should Deny Precedent-Setting Utah Road Give-away
County has been illegally posting road signs across federal public lands
Read MoreCourt Stops Destruction of Alaskan Lake by Mining Company
Allows other mining activities to proceed
Read MoreCongressman Launches Effort to Take Down the Endangered Species Act
Pombo bill would strip America’s wildlife of essential protection
Read MoreKensington Gold Mine Violates Clean Water Act
Mine waste disposal sets precedent for new way to pollute Alaska’s waters
Read MoreConservation Groups File Suit on 'Do-Nothing' Red Snapper Plan
National Marine Fisheries Service does little to protect fish populations in Gulf of Mexico
Read MoreLatino Communities Demand Congress, EPA Step Up to Fight Asthma
Latino community advocates visited Washington, D.C. to urge members of Congress and the EPA to craft a strong Clean Power Plan to cut air pollution.
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