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Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Nomination Proposed for CA Central Coast SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA—The Northern Chumash Tribal Council, joined by other groups and individuals, on February 2 formally requested the nomination of a new “Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary” in an application to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration....
Posted: Thu, Feb 5, 2015 5:45pm PST
Maryland Legislators Introduce Fracking Moratorium Bill 
Annapolis, Md. – Maryland Delegate David Fraser-Hidalgo, Senator Karen Montgomery, and 46 other General Assembly members today introduced the Protect Our Health and Communities Act, a bill to enact a long-term statewide moratorium on fracking. At the same time, a new statewide group of doctors, nurses, and other health professionals, Concerned Health Professionals of Maryland (CHP-Md), released a letter to General Assembly leadership (see PDF), signed by more than 100 Maryland health professi...
Posted: Thu, Feb 5, 2015 5:29pm PST
Video Footage from Inside Yellowstone's Bison Trap Take a look at what Yellowstone doesn't want the public to see....
Posted: Thu, Feb 5, 2015 1:27pm PST
The Energy Game (audio/mpeg 54.7MB) The Energy Gang is a weekly podcast that dives into the technological, political and market forces driving energy and environmental issues....
Posted: Mon, Feb 2, 2015 8:07am PST
Support Grows for Grand Canyon Watershed National Monument Proposal 
PHOENIX, Ariz.— The Grand Canyon Watershed Coalition today praised actions by Arizona congressional leaders calling for permanent protection of the area north and south of the Grand Canyon. In a letter to President Obama (see PDF), representatives Raul Grijalva, Ann Kirkpatrick and Ruben Gallego stressed the natural and economic importance of the watershed and the serious threats it faces from uranium mining and logging....
Posted: Fri, Jan 30, 2015 6:46pm PST
Universities score poorly on climate change risk investment 
While climate science has been a prominent concern of many university based researchers, these same venerable education institutions have failed to walk the talk in regard to applying climate change science to climate risk investment of their financial assets. A new global survey of universities has found that the overwhelming majority are financially exposed to the risk of stranded assets and physical impacts of climate change....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2015 1:58pm PST
Wild Bison Escape Capture in Yellowstone More Buffalo Shipped to Slaughter Leaving Stephens Creek Bison Trap Empty, Death Count Passes 400...
Posted: Tue, Jan 27, 2015 1:36pm PST
Not Guilty Verdict in Murder of Costa Rican Sea Turtle Conservationist Jairo Mora Provokes The seven men arrested in the brutal murder of Costa Rican sea turtle conservationist Jairo Mora Sandoval and the kidnapping and sexual assault of four women, including one American, on the night of May 31, 2013 were found not guilty today sparking international outrage, and calls for justice....
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2015 4:26pm PST
Tulane Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement (audio/mpeg 30.7MB) Emma Collin joined News and Views for an interview to discuss the fossil fuel divestment movement at Tulane University....
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2015 7:28am PST
SOA Graduate Takes Control of Security in Michoacán, Mexico 
U.S. Army School of The Americas (SOA) graduate general Pedro Felipe Gurrola Ramírez takes control of security in Michoacan, Mexico....
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2015 12:44pm PST
Egresado de la Escuela de las Americas Toma Control de la Seguridad de Michoacán, México El general Pedro Felipe Gurrola Ramírez un egresado de la Escuela de las Americas del Ejército de Estados Unidos (SOA por sus siglas en ingles), asume control de la seguridad de Michoacán, México...
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2015 12:40pm PST
Congress Considers Destructive Border Security Proposals TUCSON, Ariz.— The U.S. Congress has taken up consideration of HR 399, which would dramatically ramp up ongoing militarization in the southern border region in the name of “border security,” including in some of the most sensitive and important wildlife habitat in the nation. The bill would also permanently exempt border security activities from more than a dozen environmental laws within 100 miles of the Mexican border, including the Endangered Species Act, Wilderness Act, and National Envir...
Posted: Thu, Jan 22, 2015 4:35pm PST
Yellowstone Bison Sent To Slaughter Tragedy in the Gardiner Basin, north boundary of Yellowstone National Park...
Posted: Wed, Jan 21, 2015 12:00pm PST
Controversial Sespe Fracking Project Put On Hold 
Local environmentalists secure important victory against Big Oil....
Posted: Tue, Jan 20, 2015 9:25pm PST
Time For US Government To Sponsor An End To Junk Mail 
US taxpayers have subsidized with hundreds of billions of dollars the junk mail ad industry whose absurdly low rates allow them to clog landfills, kill trillions of trees, cause global heating, and violate citizen privacy....
Posted: Sat, Jan 17, 2015 8:03am PST
2014's Record Heat Reinforces Need for Fossil Fuel-free Future WASHINGTON— Earth suffered the hottest year in recorded history in 2014, federal climate experts announced today, underscoring why the Obama administration must back an international plan to end virtually all fossil fuel use by 2050....
Posted: Fri, Jan 16, 2015 2:09pm PST
Hazed and Confused: Documentary Highlights Yellowstone Bison Plight in Montana 
Silencing the Thunder profiles the struggle to contain and maintain Yellowstone bison, the only genetically pure line remaining—that is, not infused with at least some cattle DNA—from the time that these majestic animals roamed the Great Plains by the millions....
Posted: Fri, Jan 16, 2015 11:40am PST
Russia Blamed, US Taxpayers on the Hook, as Fracking Boom Collapses Ben Ptashnik is a former state senator from Vermont....
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2015 3:48pm PST
Lawsuit Filed in Response to Yellowstone Wild Bison Capture Yellowstone National Park started trapping wild buffalo for slaughter on Thursday. Buffalo Field Campaign and Friends of Animals Wildlife Law Program have filed a law suit in response....
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2015 2:06pm PST
Offshore Wind Would Produce Twice the Jobs and Energy as Offshore Drilling in the Atlantic 
Oceana released a new report on Jauary 13 that finds offshore wind would produce twice the number of jobs and twice the amount of energy as offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean. The report, titled Offshore Energy by the Numbers, An Economic Analysis of Offshore Drilling and Wind Energy in the Atlantic (see PDF), challenges recent claims by the oil and gas industry that opening the East Coast to offshore drilling will lead the United States to energy independence, generate millions of dolla...
Posted: Wed, Jan 14, 2015 10:12pm PST
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