Protecting our environmental resources and promoting social justice
“Trump’s gift to the fossil fuel industry and special interests will silence ordinary Americans while giving polluters a free pass to trash the environment, destroy public lands, and kill wildlife.” Trump accused of ‘disgraceful abdication’ of duty for proposal to neuter landmark environmental law – Alternet.org (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour) Written by …
“Enefit’s South Project would dig up more than 28 million tons of oil shale per year, generating hundreds of millions of tons of waste rock and “overburden”—the industry term for the soils, plants, and layers of rock that lie in the way. It would also drain more than 3 billion gallons of water per year …
American bald eagle collateral damage for loggers and miners….. Center for Biological Diversity: Republicans in Congress have once again snuck harmful riders into three must-pass bills to fund the government and authorize the military. It adds up to the worst attack the Endangered Species Act has ever seen. From wolves and grizzly bears to monarchs …
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WAR ON FACTS AND SCIENCE CONTINUES Center for Biological Diversity: To lay the groundwork for the planned regulatory cuts, Trump’s Council on Environmental Quality is preparing to roll out by year’s end a long list of proposed changes that will essentially end consequential environmental assessments of projects and eliminate meaningful input by scientists and the …
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“BLM records show that since 2014 the fracking industry requested 145 parcels in northern Arizona for oil and gas leasing, most near the Hurricane Cliffs and Big Valley north of Grand Canyon National Park.” Plan to Auction 4,200 Acres Sidesteps Environmental Review, Threatens National Park, Groundwater, River Center for Biological Diversity: FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— A new …
UPDATE:Devastating Federal Forest Bill Would Clear Cut National Forests and Silence Dissent This bill was approved in the House and headed for the Senate. It let’s loggers literally into protected federal lands under the guise of fire prevention to strip and sell our forests, undermine biodiversity and pay back donors. “National forests are …