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Alaska Sen. Murkowski Introduces Bill to Drill Arctic Wildlife Refuge

Alaska Sen. Murkowski Introduces Bill to Drill Arctic Wildlife Refuge

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced legislation Wednesday night that would open a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas development for the first time. The bill could advance with only 51 votes in the Senate instead of the usual 60 as it complies under Congress’ budget resolution instructions for 2018. […]

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    Alaska Sen. Murkowski Introduces Bill to Drill Arctic Wildlife Refuge

    Alaska Sen. Murkowski Introduces Bill to Drill Arctic Wildlife Refuge

    Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced legislation Wednesday night that would open a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas development for the first time. The bill could advance with only 51 votes in the Senate instead of the usual 60 as it complies under Congress’ budget resolution instructions for 2018. […]

    70,000 New York City Birds Sacrificed for Air Travel

    70,000 New York City Birds Sacrificed for Air Travel

    In last eight years, nearly 70,000 birds have been killed in the New York City area to make the skies safer for air travel. On Jan. 15, 2009, three minutes after takeoff from New York City’s La Guardia Airport, U.S. Airways Flight 1549 hit a flock of Canada geese just northeast of the George Washington […]

    1.5 Billion Birds Lost in North America Since 1970s

    1.5 Billion Birds Lost in North America Since 1970s

    By Nika Knight North America has lost more than 1.5 billion birds over the past 40 years, says the most comprehensive survey of landbird populations in Canada and the U.S. to date, and 86 species are threatened with total extinction—all thanks to human-caused habitat destruction and climate change. Golden-winged warblers are one of the North […]

    Conservation Groups to Sue Over Wind Turbine Project in Key Bird Migration Corridor

    Conservation Groups to Sue Over Wind Turbine Project in Key Bird Migration Corridor

    The Ohio National Guard facility at Camp Perry, near Port Clinton in northern Ohio, is the focus of possible legal action by American Bird Conservancy (ABC), a leading national bird conservation organization, and Ohio’s Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO), which yesterday announced the intention to sue the Ohio National Guard in connection with violations of […]