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House Quietly Shifts Federal Policy Making It Easier to Sell Off Public Land

House Quietly Shifts Federal Policy Making It Easier to Sell Off Public Land

The House passed a new provision Tuesday that would change the cost calculation of transferring federal land, making it easier to give state and local regulators more control. The official GOP platform advocates for state control of federal public lands and Tuesday’s vote may signify an initial move in how the GOP plans to manage […]

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    2 Orangutans Who Spent Their Lives in Cages Are Returned to Their Forest Home

    2 Orangutans Who Spent Their Lives in Cages Are Returned to Their Forest Home

    By Alicia Graef Animal advocates are celebrating the successful rescue, rehabilitation and release of two critically endangered Bornean orangutans who had spent their lives in cages as pets. The two orangutans, eight-year-old Johnny, and 10-year-old Desi, had spent their lives in confinement as pets before being rescued by a team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) […]

    10 Endangered Species and How Trump Can Prevent Their Extinction

    10 Endangered Species and How Trump Can Prevent Their Extinction

    As the Obama administration prepares to hand over the reins of the executive branch to President-elect Donald Trump, the Washington, DC-based Endangered Species Coalition released a “Top 10” list of imperiled species in need of strong conservation measures today. The report, Removing the Walls to Recovery: Top 10 Species Priorities for a New Administration, highlights […]

    Huge Victory for Norway’s Wolves

    Huge Victory for Norway’s Wolves

    Vidar Helgesen, the Norwegian minister for climate and environment, announced Tuesday that the government denied permission to shoot the four wolf packs in the areas of Letjenna, Osdalen, Kynna and Slettås. The government concluded that there is no legal basis for the hunt, neither in the national nature protection laws nor in the Bern Convention, […]

    Trump Sons Auctioning Off $1 Million Hunting Trip to Celebrate Inauguration

    Trump Sons Auctioning Off $1 Million Hunting Trip to Celebrate Inauguration

    So much for separating business and politics. A Texas nonprofit co-chaired by notorious hunting enthusiasts Donald Jr. and Eric Trump will be hosting a wildlife-themed event to celebrate their father’s incoming presidency. Donors who drop between $500,000 to $1 million will be entered for a chance to win multi-day hunting and/or fishing trips with the […]

    Feds Sued by State of California Over Offshore Fracking

    Feds Sued by State of California Over Offshore Fracking

    Citing risks to public health and marine life, California Attorney General Kamala Harris and the California Coastal Commission filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the federal government’s inadequate analysis of offshore fracking’s threats to the California coast. Feds Find Offshore #Fracking in the Pacific Would Have No 'Significant' Environmental Impact https://t.co/eypwXoSNZA @CenterForBioDiv — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) June […]

    This Pipeline Would Cut Through America’s Most Celebrated Hiking Trail

    This Pipeline Would Cut Through America’s Most Celebrated Hiking Trail

    By Caroline Mosley The proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline would carry natural gas 300 miles from northwest West Virginia to southern Virginia, crossing the Appalachian Trail and clearing trees on its way. Cutting through one of the most celebrated hiking trails in America, the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline threatens wildlife habitat, recreational lands and the health […]

    What You Need to Know About Trump’s Choice for Department of Interior

    What You Need to Know About Trump’s Choice for Department of Interior

    By Adam Markham U.S. natural and cultural resources—the parks, landmarks and history of America—are under assault from climate change. So it is troubling that Ryan Zinke, Donald Trump‘s pick to run the Department of the Interior (DOI), seems unsure whether climate change is a real problem or not. Just this week, in an interview with […]