NewsRack: flenvcenter/Land_Independent

From Nepal to the Maldives, Eye Witness Sees Impact of Warming and Melting Glaciers - AlterNet

Kunda Dixit, SolveClimate — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Bursting glacial lakes, storm surges, and drought among the current dangers.

Prescribed Burns May Reduce the US Carbon Footprint - TreeHugger

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Prescribed Burns May Reduce the US Carbon Footprint

Jenna Woginrich: I'm Going To A Sheep Butchering Party - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Jenna Woginrich — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

This weekend I'll be attending a Greenhorns event in upstate New York called the Hogget Cook Off. It's the first of a two-day event that...

Climate Change Harming Hundreds of Migratory Bird Species - ENS

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Climate Change Harming Hundreds of Migratory Bird Species

Obama Retains Bush Legal Defense of Public Land Recreation Fees - NewWest.Net Travel & Outdoors

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

“Change We Need.” You remember it, right? Heard it at least a thousand times, correct? But based on recent events, Barack Obama’s campaign slogan should’ve been “No Change Needed” because public land users have all been short-changed again by the Forest Service (FS) with full support of the new administration. Critics of the Federal Land Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA) or Recreation Access Tax (RAT), as we call it, have been quick to blame it on the evil, pro-privatization, environmental unfriendly Bushies, so I guess it’s a real shock to us to see the Obama administration making no change at all in the defense of the aggressive implementation of maligned law.

New Report on Meat Industry and Climate Confrims Old One: It's Bad - GOOD

Andrew Price — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

More than 1.7 billion animals are used in livestock production worldwide and occupy more than one-fourth of the Earth's land. Production of animal feed consumes about one-third of total arable land. Livestock production accounts for approximately 40 percent of the... ...

Breaking: Anti-MTR Activists Risk Arrest at EPA HQ with Elaborate Protest - Common Dreams: Headlines

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

WASHINGTON- In an attempt to further pressure EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to enforce the Clean Water Act and halt mountaintop removal coal mining (MTR), activists early this morning erected two 20-foot-tall, purple tripod structures in front of the agency's headquarters.

Most Power Plants Still Spewing Toxic Mercury, Report Says - Common Dreams: Headlines

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Renee Schoof

WASHINGTON - Many of America's coal-fired power plants lack widely available pollution controls for the highly toxic metal mercury, and mercury emissions recently increased at more than half of the country's 50 largest mercury-emitting power plants, according to a report Wednesday.

The nonpartisan Environmental Integrity Project reported that five of the 10 plants with the highest amount of mercury emitted are in Texas. Plants in Georgia, Missouri, Alabama, Pennsylvania and Michigan also are in the top 10.

Mexican Farmers Turn Milpas into Forest Gardens - Worldwatch Institute

Fred Bahnson — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

When government extension agents first came to Juan Bautista's Yucatan village of Chun-Yah, a tiny pueblo in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, they told him he should start growing pitaya, also known as dragonfruit. Originating in Meso-America, this cactus is now cultivated in parts of Asia, Australia, and Israel. The fruit is tasty, the plant is easily propagated, and it thrives in places with long dry seasons like the Yucatan. Bautista and other farmers in Chun-Yah followed the agronomists' instructions, clear-cutting nearby forests and building elaborate trellis systems made of concrete and wire to support the vine-like pitaya. Soon after the project began, the funding to maintain those trellises disappeared. The agronomists were at a loss as ...

Activists Risk Arrest with Elaborate Protest at EPA HQ; Demand Immediate Action to Stop Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining - Commondreams.org Newswire

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 18, 2010

Rainforest Action Network (RAN)

In an attempt to further pressure EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to enforce the Clean Water Act and halt mountaintop removal coal mining (MTR), activists early this morning erected two 20-foot-tall, purple tripod structures in front of the agency's headquarters.

Glenn Hurowitz: The Energy Fetish - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Glenn Hurowitz — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Co-authored by Stephen Lovett. Within the next few days, Senators John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, and Joe Lieberman are going to unveil energy and climate legislation....

Auto Alliance Says Hands Off EPA's Ability to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions - TreeHugger

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Auto Alliance Says Hands Off EPA's Ability to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Copper mine opposition grows as Senate land swap bill moves forward - ICT - National - Southwest

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

SAN CARLOS, Ariz. – Land swap legislation that would pave the way for a controversial copper mining operation on land that is sacred to the Apaches is inching forward in the Senate.

First US Tar Sands to Break Ground in Utah - WireTap Magazine

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

In Grand County, Utah, people are thirsty. Utah is a desert state; it’s a thirsty place. What we love about Utah is its unique, gorgeous, otherworldly geography, which keeps us coming back or sticking around. So explain this logic to me: a horrifying and unprecedented project could put Utah’s Canyonlands National Park and Glen Canyon [...]

Obama's Regulatory Czar Deliberately Stalling Toxic Coal Waste Regulation - Truthout - All Articles

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

It may be unsettling to some that the man most responsible for overseeing coal ash regulation within the Obama administration has a track record of siding with polluters instead of the people most affected by toxic waste.

His name is Cass Sunstein

Argentina's Tree Regenerator - GOOD

Alicia Capetillo — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The project is based in the selective logging of ancient trees and super efficient use of wood in Lenga forests near Corcovado, Chubut province. These trees have a regeneration cycle of their own that is assisted by selective cut of certain units: trees that are adequate age, that are in risk of falling, and that are accessible without cutting other units. These cuts also create new areas... ...

Outdoor Industry Leaders Call on Congress to Make Investing in Public Lands and Protecting Natural Resources a Priority in Climate Legislation - Commondreams.org Newswire

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 17, 2010

National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA)

Seventy-five outdoor businesses, the Outdoor Industry Association, Outdoor Alliance and the National Parks Conservation Association have signed on to a letter calling on Congress to protect public lands from climate change impacts. The letter, which will be delivered to Congressional offices this week, is below. Healthy lands and waters help generate $730 billion in economic activity in the United States, which generates $88 billion in state and federal tax revenue.

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Indonesia to Allow Underground Mining in Protected Forests - TreeHugger

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT
Indonesia to Allow Underground Mining in Protected Forests

The “Next West:” Up in the Air - NewWest.Net Development

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT
In early March, I had the privilege of visiting a project in northern California that felt very much like a preview of the future. If the current ‘New West’ is inexorably giving way to the ‘Next West,’ as so many ‘New Wests’ have done before, and if the region is in search of a new mission statement as a consequence, then clues to what’s coming might be found among the bright green grass of a small ranch in Marin County.

The Next West: Up in the Air - NewWest.Net All Headlines

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT
In early March, I had the privilege of visiting a project in northern California that felt very much like a preview of the future. If the current 'New West' is inexorably giving way to the 'Next West,' as so many 'New Wests' have done before, and if the region is in search of a new mission statement as a consequence, then clues to what's coming might be found among the bright green grass of a small ranch in Marin County.

Indigenous leader confronts Chevron - ICT - National - Southwest

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT
Emergildo Criollo traveled to California recently from his indigenous village in Ecuador to the home of Chevron’s new CEO John Watson and then to a meeting with state lawmakers, demanding that the oil giant Chevron “… take responsibility for their actions and clean up our rivers and forests – our homes.”

Richard T. Hughes: Why Conservative Christians So Often Fail the Common Good (Part 2) - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Richard T. Hughes — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT
Why do so many Christians -- especially fundamentalists and evangelicals -- so often fail to discern the themes of peace and justice that are so central to the biblical vision of the kingdom of God?

Santo Domingo Pueblo returns to traditional name - NFIC News Feed

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT
Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico (AP) March 2010 The tribal seal now says Kewa (KEE-wah) Pueblo. Tribal councilors for what has been known as Santo Domingo Pueblo late last year unanimously changed the pueblos name back to what it was traditionally. Former pueblo Gov. Everett Chavez, who proposed the change, says Read more... (http://indiancountrynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8692&Itemid=33)

Rumble in the Lumberyard: FSC vs SFI - TreeHugger

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT
Rumble in the Lumberyard: FSC vs SFI

Idaho Steelheading Adventures, Part II: Fishing Etiquette - NewWest.Net Travel & Outdoors

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT
Idaho Steelheading Adventures, Part II: Fishing Etiquette