NEPA transformed federal land management — and has fallen short
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6.12.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
A look back at the ground-breaking legislation on its 50th anniversary. |
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Effort to lock Hanford’s radioactive waste in glass faces more delays
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20.11.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
Feds aim to push back the opening of ‘glassification’ plants, while state officials say the Department of Energy has been underfunding the cleanup of America’s most poisoned site. |
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Wildlife refuges suffer under budget cuts and staff shortages
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20.11.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
The key mission of the Refuge System — to protect and restore wildlife habitat — may be falling by the wayside. |
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[flenvcenter :: National]
[flenvcenter :: Fish]
[flenvcenter :: Habitat Protection]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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[flenvcenter :: Fish]
[flenvcenter :: Habitat Protection]
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WiFi, Amazon and food trucks: Trump team’s vision for national parks
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7.11.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
As they open parks for businesses, advisers propose cutting seniors 50% discounts during peak seasons. |
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[flenvcenter :: Arizona]
[flenvcenter :: National]
[flenvcenter :: Non-Motorized Recreation]
[flenvcenter :: Arizona]
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Snake River dams
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28.10.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
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[flenvcenter :: National]
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BLM chief’s wild horse fixation distracts from the real threats to public land
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25.10.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
Species extinction, near-constant wildfire and widespread drought are a few omens William Perry Pendley might consider instead. |
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[flenvcenter :: National]
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Can a campaign for nature and community rights stop aerial spraying in Oregon?
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23.10.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
The push for more local control upends the typical pattern of Westerners fighting against regulation. |
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[flenvcenter :: Pesticides]
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In Oregon, the fight for local control upends Western norms
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23.10.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
Advocates for an aerial pesticide spray ban are fighting for more protection and rights of nature. |
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[flenvcenter :: Pesticides]
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[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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[flenvcenter :: National]
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Allowing off-highway vehicles in Utah’s national parks is a mistake
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18.10.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
More mechanized traffic in already crowded parks is another Trump administration gift to industry and Utah politicians. |
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[flenvcenter :: Mining]
[flenvcenter :: Motorized Recreation]
[flenvcenter :: Utah]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: National]
[flenvcenter :: Mining]
[flenvcenter :: Motorized Recreation]
[flenvcenter :: Utah]
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Feds give Navajo uranium clean-up contract to firm with sketchy past
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17.10.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
A High Country News investigation finds the EPA awarded Tetra Tech a contract despite knowing its subsidiary had likely engaged in data manipulation and falsification, false reporting and profiteering. |
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[flenvcenter :: Environmental Health]
[flenvcenter :: Radiation]
[flenvcenter :: Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: National]
[flenvcenter :: Education]
[flenvcenter :: Places]
[flenvcenter :: Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: Places]
[flenvcenter :: Environmental Health]
[flenvcenter :: Radiation]
[flenvcenter :: Native American Lands]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Native American Lands]
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Setting climate targets and creating tools to achieve them
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17.10.2019 |
Small Business | GreenBiz.com |
Including a national clean energy standard. |
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[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Hydroelectric]
[flenvcenter :: Solar]
[flenvcenter :: Wind]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Nuclear Energy]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Hydroelectric]
[flenvcenter :: Solar]
[flenvcenter :: Wind]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Nuclear Energy]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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[flenvcenter :: National]
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What are wild burros doing to Death Valley?
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16.10.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
New research suggests that the introduced wild donkeys may benefit native species, but the National Park Service wants to remove them. |
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[flenvcenter :: Trees]
[flenvcenter :: Mammals]
[flenvcenter :: Invasive Species]
[flenvcenter :: National]
[flenvcenter :: Education]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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[flenvcenter :: Wells]
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[flenvcenter :: Trees]
[flenvcenter :: Mammals]
[flenvcenter :: Invasive Species]
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BLM head: ‘What I thought, what I wrote, what I did in the past is irrelevant.’
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12.10.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
Acting BLM Director William Perry Pendley won’t answer questions about his history of climate denial or denigrating immigrants at environmental journalism conference. |
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National politics put California’s air quality in the crosshairs
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7.10.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
On the ground, one teen deploys pollution monitors to make his community safer. |
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[flenvcenter :: Environmental Health]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Impacts]
[flenvcenter :: National]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Environmental Health]
[flenvcenter :: Alternative Vehicles]
[flenvcenter :: Impacts]
[flenvcenter :: Alternative Vehicles]
[flenvcenter :: Air Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: Air Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Air Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: Air Policy]
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From auto manufacturers to tech giants, business is opposing rollbacks on climate change regulations
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3.10.2019 |
Business Operations | GreenBiz.com |
Citing economics and competitive advantage, major firms argue against loosening government controls aimed at cutting carbon pollution. |
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[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[flenvcenter :: National]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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Trump’s Fish and Wildlife pick is entangled with industry
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26.9.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
Aurelia Skipwith has ties to water interests fighting endangered species protection and worked for ag giant Monsanto. |
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[flenvcenter :: Fish]
[flenvcenter :: Endangered Species]
[flenvcenter :: Species Conservation]
[flenvcenter :: Habitat Protection]
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[flenvcenter :: Fish]
[flenvcenter :: Endangered Species]
[flenvcenter :: Species Conservation]
[flenvcenter :: Habitat Protection]
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[flenvcenter :: National]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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How BLM employees really feel about moving West
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20.9.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
Leaked audio from a recent agency meeting is filled with fumbles by leadership and disapproving rumbles, derisive laughter from staff. |
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[flenvcenter :: Democrat]
[flenvcenter :: Democrat]
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How the Trump administration is silencing science
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18.9.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
Six ex-government scientists explain how they were made to bury climate science and why they decided to blow the whistle. |
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[flenvcenter :: Hazardous Waste]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Science]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Air Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: Air Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Alternative Vehicles]
[flenvcenter :: Hazardous Waste]
[flenvcenter :: National]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Science]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Air Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: Air Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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Dozens of former BLM officials denounce moving headquarters out of D.C.
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9.9.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
‘You’re setting up the BLM for failure.’ |
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[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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Methane emissions advance climate change and Trump’s regulatory rollback matters
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5.9.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
Energy scholars explain what rescinding methane regulations will mean for the climate and industry. |
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[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: National]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Science]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Air Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Science]
[flenvcenter :: Climate Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Air Policy]
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