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Divided party? It's not just GOP, but also Dems
Mar 13, 2010 17:31 EST
Big-tent Democrats facing ever widening cracks in its base in difficult political environment. For all the evidence of a divided GOP, the Democratic Party has its own widening cracks that could make a potentially bleak election year even more dour.
Divided party? It's not just GOP, but also Dems
Mar 13, 2010 10:39 EST
For all the evidence of a divided GOP, the Democratic Party has its own widening cracks that could make a potentially bleak election year even more dour.
Groups file legal challenge to Chukchi drilling
Jan 21, 2010 08:16 EST
Alaska Natives, environmental groups file legal challenge to Chukchi offshore drilling. A coalition of Alaska Natives combined forces Wednesday with some of the heaviest hitters in the environmental community to challenge a plan by Shell Oil to drill off northwest Alaska.
Feds to set aside habitat for jaguar recovery
Jan 12, 2010 19:41 EST
US wildlife officials to designate habitat, develop recovery plan for endangered jaguar. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday it will set aside critical habitat for the endangered jaguar and develop a recovery plan for the elusive animal once thought to have disappeared from the United States.
Groups seek regulation of bumblebee shipments
Jan 12, 2010 18:26 EST
Groups ask federal authorities to regulate commercial bumblebees to control disease. Conservation groups and scientists want federal agricultural authorities to start regulating shipments of commercially domesticated bumblebees ? used to pollinate crops ? to protect wild bumblebees from diseases threatening their survival.
Groups seek regulation of bumblebee importation
Jan 12, 2010 16:58 EST
Groups ask federal authorities to regulate commercial bumblebees to control disease. Conservation groups and scientists want federal agricultural authorities to start regulating shipments of commercially domesticated bumblebees ? used to pollinate crops ? to protect wild bumblebees from diseases threatening their survival.
2 lawsuits challenge Alaska offshore drilling
Dec 15, 2009 17:20 EST
Alaska whalers, environmental groups sue to block proposed 2010 Beaufort Sea oil drilling. Native Alaskan groups who depend on whaling and a coalition of environmental groups sued the federal government Tuesday, seeking to block a Shell Oil subsidiary from drilling next year in the Beaufort Sea.
Groups run ad urging stop to Tongass timber sales
Oct 23, 2009 10:47 EDT
Conservation groups run ad appealing to US agriculture secretary to stop Tongass timber sales. Nearly a dozen conservation groups are appealing to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to put a stop to two timber sales in the Tongass National Forest.
Conservationists sue EPA over prairie dog poison
Sep 30, 2009 12:30 EDT
Conservation groups say EPA violating federal laws with registration of prairie dog poison. Two conservation groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for its decision to register pesticides that curtail prairie dogs.
EPA to place limits on power plant water pollution
Sep 15, 2009 16:35 EDT
EPA plans stricter limits on power plant water pollution citing harm to water and wildlife. For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to limit the quantity of toxic metals that coal-fired power plants release into waterways.
Alaska: Wolf, bear hunts increasing moose, caribou
Sep 13, 2009 14:48 EDT
Alaska says hunts to reduce wolf, bear populations are increasing moose, caribou numbers. An Alaska wildlife management program in which wolves are shot from low-flying airplanes and black bears are baited and snared is helping to increase the numbers of moose and caribou, state wildlife officials say.
Environmentalists seek to intervene in lynx suit
Aug 03, 2009 19:34 EDT
Environmental groups move to intervene in snowmobilers' suit over lynx habitat designation. Six environmental groups announced Monday they have filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed by snowmobilers challenging the federal government's designation of land in six states as critical habitat for Canada lynx.
Navy: sonar impact on whales small at test site
Jun 26, 2009 15:20 EDT
Navy says sonar impact on endangered whales negligible at planned training site off Florida. The Navy believes sonar in a planned training range for submarine warfare off the coast of north Florida will not disturb calving by endangered North Atlantic right whales, it said in an environmental impact statement Friday.
Bobcat fur coats raise trapping concern in West
Jun 12, 2009 17:02 EDT
High-demand for bobcat fur coats has wildlife advocates worried about overtrapping in West. Bobcat fur coats have become a hot item among the fashion-conscious in Russia and China, leading to a big jump in prices and exports for the soft, spotted pelts.
Highway shoulders shaggy as states cut back mowing
Jun 05, 2009 10:38 EDT
Highway shoulders, medians grow shaggy as cash-strapped states mow less during recession. America's highways are taking on a shaggier look for the peak travel season. Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers are exploding across median strips and road shoulders this summer as states cut back on mowing to save money.
Project launched to fight frog-killing fungus
May 12, 2009 00:13 EDT
Smithsonian launches project to fight fungus blamed for dozens of frog extinctions. Zoos in the U.S., Panama and Mexico are deploying researchers in Central America to develop new ways to fight a fungus blamed for wiping out dozens of frog and amphibian species as part of a project announced Monday.
Gray wolf withdrawn from US endangered list
May 03, 2009 20:00 EDT
Thirty-five years being hunted to near extinction, the gray wolf on Monday was taken off the US list of endangered species, clearing the way for it to be hunted again in most states.
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