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EPA deliberately releases private details on factory farmers to environmental groups
Denver :: CO :: USA | 19 days ago
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in hot water following the agency's impetuous release of sensitive information on roughly 80,000 American farmers and cattle ranchers, according to new reports. EPA admittedly released more data than was
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Dredge plans draws opposition
Lewiston :: ME :: USA | 30 days ago
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Idaho (AP) Cargo barges sail serenely between Portland, Ore., and Lewiston, Idaho, the most inland seaport on the West Coast. But rough waters may lie ahead, because some environmental activists oppose the federal government's latest plan to dredge a
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Environmental Groups Sue Feds Over Central California Fracking
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Two environmental groups filed a new lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in federal court in San Jose Thursday, accusing it of failing to study the risks of fracking on 17,833 acres of public land in Monterey County and the Central
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States, cities, environmental groups demand EPA emission rules
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 month ago
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A dozen states and cities and three major environmental groups have notified the Environmental Protection Agency that they plan to sue the regulator unless it issues final rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants. On Monday, the
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Environmentalists call this a greener Legislature
Commerce :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Those likely victories are overshadowing bills moving through committees at the behest of agricultural interests, polluters and developers that conservation groups say would cause environmental harm, impair land conservation or drain precious water
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B.C. fish-farm foes fear being “shouted down” by new committee
Vancouver :: Canada | 1 month ago
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Critics of British Columbia's salmon-farming industry fear they could be shouted down and that their concerns will disappear into a black hole when a new committee meets to advise federal fisheries officials on aquaculture issues. The advisory
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Hunting groups push to enter wolf lawsuits
Jackson :: WY :: USA | 2 months ago
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Wyo. (AP) The National Rifle Association and Safari Club International are blaming wolves for bringing down the quality of big-game hunting in northwestern Wyoming. The hunting groups are now pushing to intervene in two lawsuits pending in federal
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Oil and water - Central Coast officials ask the State Legislature to leave counties some discretion on fracking
Santa Barbara :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Western proverb before, especially if you live in California: Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over. Santa Barbara County Supervisor Doreen Farr's third district covers a lot of waternearly the county's entire coastline. On Feb. 12,
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Stopping Uranium to Fight Off Nuclear
Košice :: Slovakia | 3 months ago
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IPS Articles Environmental groups fear the Economy Ministry is now acting as an unofficial PR agent for the company in a bid to paint the project in the best light possible. Juraj Rizman, head of Greenpeace Slovakia, told IPS: The whole memorandum is
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Villagers' anger as landowner drains beautiful 150-year-old pond without permission transforming it into a muddy swamp
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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22 February 2013 It was a picture-postcard village pond, enjoyed by locals and the perfect natural habitat otters for 150 years. But now the former beauty spot in Kerry, north Wales, has been transformed into a muddy mess after the owner drained the
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