Climate Change

  • Solar application moratorium called off

    Brian Ertz

    Bush’s BLM had put a moratorium on solar energy lease applications for development on public lands wanting to wait for comprehensive environmental analysis before accepting new applications. The moratorium met an uproar of opposition. Now, the moratorium is dead. Solar application moratorium called off – AP

  • Western govs to mull ways to cut pollution, slow warming, boost energy

    Ralph Maughan

    More on the Western Governors Conference being held in Jackson, WY. . . – – – – Western govs to mull ways to cut pollution, slow warming, boost energy. By Robert Gehrke. The Salt Lake Tribune. Govs hear water warning. By Chris Merrill. Casper Star Tribune. As Brian Ertz and others have remarked, politicians dealing…

  • Global warming prompts doubt about wildlife conservation in the West

    Brian Ertz

    Resistance to the scientific consensus of the existence of climate change is waning ~ politicized prescriptions for inaction and for the relaxation of public environmental laws takes its place. Last week, federal and state wildlife and public land managers gathered to talk about global warming and the effects it will have on western land and…

  • Oil Companies Get OK To Annoy Bears

    Brian Ertz

    As suggested in an earlier post (or two), the Bush Administration’s Fish & Wildlife Service is doing its best to take its decision to list polar bears and extend federal protections to oil companies with it : Oil Companies Get OK To Annoy Bears – AP

  • High Noon On The Range

    Ralph Maughan

    This is an insightful look at the implications of the recent U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s report by one of Wyoming’s leading rangeland experts. High Noon On The Range. By Deb Donahue. Wyomingfile.com

  • Senate Republicans block a global warming bill

    Ralph Maughan

    Vote on climate bill is blocked in Senate. By H. Josef Hebert. Associated Press Writer. The next Congress will look a lot different. – – – – U.S. Senate Abandons Global Warming Bill. By J.R. Pegg. Environmental News Service – – – – Republicans thwart McCain ‘greenwash’. By Leonard Doyle. The Independent (U.K) – –…

  • New Climate Report Foresees Big Changes

    Ralph Maughan

    New Climate Report Foresees Big Changes. By Andrew C. Revkin. New York Times. Published: May 28, 2008 The southwestern states, in particular, will see big decreases in river flows. That means places like Phoenix, AZ and Las Vegas, NV will become even more unsustainable. Here is a link to the final report (60mb pdf file).…

  • Oil & Gas eyes your public lands

    Brian Ertz

    With increasing fuel prices, the oil and gas industry is chomping at the bit to get at vast oil and gas reserves on your public lands. Oil and Gas on Public Lands Off-Limits to Exploration – ENN Report Offers Road Map for Energy Relief [Bush’s] BLM With climate change, mining, livestock grazing, timber, exotic species…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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