"Obama Adminstration Drops Bush Logging Plan for Western Oregon"
"The Obama administration is withdrawing a controversial Bush-era logging plan for millions of acres of federal forests in western Oregon."
Source: Portland Oregonian, 07/17/2009
Alaska and Hawaii
Alaskan Gas Pipeline: Would-Be Operators Vying For Routes, Funding
The proposed $20-40 billion natural gas pipeline would transport natural gas over 2000 miles from AK's North Slope natural gas reserves to the Midwestern US. Or would it?
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"Exxon To Pay $500 Million in Interest To Spill Victims"
"Exxon Mobil said Monday it won't appeal nearly $500 million in interest a court recently ordered it to pay to Alaska fishermen, business owners and others harmed by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill."
Source: McClatchy, 07/01/2009
Projects in 12 States Share Wildfire Funding
$15 million of Stimulus funding for 55 projects, designed to help reduce wildfire hazards and reclaim burned lands, could be of substantial interest in the receiving communities.
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"As Alaska Glaciers Melt, It’s Land That’s Rising"
In Alaska, some land is rising as it is relieved of the weight of glaciers melted by climate change.
Source: NYTimes, 05/19/2009
"Alaskan Lake's Fate Could Echo Across Continent"
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Source: Christian Science Monitor, 03/25/2009
Troubles In Paradise:SEJ Members Study Tropical Ecosystems In Hawai'i
By JENNIFER OLADIPO
SEJ members Joy Horowitz, Erin K.D. Judd, Charlotte Kidd and Jennifer Oladipo were four of seven environmental reporting fellows at the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawai'i in May.
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Magic Number: a Sketchy "Fact" About Polar Bears Keeps Going...And Going... And Going
By PETER DYKSTRA
When Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced the listing of the polar bear as a threatened species in May, the political trench warfare over global warming flared up anew. Environmental groups professed surprise that a reluctant Bush Administration acted at all. Global warming deniers said the decision was ludicrous. They cited a polar bear population — a five-fold increase since the 1970s, a doubling since the 1950s, a quadrupling since the 1960s.
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Groups Sue Interior For Hidden Evidence on Chukchi Lease Sale
Two conservation groups are suing the Interior Department to get hidden documents they say could show the sale would harm polar bears and other marine mammals.
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