Environmental Politics

A Giant Tree's Death Sparked the Conservation Movement 160 Years Ago

"Today marks the 160th anniversary of a seminal, but largely forgotten moment in the history of the conservation movement. On Monday, 27 June, 1853, a giant sequoia – one of the natural world's most awe-inspiring sights - was brought to the ground by a band of gold-rush speculators in Calaveras county, California."

Source: Guardian, 06/28/2013

"Environmentalists Demand New Climate Analysis For Keystone XL"

"Just a day before President Obama announced he would only approve the Keystone XL pipeline if it 'does not significantly exacerbate the climate problem,' six environmental groups quietly lodged a protest with the State Department charging it would do exactly that."

Source: Wash Post, 06/28/2013

Takings Decision Confounds Experts, Spurs Charges of Judicial Activism

"[Tuesday's] Supreme Court decision significantly expanding the rights of property owners to challenge the terms of land-use permits has puzzled environmental law experts and has liberal groups accusing the conservative justices of judicial activism."

Source: Greenwire, 06/27/2013

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