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Hogan Signs Bills To Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Expand Open Space [1]

"Maryland must sharply reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and restore funding to preserve open space as a result of two bills that Gov. Larry Hogan (R) signed into law Monday."

Climate Change [2]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: Wash Post [7], 04/06/2016
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"Coal Baron Don Blankenship Faces Sentencing Today" [8]

"Six years after 29 miners were killed in a West Virginia coal dust explosion, the man who ran the mining company like a fiefdom -- a coal baron and power broker who earned millions of dollars a year -- will learn on Wednesday whether he goes to prison."

Disasters [9]
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Natural Resources [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Bloomberg [11], 04/06/2016
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Did Park Service Overlook Court Rulings on Wildlife at Grand Teton? [12]

"A National Park Service decision that gave Wyoming officials control over wildlife management on private and state lands within Grand Teton National Park seems to have sidestepped historic negotiations that led to today's Grand Teton National Park, as well as longstanding court rulings that have upheld the Park Service's authority to manage all wildlife within a park, even on non-federal lands."

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Public [5]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [14]
Source: National Parks Traveler [15], 04/04/2016
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"Supreme Court Sympathetic To Property Owner In Wetlands Dispute" [16]

"The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared likely to rule that property owners can challenge the federal government in court over the need for permits under a national water protection law in a case involving a company's plans for a Minnesota peat mine."

Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Water & Oceans [17]
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Source: Reuters [18], 03/31/2016
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Yosemite’s Ex-Concessionaire Wants Disputed Appraisal Kept Secret [19]

"Yosemite National Park’s former concessionaire wants a federal judge to keep secret an appraisal that set a $44 million value on the company’s trademarks."

Economy & Business [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Natural Resources [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: McClatchy [22], 03/30/2016
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"Judge: EPA ‘Improperly’ Withheld Alaska Mining Documents" [23]

"A federal judge has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to give the court documents related to its consideration of a controversial mining project in Alaska, ruling he has “no confidence” in the agency’s ability to decide which documents should become public following an open records request."

Journalism & Media [21]
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Natural Resources [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Alaska and Hawaii [24]
Source: The Hill [25], 03/23/2016
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Sec. Jewell in Burns: 'This Land Belongs To All Americans' [26]

"BURNS, Ore. -- Harney County, infamous now for enduring a 41-day occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, may find itself back in the spotlight soon and this time it will be the government's doing. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell concluded a day of tours and meetings in the Burns area Monday by declaring she intends to help trumpet a success that got overshadowed by acts of the armed protesters who took over the reserve Jan. 2."

Environmental Politics [27]
Government [28]
Natural Resources [4]
Wildlife [13]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Portland Oregonian [29], 03/22/2016
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May 5, 2025

DEADLINE: Banff Mountain Photo Essay Competition [30]

The competition's goal is to showcase the best in mountain-themed photo essays — to recognize the best stories told through a series of still images. $3,000CAD grand prize. Deadline to enter is May 5, 2025.

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"Out Here, No One Can Hear You Scream" [32]

"The dangerous culture of male entitlement and sexual hostility hiding within America's national parks and forests."

Laws & Regulations [3]
Natural Resources [4]
People & Population [33]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Huffington Post [34], 03/21/2016
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"Proposed Mining Site Threatens America’s Most Popular Wilderness Area" [35]

"On Monday, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton announced strong opposition to a proposed sulfide mine that would result in acid mine drainage and a series of tailing ponds near Minnesota’s highly-visited Boundary Waters Wilderness Area."

Natural Resources [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Climate Progress [36], 03/11/2016
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