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Natural Resources

Meat, Oil And Pesticide Lobbyists Turned Out In Record Numbers At Cop16

"In total 1,261 business and industry delegates registered for Cop16 in Cali, Colombia, which ended in disarray and without significant progress on a number of key issues including nature funding, monitoring biodiversity loss and work on reducing environmentally harmful business subsidies."

Source: Guardian, 11/14/2024

Biden Admin Backs King Cove Road Through Izembek Wildlife Refuge

"The Biden administration on Wednesday endorsed a land exchange that would allow a controversial gravel road to be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Southwest Alaska."

Source: Anchorage Daily News, 11/14/2024

DOI Proposes Strengthened Protections For Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat

"The Department of the Interior announced that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published proposed updates to strengthen conservation and management of greater sage-grouse habitat on public lands, informed by the best available science, collaborative work with states, and input from local, Tribal and federal partners."

Source: Lewistown News-Argus, 11/12/2024

Climate Change Identified As Main Driver Of Worsening Drought In U.S. West

"New research shows global warming has become the dominant driver of worsening droughts in the Western U.S. Scientists say the severity of future droughts will be determined largely by how much more planet-heating gases humans release into the atmosphere."

Source: LA Times, 11/08/2024

"Public Lands Outlook Under Trump to Face 'Copious Litigation'"

"The second Trump administration’s federal lands agenda is widely expected to promote fossil fuels development and reverse Biden administration conservation efforts, moves environmental groups say they’ll litigate at every opportunity."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/08/2024

"Biden Moves To Limit Oil Drilling In Arctic National Wildlife Refuge"

"The Biden administration moved Wednesday to narrow the scope of an oil-and-gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that was mandated under President Donald Trump."

Source: Washington Post, 11/07/2024

"London Protesters Demand Water Companies Clean Up Sewage-Tainted Rivers"

"Holding signs with slogans including “stop the plop” and “species not feces,” thousands of people marched in London on Sunday to demand a cleanup of Britain’s sewage-clogged waterways."

Source: AP, 11/04/2024

Colorado Ballot Measure To Ban Big Cat Hunting Raises Clashing Concerns

"Colorado wildlife experts are at odds over whether a ballot measure to ban the hunting of certain wildcats would help or hurt the formidable felines that have long been intrinsic to Rocky Mountain ecosystems."

Source: The Hill, 11/04/2024

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