Fearing roadblock to drilling, Alaska fights to take polar bears off threatened species list
Alaska fights to reverse polar bear listing Fishing industry, environmentalists in battle over California marine reserve plansLONG BEACH, Calif. — There’s nothing pacific about the ocean off Southern California these days. Shell donates $450,000 to protect Louisiana’s marine life in coastal watersBATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s efforts to protect marine life in coastal waters and the Gulf of Mexico have received a boost with a $450,000 donation from Shell. US proposes stricter limits on international trade for polar bears, marine speciesWASHINGTON — With global warming shrinking Arctic sea ice that polar bears depend upon for survival, the United States is seeking to remove another major threat: international trade in the bears’ fur and other parts. Federal agency denies endangered listing for spotted seals near AlaskaANCHORAGE, Alaska — Spotted seals off Alaska’s coast do not merit endangered species protection despite losses of Arctic sea ice from global warming, a federal agency announced Thursday. Feds designate southwest Alaska shoreline as protected habitat for threatened sea ottersANCHORAGE, Alaska — Four years after being placed on the Endangered Species List, the dwindling sea otters of southwest Alaska on Wednesday were given an important recovery tool. Obama administration calls lawmakers and others to conference on California droughtWASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Wednesday urged California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to call state lawmakers into a special session to deal with the state’s water crisis. Federal government reviewing endangered species status for humpback whalesHONOLULU — The federal government is considering taking the humpback whale off the endangered species list in response to data showing the population of the massive marine mammal has been steadily growing in recent decades. Citing climate change, federal judge says grizzlies still threatenedBILLINGS, Mont. — Facing the combined pressures of climate change, hunters and lax protections, 600 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park are going back on the threatened species list under a federal court order issued Monday. Government study: Many urban streams salty enough to hurt aquatic life, road salt blamedMINNEAPOLIS — Many urban streams have become salty enough to harm aquatic life, largely because of salt used for deicing roads in the winter, according to a new government study released Wednesday. New federal program provides subsidy to suppliers of Upper Peninsula biomass electric plantTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Suppliers of wood fuel for a biomass electric plant in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula will get a federal subsidy under an agreement signed Wednesday. Environmentalists say flood insurance program ignores endangered speciesALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is being sued again over accusations that it violated the Endangered Species Act by issuing flood insurance without determining whether development would impact imperiled plants and animals. Appeals court blocks land swap between BLM and miner Asarco, citing bad environmental analysisPHOENIX — A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a proposed land exchange between the federal Bureau of Land Management and copper miner Asarco LLC violates environmental laws. Federal judge rules in favor of controversial wolf hunts in Montana, IdahoBILLINGS, Mont. — A federal judge said Wednesday that gray wolf hunts in the Northern Rockies can go on, denying a request by environmentalists and animal welfare groups to stop the first organized wolf hunts in decades in Idaho and Montana. Petition advances to list walrus as endangered due to warming, loss of sea iceANCHORAGE, Alaska — A second Arctic marine mammal moved closer to an Endangered Species listing due to global warming Tuesday with a petition to grant the Pacific walrus protection passing its first review. With 246 square miles scorched, Calif. wildfire raises concerns of flooding, ecosystem damageLOS ANGELES — Southern California’s huge wildfire has turned nearly a quarter of the 1,000-square-mile Angeles National Forest into a moonscape of barren mountains looming above thousands of homes that now face the threat of flash floods and mudslides. Wolf hunts to open in Northern Rockies as judge considers request to halt killingMISSOULA, Mont. — Gray wolf hunting was set to begin in the Northern Rockies, even as a federal judge eyed a request to stop the killing of the predators just four months after they were removed from the endangered species list. Wolf hunts to proceed in Northern Rockies as judge weighs injunction requestMISSOULA, Mont. — Gray wolf hunting will begin in the Northern Rockies as a federal judge considers an injunction request by environmental and animal welfare groups to stop the predators from being killed. US Marine Op: ‘No civilian casualties’ order protects Afghans but frustrates, slows MarinesDAHANEH, Afghanistan — The British jet called in by the U.S. Marines had the Taliban position in sight, but the pilot refused to fire, a decision that frustrated Marines on the ground but was in line with new orders by the top U.S. commander to protect civilians. US ranchers, environmentalists concerned about release of rare wolves in northern MexicoALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — American wildlife officials and ranchers are raising questions over a plan to release a rare North American gray wolf to its historic range in northern Mexico: Will it stay south of the border and what can be done if it threatens livestock? No 2 howls are alike, conservation groups push for special protection of wolf subspeciesALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — They’re all gray wolves, but the Mexican gray wolf is notably different than its faraway cousins, and conservationists now say the animals need specific protection under federal law to avoid extinction. Navy’s newest destroyer to carry name of Marine who died protecting his comrades in IraqBATH, Maine — Marines flushing out Iraqi insurgents after an ambush came upon a column of vehicles. A van with a father and son. A pickup truck. A tractor. A BMW with a couple of sheiks. And a Toyota Land Cruiser with four young men, all of them insurgents. NOAA chief: New ocean uses such as wind power creating conflicts, show need for more planningBOSTON — New pressures on the nation’s oceans, from wind turbines to fish farms, are increasingly sparking conflicts with more traditional activities such as shipping and recreational boating and show the need for better planning, the head of the agency overseeing federal ocean research services said Monday. Mining company questions whether Wyo. panel can label federal forest land ‘rare and uncommon’CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A request that a Wyoming panel designate a piece of the Black Hills National Forest as “very rare and uncommon” has raised questions about the state’s authority to influence what happens on federal land. EU report says species, habitats at risk in Europe; calls for more land for conservationBRUSSELS — A European Union report says grasslands, wetlands and butterflies are threatened in Europe. Scientists use shovels, mustard and electricity to search for elusive giant Palouse earthwormMOSCOW, Idaho — The giant Palouse earthworm has taken on mythic qualities in this vast agricultural region that stretches from eastern Washington into the Idaho panhandle — its very name evoking the fictional sandworms from “Dune” or those vicious creatures from the movie “Tremors.” Shovels, mustard and electricity used as scientists search for elusive giant Palouse earthwormMOSCOW, Idaho — The giant Palouse earthworm has taken on mythic qualities in this vast agricultural region that stretches from eastern Washington into the Idaho panhandle — its very name evoking the fictional sandworms from “Dune” or those vicious creatures from the movie “Tremors.” Study finds Bush owl plan based on false conclusion that fire increasing threat to habitatGRANTS PASS, Ore. — A new study challenges a basic justification about the threat of wildfires that the Bush administration used to make room for more logging in old growth forests that are home to the northern spotted owl. Group: world failing to halt biodiversity decline as more corals, amphibians, mammals in perilGENEVA — Governments are failing to stem a rapid decline in biodiversity that is now threatening extinction for almost half the world’s coral reef species, a third of amphibians and a quarter of mammals, a leading environmental group warned Thursday. Conservation groups again seek endangered species protection for giant, spitting worm in Wash.SPOKANE, Wash. — Fans of the giant Palouse earthworm are once again seeking federal protection for the rare, sweet-smelling species that spits at predators. |
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