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‘Critical habitat’ set aside in Alaska for polar bearsThe setting aside of 187,000 square miles in Alaska as 'critical habitat' for polar bears could have an impact on oil and gas drilling, federal and environmental officials said Wednesday.
"Polar bears are slipping away," said Andrew Wetzler, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council's land and wildlife program. "But we know that there are crucial protections that can keep them around. Today's designation is a start, especially in warding off ill-considered oil and gas development in America's most important polar bear habitat."
- Andrew Wetzler, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council's land and wildlife program |
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‘Critical habitat’ set aside in Alaska for polar bearsThe setting aside of 187,000 square miles in Alaska as 'critical habitat' for polar bears could have an impact on oil and gas drilling, federal and environmental officials said Wednesday. |
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Obama pledges new relationship with Native AmericansPresident Obama said Thursday that the federal government was guilty of mistreating Native Americans in the past and promised to forge a new relationship between the federal government and tribal leaders. |
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Polar Express - Polar Bear Habitat to be ProtectedA vast swath of icy sea, barrier islands and coastal land on Alaska's oil-rich North Slope will be granted special protection because of its importance to the threatened polar bear, under a proposal released Thursday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. |
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Stop aerial wolf hunt: 105 congressmen sign billA new bill with 105 sponsors in Congress would for all purposes ban Alaska's "wildlife management" policy of shooting wolves from the air, a policy vocally defended by ex-Gov. Sarah Palin in her remarks on leaving office |
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Endangered blue whales returning to AlaskaBlue whales are returning to Alaska in search of food and could be re-establishing an old migration route several decades after they were nearly wiped out by commercial whalers, scientists say. |
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Senate Votes ‘Yes’ on Public Lands Protection PackageWashington, D.C., USA - The U.S. Senate today passed the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act with a bipartisan vote of 73-21, ending a year-long standoff between the Democratic majority and a small group of lawmakers who blocked the conservation measures. |
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Bombs away!—innovative concept of planting tree saplingsCambridge, Massachusetts, USA - What's the fastest way to plant a forest? Grab a plane and drop bombs. No, not the explosive kind, but a bomb even a mom could love -- tree bombs! |
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Humpbacks make a comeback in PacificNorthern Pacific Ocean - Humpback whales appear to be returning from the brink of extinction in the North Pacific Ocean, a new study shows. |
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Jewelers shun gold from proposed Alaska mineAnchorage, Alaska, USA - Five of the nation's leading jewelers have sworn off gold that could someday come from the proposed Pebble Mine, a huge deposit near the world's most productive wild sockeye salmon stream. |
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Unhooked: Fishing fleets to help albatrossAnchorage, Alaska, USA - Albatross looking for a free meal on the high seas often pay the price of being killed or injured going after baited hooks ... Now, fishing fleets around the world have agreed to use measures to prevent hooking albatross and other seabirds whose numbers are declining. |
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