Clik here to view.
National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska: Integrated Activity Plan — Record of...
Dept. of the Interior https://www.blm.gov/epl-front-office/projects/nepa/5251/42462/45213/NPR-A_FINAL_ROD_2-21-13.pdf [Environment News Service] Exploration and development of lands containing about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Renewable Energy: Agencies Have Taken Steps Aimed at Improving the Permitting...
Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-189 [From an E&E Daily article by Phil Taylor, sub. req'd] Permitting times for wind and solar projects on public lands were cut...
View ArticleClik here to view.
National Parks and Hydraulic Fracturing: Balancing Energy Needs, Nature and...
National Parks Conservation Association http://www.npca.org/about-us/center-for-park-research/fracking/ Federal land regulators should take special care to guard against potential harmful effects of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Protecting National Park Soundscapes
National Academies Press http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=18336 America’s national parks provide a wealth of experiences to millions of people every year. What visitors see—landscapes,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Draft US Bureau of Land Management Rules for Fracking on Public Lands
US Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management http://on.doi.gov/10TauUv [PDF of Draft Rules] http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/newsroom/2013/may/nr_05_16_2013.html [BLM Press Release]...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Smart Steps to Establish a Responsible Program for Renewable Energy on Public...
The Wilderness Society http://wilderness.org/resource/blueprint-responsible-renewable-energy-program-public-lands …Before 2009, there had been no organized effort to leverage the abundant wind, solar,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
US Natural Resource Management Agencies Working on Climate Change Adaptation...
CLIMATE CHANGE: Various Adaptation Efforts Are Under Way at Key Natural Resource Management Agencies US Government Accountability Office http://gao.gov/products/GAO-13-253 Since 2007, the Forest...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wildlife Fire Management: Improvements Needed in Information, Collaboration,...
U.S. Government Accountability Office http://gao.gov/products/GAO-13-684 …The Forest Service and Interior contract for aircraft to perform various firefighting functions, including airtankers that drop...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revisions to the Regulations...
US Fish and Wildlife Service | US NOAA (50 CFR Part 424) http://www.fws.gov/endangered/improving_ESA/20130820%20424_19_final%20e-version%20to%20OFR.pdf [From a Greenwire article by Phil Taylor, sub....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wildfire Management: Federal Funding and Related Statistics
Congressional Research Service http://bit.ly/199hxHe Wildfires can have beneficial and harmful impacts on ecosystems (e.g., by reducing fuel loads, or by damaging communities and timber resources)....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Land Subsidence and Relative Sea-Level Rise in the Southern Chesapeake Bay...
USGS http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1392/ The southern Chesapeake Bay region is experiencing land subsidence and rising water levels due to global sea-level rise; land subsidence and rising water levels...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Air Emissions: Status of Regulatory Activities and Permitting on Alaska’s...
US Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-187R The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, amended the Clean Air Act to transfer regulatory authority for air emissions on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol...
US EPA http://www2.epa.gov/bristolbay [From the Report] …This is not an in-depth assessment of a specific mine, but rather an examination of potential impacts of reasonably foreseeable mining...
View ArticleClik here to view.
H.R. 2954, Public Access and Lands Improvement Act: CBO Cost Estimate
US Congressional Budget Office http://www.cbo.gov/publication/45081 As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on January 30, 2014 (Committee Print 113-35) H.R. 2954 would require the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BLM: Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed First Petroleum...
US Bureau of Land Management http://on.doi.gov/1cyH5n9 [Oil and Gas Journal] The US Bureau of Land Management released a draft environmental review for the first proposed petroleum development in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2012 National Park Visitor Spending Effects: Economic Contributions to Local...
US National Park Service http://bit.ly/1lx1nlX [From an E&E News PM article by Emily Yehle, sub. req'd] National parks generated more than $26 billion in economic activity in 2012, according to an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Shale-Gas Monitoring Report Explores Impacts of Drilling on Pennsylvania’s...
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/NaturalGas/monitoringreport/index.htm [Press Release] Department of Conservation and Natural Resources...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BLM Failed to Inspect Vulnerable Oil Wells, Relied on Outdated Rules and...
OIL AND GAS: Updated Guidance, Increased Coordination, and Comprehensive Data Could Improve BLM’s Management and Oversight US Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-238...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Leasing Coal, Fueling Climate Change: How the Federal Coal Leasing Program...
Greenpeace http://bit.ly/1pmFQwy [From Executive Summary] …This report focuses on the carbon pollution that has been unlocked by the federal coal leasing program during the Obama administration, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Scorecard: Conserving the Greater Sage Grouse
Scoring the BLM Resource Management Plan for Lander, Wyo., August 2014 Center for Biological Diversity | American Bird Conservancy | Wild Earth Guardians | Advocates for the West | Western Watersheds...
View Article
