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Fracking Ban In Maryland Will Go Into Law After Republican Governor Refuses To Veto

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan.May 29, 2015, thinkprogress.org | “At the end of the day on Friday, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will become the first-ever Republican governor to allow a statewide moratorium on fracking.  A two-year ban on the natural gas extraction technique passed overwhelmingly in both houses of the state General Assembly earlier this year, and last weekend, Hogan announced that that he would not veto the bill. However, Hogan also said he wouldn’t sign the bill, instead simply allowing it to automatically become law under time restrictions for signing or vetoing. That time restriction expires at the end of the day on Friday.”

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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will be the first-ever Republican governor to allow a statewide moratorium on fracking.
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Ontario Bans Orca Captivity

May 29, 2015, www.care2.com | “In a major victory for animals, this week lawmakers in Ontario passed landmark legislation that bans keeping orcas in captivity and will bring improvements to living conditions for other captive marine mammals. Under the new law, the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, the acquisition and breeding of orcas is banned effective immediately, leaving violators facing potential fines of up to $60,000 and the possibility of two years in prison.”

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“Yay!
Victory! Ontario Bans Orca Captivity
In a major victory for animals, this week lawmakers in Ontario passed landmark legislation that bans keeping orcas in captivity and will bring improvements to living conditions for other captive marine mammals.
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Filed under: Animals, Animals & Plants, Business Policy, Compassionate Actions, Economics, Ocean Fish, Oceans

China agrees to phase out its ivory industry to combat elephant poaching

May 29, 2015, www.theguardian.com | “China has committed to phasing out the domestic manufacture and sale of ivory products for the first time. Conservation groups said the announcement was “the single greatest measure” in the fight to save the last African elephants from poaching.”

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China agrees to phase out its ivory industry to combat elephant poaching
Conservationists hail China’s first ever commitment to phase out legal, domestic manufacture and sale of ivory products as a victory in the fight to save Africa’s…
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Northwest tribes are a growing obstacle to energy development

May 28, 2015, www.hcn.org | “On May 13, a tribe in Northern British Columbia turned down a Malaysian energy company’s offer of nearly $260,000 (CAN $319,000) for each member as compensation for building a natural gas export terminal on ancestral lands. The Lax Kw’alaam First Nation said no to the $1.15 billion package after the community unanimously voted against the terminal last week over the risk to local salmon habitat.”

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Lax Kw’alaam First Nation said no to the $1.15 billion package after the community unanimously voted against the terminal last week over the risk to local salmon habitat.
Northwest Tribes Choose Salmon Over Fossil Fuels Development
B.C. tribal members turned down $260K each in order to stop a gas terminal.
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Seismic testing off Clyde River cancelled for 2015

May 27, 2015, www.cbc.ca | “An energy consortium of three companies has cancelled its plans to conduct seismic testing off of Baffin Island this summer.  The hamlet of Clyde River, Nunavut has been fighting to get a court injunction to stop the seismic testing. Clyde River’s mayor Jerry Natanine says he’s surprised by the companies’ decision to postpone the project.”

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Cancelled In the Arctic! — Seismic Testing for Oil off Clyde River, Nunavut, Baffin Island, Canada
Clyde River, Nunavut, is declaring victory after an energy company cancelled this summer’s plans for offshore seismic testing.
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U.S. EPA Proposing Temporary Pesticide-Free Zones For Honeybees

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May 27, 2015, www.organicconsumers.org | “U.S. environmental regulators on Thursday proposed a rule that would create temporary pesticide-free zones to protect commercial honeybees, which are critical to food production and have been dying off at alarming rates.  The restrictions would cover times when specific plants are in bloom and when commercial honeybees are being moved through certain areas, EPA officials said.”

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The Environmental Protection Agency is finally making moves to ‪#‎SaveTheBees‬! Learn more about this important proposal to protect our precious pollinators: http://orgcns.org/1BDiy9R
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Hundreds rally against proposed LNG

May 26, 2015, www.statesmanjournal.com | “Hundreds of Oregonians gather on the steps of the Oregon State Capitol on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, to rally against a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal and pipeline in Oregon.”

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Hundreds rally against proposed LNG
Hundreds of Oregonians gather on the steps of the Oregon State Capitol on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, to rally against a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal and pipeline in Oregon.
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Victory! Australia Says No to Lion Hunting Trophies Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/victory-australia-says-no-to-lion-hunting-trophies.html#ixzz3bEVlWQWv

Victory! Australia Says No to Lion Hunting Trophies

March 18, 2015, www.care2.com | “According to the Department of the Environment, the measure was introduced in response to growing public concern about canned hunting, or “captive hunting,” where lions and other big game animals are bred specifically to be killed in an enclosure where they have no opportunity to escape. Animal advocates and conservationists have also raised concerns that lions and animals are often drugged and baited before being killed.”

 Greena Lachele Smith

“According to a coalition of wildlife advocacy organizations that recently petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to get African lions endangered species protection, in the past three decades their population in the wild has dropped by more than 50 percent, leaving potentially fewer than 32,000 remaining in the wild today.”

Even though hunter claim that canned hunting takes the pressure off of lions in the wild, numbers of wild lions continues to decrees.

 

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Oil And Gas Giant BP Cuts Ties With Conservative Group ALEC

March 24, 2015, thinkprogress.org | “BP did not point to any particular issues behind its defection. In recent years ALEC, whose members include Republican politicians as well as businesses, has been behind ‘model legislation’ to limit renewable energy in states. The group has also condemned the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan, and fought against the Affordable Care Act.”

 Robert Brothers
It is not sure whether BP broke ties because of ALEC’s views on denial of global warming or not, but it is becoming increasinly unpopular to back companies that are climate change deniers.
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Judge Says No to Fracking

May 25, 2015, www.nationofchange.org | “A judge in North Carolina has blocked the start of fracking in that state over a challenge to the membership of the commission charged with issuing the permits.”

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Judge Says No to Fracking – NationofChange
North Carolina is a gas-rich state so stopping fracking is going to be an enormous challenge.
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