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Dam Projects Face Resistance in Georgia, by Natia Kuprashvili, Tbilisi, Georgia, March 5, 2012 (ENS) – The Georgian authorities are promising that 15 new hydroelectric power stations will create thousands of jobs and improve energy provision, but environmentalists and residents of the villages to be flooded have voiced strong objections. At least 20 villages are …

Feds Okay $1-Billion Los Angeles River Project

May 28, 2014, www.kcet.org | “The jury is in and the Los Angeles River’s future seems to be bright. After more than six months of intense lobbying by the city, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) has announced that it will be recommending a more ambitious $1-billion plan to restore an 11-mile stretch of the Los Angeles River from downtown through Elysian Park.”

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Plans for revitalizing the LA RIVER move closer to reality! Anyone from LA? We need your signatures to show support…. http://www.lamyor.org/restore_the_la_river?recruiter_id=91995 ARTICLE HERE: http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/lariver/confluence/arbor-study/feds-okay-1-billion-los-angeles-river-project.html
Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
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Show your support for the full implementation of Alternative 20 to restore our Los Angeles River. The US Army Corps has recommended the $1.08 billion dollar plan. Now let’s bring it…
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Groundwater extraction can be subject to Public Trust Doctrine

May 21, 2014, www.siskiyoudaily.com | “Judge Allen Sumner has issued a tentative ruling in the case Environmental Law Foundation v. State Water Resources Control Board, answering the question of whether the Public Trust Doctrine applies to groundwater extraction.”

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Thanks to the Environmental Law Foundation, groundwater extraction in the Scott River basin is now tentatively considered under the Public Trust Doctrine! Potentially a big step towards water accountability and dam removal!
Judge: Groundwater extraction can be subject to Public Trust Doctrine
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Judge Allen Sumner has issued a tentative ruling in the case Environmental Law Foundation v. State Water Resources…”
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From Barren to Bountiful: 10 Before and After Photos of Colorado River Restoration

May 20, 2014, indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com | ” For the past several years the Quechan Tribe has been working with the City of Yuma, landowners and federal agencies to restore the wetlands on both sides of the lower Colorado River. About 1,200 acres have been restored thanks to a collaborative effort.”

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-Many Beautiful Things Happening Right Now that are NOT on the News.-
From Barren to Bountiful: *10 Before and After Photos of Colorado River Restoration*
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‘The Quechan Tribe and Partners Helped Restore Portions of the Lower Colorado River: (a photo essay)
From Barren to Bountiful: 10 Before and After Photos of Colorado River Restoration
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The Quechan Tribe and partners helped restore portions of the Lower Colorado River: a photo essay.

 

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EPA Finalizes Standards to Protect Fish, Aquatic Life from Cooling Water Intakes

May 19, 2014, yosemite.epa.gov | “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today finalized standards to protect billions of fish and other aquatic life drawn each year into cooling water systems at large power plants and factories. This final rule is required by the Clean Water Act to address site-specific challenges, and establishes a common sense framework, putting a premium on public input and flexibility for facilities to comply.”

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EPA Finalizes Standards to Protect Fish & Aquatic Life from Cooling Water Intakes at Power Plants
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Filed under: Animals, Animals & Plants, Business Policy, Compassionate Actions, Endangered Species, Fish, Ocean Fish, Ocean Pollution, Oceans, Protection, Restoration, Rivers & Wetlands

New nature preserve will be the largest on Earth

May 2, 2014, www.mnn.com | “New Caledonia, a small island chain in the South Pacific, just set aside the largest protected area on the planet. The sprawling marine park spans 1.3 million square kilometers — or more than 320 million acres — easily becoming the most expansive wilderness preserve anywhere, on land or at sea.”

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New nature preserve will be the largest on Earth
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Two energy giants forced to clean up uranium mess

April 28, 2014, www.hcn.org | “Few companies have done more to poison the West than Kerr-McGee, the energy producer that once operated 50 uranium mines on the Navajo Nation – sickening thousands of miners and residents with lung cancer, pulmonary fibrosis and other illnesses related to radiation.”

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A government lawsuit forced Kerr-McGee and Anadarko to put billions into detoxing: $1 billion will clean up abandoned uranium mines around the Navajo Nation, and another $1.1 billion will go toward detoxing the Lake Mead site.
Two energy giants forced to clean up uranium in Navajo Lands.
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Earthworks applauds Rio Tinto’s withdrawal from Pebble Mine proposal in Alaska’s Bristol Bay

April 7, 2014, www.earthworksaction.org | “Earthworks applauds Rio Tinto’s decision to withdraw from the Pebble Mine proposal that threatens Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed, home to the world’s largest wild sockeye salmon fishery.”

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Good News For Alaska!
GOOD NEWS: Rio Tinto ditched its stake in the Pebble Mine proposal that threatens Alaska’s Bristol Bay!

Now, Pebble has no backers with mining experience. This isn’t the end, but the end is near. http://bit.ly/1oH1Sws

Put the final nail in the coffin: write EPA today! http://bit.ly/1h3RFWFPhoto: GOOD NEWS: Rio Tinto ditched its stake in the Pebble Mine proposal that threatens Alaska's Bristol Bay! Now, Pebble has no backers with mining experience. This isn't the end, but the end is near. http://bit.ly/1oH1Sws Put the final nail in the coffin: write EPA today! http://bit.ly/1h3RFWF

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Obama grants protections to ‘spectacular’ Mendocino County coast

March 11, 2014, www.latimes.com | “President Obama on Tuesday, using his executive authority to bypass Congress, added about 1,665 acres of “spectacular” Mendocino County coastline to the California Coastal National Monument.”

President Obama signing the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands into National Monument status this morning! That’s our very own President/CEO Scott Schneider with him! We’re very excited!
Photo: President Obama signing the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands into National Monument status this morning! That's our very own President/CEO Scott Schneider with him! We're very excited!
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Court Ruling Could Help Delta and Fish

The court ruling could help the fragile delta.March 7, 2014, www.eastbayexpress.com | “After decades of litigation, a court ruling this week could help save the fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and protect endangered fish. A Sacramento County Superior Court judge ruled that the state Department of Water Resources didn’t adequately analyze the environmental impacts of the Kern Water Bank — the largest underground water-banking operation in the country — before privatizing the agency in 1994 under a deal known as the Monterey Agreement.”

“Environmentalists view the ruling as a victory, and some are calling for a temporary closure of the Kern Water Bank while it prepares a new Environmental Impact Report.”
Court Ruling Against the Kern Water Bank’s Hoarding Could Help Delta and Fish
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After decades of litigation, a court ruling this week could help save the fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and protect endangered…
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Bush-Era Rule that Allowed Dumping in Streams

February 25, 2014, www.ringoffireradio.com | “On Thursday, a DC federal judge struck down a controversial rule that decreased protections for waterways near mountaintop removal mining operations. The 2008 stream buffer zone rule, which removed protections for waterways, was issued during the final weeks of the Bush administration, Law360 reports.”

 

“Federal Judge Strikes Down Bush-Era Rule that Allowed Dumping in Streams near Mountaintop Removal
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A DC federal judge struck down a controversial rule that decreased protections for waterways near mountaintop removal mining…”
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