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BP drilling sites in Great Australian Bight 'couldn't be more inappropriate', Wilderness Society says
2016-08-06 14:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The Wilderness Society has released a map of the Great Australian Bight it says pinpoints the spots where BP wants to drill as part of its exploration plans. The map is based on one obtained by the conservation group from the petroleum giant and shows two sites, Stromlo and Whinham, both of which fall within the Great Australian Bight Marine Park. The Wilderness Society's SA director Peter Owen said while BP's map was "very low resolution" and "hard to read", it was the first time precise locations...
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Like losing the thylacine: Fire burns Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area
2016-01-31 05:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Whyalla News: Ancient alpine ecosystems unique to Tasmania's remote world heritage wilderness, including trees that lived for more than a millennium, have been killed by fires that scientists say are linked to climate change. The first images of the damage on the state's central plateau have triggered calls for governments to do more to protect internationally recognised landscapes as part of their fire response. Taken on Saturday near Lake Mackenzie at an altitude of about 1200 metres, the photographs show...
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Montana looks at partial approval for wilderness area mine - Mon, 11 Jan 2016 PST
2016-01-12 09:51:26| Waste Management - Topix.net
Montana officials are considering giving only partial approval to a $500 million silver and copper mine proposed beneath a wilderness area near the Idaho border, injecting uncertainty into a project that's been in the works for more than a decade. Regulators have continuing concerns with the Montanore Mine's potential effect on surrounding waterways, said Tom Livers, director of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality.
How Obama let big oil drill in the pristine Alaska wilderness
2015-12-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Politico: From his seat in the small plane flying over the largest remaining swath of American wilderness, Bruce Babbitt thought he could envision the legacy of one of his proudest achievements as Interior secretary in the Clinton administration. Babbitt was returning in the summer of 2013 from four sunlit nights in Alaska's western Arctic, where at one point his camp was nearly overrun by a herd of caribou that split around the tents at the last minute. Now, below him, Babbitt saw an oil field-one carefully...
California Solar Development Often Occurring On Wilderness Lands
2015-10-20 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: More than half of the large solar energy installations that have been built or are planned in California are being constructed on undeveloped lands rather than in previously developed, less-sensitive areas, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, said that of 161 planned or operating utility-scale solar power developments in the state, more than 50 percent are being located on natural shrub or scrublands, such as the Mojave Desert. About 28 percent have been...
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