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Hiker finds 'true wilderness' at Yosemite
2015-08-09 05:32:31| Beverages - Topix.net
A Ford Escape driven by a woman who is seven months pregnant was rear-ended by a Volkswagen Passat on the I-405 Freeway in Seal Beach on Saturday before both cars were... NEW YORK Most 100-year-olds don't mark the milestone birthday with a news conference in a piano bar. Then again, Irving Fields isn't most 100-year-olds.
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On Alaska Railroad, wilderness worth the waits
2015-06-05 04:54:13| Railroads - Topix.net
It's our third delay since Fairbanks, but no one is complaining. On the Alaska Railroad, delays are usually the highlights of the trip.
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Last regions pristine wilderness from Asia to Amazon under threat massive road-building
2015-05-09 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The last great regions of pristine wilderness from Asia to the Amazon are threatened by an unprecedented road-building programme financed by aggressive development banks with little interest in protecting the natural world, a leading environmental scientist has warned. Massive infrastructure and road-building are at the heart of huge development projects around the world, justified as vital attempts at helping the poorest attain a higher standard of living. Scientists claim that we are...
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Obama Seeks Wilderness Designation for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
2015-01-26 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: President Obamas Administration moved to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, known as one of the most wild and remote areas in the world. The Department of the Interior announced yesterday the release of a conservation plan that recommends additional protections for the Refuge that asks Congress to designate core areasincluding its Coastal Plainas wilderness, the highest level of protection available to public lands. This is the first time in history that a Wilderness recommendation...
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Obama Administration recommends designating most of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as Wilderness
2015-01-26 12:55:30| Green Car Congress
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