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Oil-sands expansion conditionally approved despite significant effects on wildlife
2013-07-10 15:37:40| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Federal and Alberta regulators have conditionally approved Royal Dutch Shell's multibillion-dollar Jackpine oil-sands mine expansion despite their findings that it would have a number of adverse environmental impacts. A joint review panel, appointed by the federal Environment Minister and the provincial energy regulator, ruled that the project's effects on wildlife and vegetation will be significant, but that it is nonetheless in the public interest. Alberta and Ottawa will now make their own...
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Volunteer to Help Keep Powell Butte Nature Park Healthy & Safe for People & Wildlife
2013-07-09 23:01:18| PortlandOnline
Spain's wetlands wildlife at risk from illegal boreholes for strawberry crop
2013-06-28 18:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Spain must act urgently to stop illegal water extraction from a protected national park or risk the wildlife-rich wetlands being placed on a list of world heritage sites in danger, a UN agency has warned. Doana national park in Andalusia is threatened by huge demand for water, fuelled by a strawberry industry which supplies British supermarkets. Some producers in the area are accused of using illegal boreholes to draw water from underground aquifers, which the fragile ecosystem is dependent...
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UK wildlife and nature hit hard by erratic weather
2013-06-28 01:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: One week past midsummer's day and nature still has not recovered from the misearable, wet winter and the cold, late spring, say wildlife experts and gardeners. "Spring got seriously behind and was the latest since 1996; with bluebells still in bloom in early June and many butterflies very late to emerge," said National Trust naturalist Matthew Oates. "Summer is now running two to three weeks late." The long spell of cold weather caused insects to struggle, with a knock-on effect on tree and...
ODNR Delaware Wildlife Solar LED Parking Lot Lights
2013-06-24 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife (DOW), using monies generated from the Boater-Angler Fund (a state tax on fuel that motorboat users pay to provide better access to Ohio's waterways), recently completed an extensive overhaul of the Delaware Lake east boat ramp to better serve the angling and boating public. The old deteriorated ramp and abutment, which was built in the 1960's, was replaced with a new wider, more visible ADA accessible abutment and a ramp ...This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of: Parking Lights |
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