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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 push to expand Alaskan refuge
2015-01-26 13:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: President Barack Obama is to propose setting aside the majority of Alaska's national wildlife refuge as a wilderness area. This would halt the possibility of fossil fuel exploration in the refuge's potentially oil-rich coastal plain. The proposal drew an angry response from top state-elected officials. Some 2.8 million hectares (7 million acres) of the refuge are managed as wilderness. The new plans would see a further 4.8 million hectares (12.3 million acres) hectares set aside. The...
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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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Obama to protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
2015-01-26 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: President Obama is picking a big fight with oil-lovin` Republicans, and the green community is delighted. Seems he`s still feeling pugnacious after his State of the Union address last week. For more than 30 years, conservationists have pushed for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to be permanently protected from oil and gas development. Obama now says he wants to do just that. From The Washington Post: The Obama administration will propose setting aside more than 12 million acres in Alaskas...
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Obama to propose protecting U.S. Arctic wildlife refuge from drilling
2015-01-26 03:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama will call on Congress to expand protection of Alaska's Arctic refuge where oil and gas drilling is prohibited to 12 million acres (5 million hectares), an area that includes 1.4 million oil-rich acres along the coast. The proposal, unveiled by the Interior Department on Sunday, ran into instant criticism from Republicans and will likely face an uphill battle in Congress, where Republicans now control both chambers. The wilderness designation, the highest level of federal...
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