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National Park Service official expected to take reins at CEQ
2015-01-26 18:28:58| Waste Management - Topix.net
The White House is planning to hire a National Park Service official and public lands expert to take the helm at the Council on Environmental Quality, according to two sources familiar with the administration's plans. Christy Goldfuss, who's now deputy director of congressional and external relations at the Park Service, will soon join CEQ as a senior adviser, according to CEQ spokeswoman Taryn Tuss.
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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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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 Proposes New Protections For Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
2015-01-25 20:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The Obama administration is proposing new protections for large portions of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The U.S. Department of Interior says it's the first time it's recommended additional protections and that their new recommendations have the potential to be one of the largest conservation measures "since Congress passed the visionary Wilderness Act over 50 years ago." The Department is recommending that millions more acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, including the...
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