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NCBA, PLC Tell Courts BLM And USFS Land Use Plans Are Detrimental To Healthy Rangelands

2016-03-13 00:21:58| Livestock - Topix.net

NCBA, PLC TELL COURTS BLM AND USFS LAND USE PLANS ARE DETRIMENTAL TO HEALTHY RANGELANDS Mar. 11, 2016 Source: A joint NCBA and Public Lands Council news release The National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the Public Lands Council along with the Idaho Cattle Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, and Idaho Farm Bureau Federation filed an amicus brief on Tuesday regarding the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service's restrictive land management plans that came as a back door alternative to not listing the Sage Grouse under the Endangered Species Act.

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The Supreme Courts action threatens vital climate policies

2016-02-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: Two unexpected and shocking events last week have left heads swimming about the fate of President Obamas signature initiative on climate change, the Clean Power Plan, which aims to replace many coal-fired power plants the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States with cleaner sources of energy. Last Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay on the Clean Power Plan until the litigation against it is finally resolved, suspending implementation of the plan for the foreseeable...

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Supreme Court's pause jumbles the political debate

2016-02-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: The Supreme Court's decision to freeze the Obama administration's signature carbon rule will likely shape the political debate on climate change on Capitol Hill and in the upcoming presidential elections, lawmakers yesterday predicted. On the one hand, House Republicans may not be as gung-ho about going after the Obama administration's climate agenda. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), a vocal critic of U.S. EPA, yesterday said that he felt comfortable putting the carbon program on the backburner. Democrats...

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