March 11, 2009

Public Lands Bill Defeated in House

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By Kate Phillips New York Times F or now, the mega-public lands bill that would have greatly expanded public wilderness areas, parks and mil...
March 9, 2009

Groups seek $2.7 million for fighting power line

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Critic calls intervenor claims 'great way to make a living' By DAVE DOWNEY North County Times O pponents of San Diego Gas & Elec...
March 6, 2009

Future Dim for Nuclear Waste Repository

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A little-used portal into Yucca Mountain, the proposed site for a national nuclear power waste facility that now seems unlikely to happen. T...
March 5, 2009

Extensive lands protection bill could thwart new energy development

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By SCOTT STREATER New York Times T he 111th Congress is poised to usher in the largest expansion of the nation's wilderness in a generat...

Public Lands Bill Threatens Energy, Economy

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Written by William F. Jasper New American W ith our economy already staggering under an avalanche of debt, taxes, regulations, and the high ...
March 3, 2009

Destroying Both Jobs And Energy Security

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OPINION By NEWT GINGRICH AND ROY INNIS Investor's Business Daily W ho is really in charge of our public lands and resources? The America...
March 1, 2009

Future of long-sought Utah lands bills in question

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By Lee Davidson Deseret News W hen the Senate convened this year, it quickly passed a much-ballyhooed package of hundreds of public lands bi...
February 27, 2009

New Green Path North proposal would avoid sensitive desert areas

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By JANET ZIMMERMAN The Press-Enterprise A new route proposed for a controversial power line would sidestep sensitive Mojave Desert land by ...
February 26, 2009

Art Show Features Celebrated Desert Painters

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City News City of Palm Desert Verbena and dune artwork by Sally Ward. S ee wind sculpted sand, shadow stained mountains, and verbena bloomin...

Las Vegas Running Out of Water Means Dimming Los Angeles Lights

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A boat is marooned at what used to be Lake Mead Marina in Nevada. If the level of the Lake Mead reservoir keeps dropping, Las Vegas may lose...
February 25, 2009

The Dispute Over Johnson Valley

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Johnson Valley Map. Look closely. One of off-roading's most beloved places could be lost. Photography by Kevin Blumer. By Kevin Blumer O...
February 24, 2009

Supreme Court to hear Mojave cross case

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Justices will decide whether the monument can stand in a national preserve to honor fallen soldiers. It will be the Roberts court's firs...
February 22, 2009

Collect a rock, lose your car

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YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK Ominous forfeiture provisions in new bill restrict use of federal land WorldNetDaily This souvenir could land you i...

Touch a rock and get mugged by the feds

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by J.D. Tuccille Examiner.com A few years ago, I was backpacking in an Arizona canyon where the sun didn't reach our camp until well af...