Legal challenge begun in relation to exploratory drilling in marine refuge

Oil platforms dot the ocean off the east coast of Newfoundland, A new exploration licence will overlap into a marine reserve. (CBC) Environmentalists are dismayed that a permit has been given to allow oil exploration to take place in one of Canada’s coastal marine reserves. The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) announced last week that it will grant...

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Gwich’in, 12 other groups suing U.S. over leasing program for Arctic wildlife refuge

A Gwich’in organization created to protect nearly 20 million acres of sacred, traditional land in Alaska, along with 12 other conservation groups, is suing the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management after the Trump administration approved a plan[1] to open a portion of that land to drilling for … A Gwich’in organization created to protect nearly 20...

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New Press Release – Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge Society

Press ReleaseContact: Richard DyerPhone: 757-721-3458 Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge Introduces Friends Group Virginia Beach, VA – Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge Society has recently organized as the official Friend’s group in support of and as a partner with Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge.Refuge Fri … Press Release Contact: Richard Dyer Phone: 757-721-3458 Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge Introduces Friends...

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Merkley Releases Sweeping Report on Trump’s Gutting Of Asylum, Including Direct Evidence of Grave Whistleblower Concerns | U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon

Video footage of Senator discussing the report’s findings is available here Thursday, November 14, 2019WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley today released a sweeping new report[1] detailing the Trump administration’s gutting of the legal asylum system. The report includes previously unreported, direct evidence of whistleblowers raising alarms within the asylum division. For several years, the Trump administration has tried...

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