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Dec. 28--Hoping to do for the Absaroka-Beartooth Front what has been done along Montana's Rocky Mountain Front, the Greater Yellowstone Coalition has proposed greater protections for the region in northwestern [...]

Nov. 30--A coalition of labor and environmental groups called Monday for more investment in freight railroads, including projects such as the $71.4 million Indiana Gateway, as the best means of [...]

Oct. 27--Less than 24 hours after Interior Secretary Ken Salazar met with representatives from the timber industry and conservation groups to resolve a decades-old battle over federal timberlands in Western [...]

Aug. 21--Three new properties in the Augusta area will be protected from development and open to the public for recreation, a Winthrop-based land conservation group said this week. The Kennebec [...]

Jun. 9--HOLLY SPRINGS -- The Natural Resource Initiative of North Mississippi works mostly behind the scenes, but what it touches can be as tangible as greenspace or as visible as [...]

Jun. 5--Their concerns were almost identical, and their two towns were only 100 miles apart. On Friday, nine members of the Clean Air Coalition, which has been battling Tonawanda Coke [...]

Byline: Joe Knight May 2--BLACK RIVER FALLS -- The recession apparently didn't keep people from going fishing in Wisconsin last year. The state sold 40,000 more licenses last year than […]

Apr. 29--MOUNT PLEASANT -- Federal, state and county agencies are planning to reclaim a total of seven acres of coal land in Schuylkill County this weekend. From 9 a.m. to [...]

Apr. 25--An environmental law firm already active in many Tennessee conservation and pollution fights plans to open an office in the state in 2012 or sooner. Rick Middleton, founder and [...]

Apr. 8--The federal government and a coalition of salmon advocates are fighting over the best way to get juvenile salmon and steelhead past Snake and Columbia river dams this spring. [...]

Apr. 1--PANAMA CITY -- The Friends of St. Andrew Bay, formerly known as the Bay Environmental Study Team, has lost its state funding and will close its office on Jenks [...]

Mar. 2--NEW SCOTLAND -- A local land protection group has received the largest property donation in its 18-year history -- a rugged piece of the Helderberg Escarpment, where preservation efforts [...]

Jan. 25--NASHVILLE -- Tennessee environmentalists said today they will try to persuade the Bredesen administration and Tennessee lawmakers to restore $20 million in state funding for parks and land acquisitions. [...]

Dec. 30--An environmental group has moved to withdraw its federal lawsuit against BP challenging permits it received for its Whiting Refinery. Ann Alexander, senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense [...]

Dec. 16--Environmentalists filed a federal lawsuit today that seeks to invalidate a permit issued last year by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a proposed 76-slip marina on Back [...]

Dec. 16--Sharks have far more reason to fear humans than humans have to fear sharks, the Humane Society of the United States says. To counterbalance shark fishing on the Emerald [...]

Dec. 9--In a complaint documenting foamy sewage discharges and manholes that frequently overflow, an environmental group on Tuesday threatened to file a lawsuit forcing Memphis to clean up its wastewater [...]

Dec. 5--Environmental groups will present concerns about Fountain Creek to the state in upcoming hearings on rules that could affect water quality. The Rocky Mountain Environmental Labor Coalition and the [...]

Dec. 4--ALBANY -- A broad coalition of environmental groups wants Gov. David Paterson to scrap proposed rules on natural gas drilling and start over, this time with help from his [...]

Nov. 21--CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- An environmental group has filed a petition challenging the construction-related stormwater permit for the new city airport to be built in the Tasso community. But members [...]

Nov. 13--PLAINS TWP. -- By creating a comprehensive package of legislation, manufacturing support, purchasing incentives and worker training, the U.S. can create a self-sustaining industry around alternative-energy development that creates [...]

Nov. 5--Tons of coal from Alaska's Interior are exported annually from the Port of Seward, bringing substantial profits to the state's only operating coal mine and to the Alaska Railroad [...]

Oct. 28--ALBANY -- Environmentalists trying to block a planned hotel in the environmentally sensitive Pine Bush got a half-a-loaf ruling from the state's highest court: They won a right to [...]

Oct. 23--American Municipal Power and an environmental group are at odds over the chances of electric rates increasing for Painesville customers. On Thursday, the Sierra Club released a report indicating [...]

Oct. 21--GRAFTON -- When hikers move through the woods at Grafton Lakes State Park, they'll be able to tip their hats in thanks to the Student Conservation Association. The group, [...]

Oct. 7--Sources inform 'Globes' that perpetual rivals Shafir Civil and Marine Engineering Ltd. and Shari Arison's Shikun u'Binui Solel Boneh Building and Infrastructure Ltd. are vying in the for the [...]

Sep. 23--Increases in the use of public transportation helped Indiana save nearly 11.7 million gallons of gasoline last year and reduce carbon dioxide emissions and the country's dependence on oil, [...]

Sep. 10--Cleaning out a creek bed might not be glamorous, but there's no telling what a little polish could do to a discarded silver tea set. That's one of the [...]

Aug. 26--HELENA -- Several prominent Montana conservation groups say they believe a majority of Montanans support a national clean-energy policy and thus support some type of 'cap and trade' legislation. [...]

Aug. 14--ALTON -- American Water Co. gave a $3,000 boost to an organization's mission of improving river quality and conserving water Thursday -- appropriately, outside the company's Alton water treatment [...]

Aug. 11--A Richmond judge has ruled that one of the permits issued by the State Air Pollution Control Board for a Wise County coal-fired energy plant is null and void, [...]

Aug. 5--An environmental group filed suit last week to stop a century-old sheep drive from going through Tonto National Forest on its way to the south East Valley. The drive, [...]

Byline: Michael Van Cassell Jul. 31--CHEYENNE -- A conservation advocacy group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the Bureau of Land Management in Wyoming, claiming the agency is illegally withholding […]

Jul. 28--An unexpected invitation came in the mail last week to four of the Cape's 15 towns. The Conservation Law Foundation, which sued to clean up Boston Harbor, wants to [...]

Jul. 23--DAYTON -- The Dayton Foundation wants to bring more than 40 environmental groups together to give the region more clout in seeking conservation funding. That's one of the goals [...]

Jul. 18--NORTH CREEK -- A state Supreme Court judge has thrown out a lawsuit by an Adirondack environmental group challenging state approval of plans to link Gore Mountain's ski trails [...]