NEPA

“Fire protection” shouldn’t torch environmental safeguards

Neil Shader
Thursday, April 11, 2013

New bills from Reps. Labrador (ID), Tipton (CO), Gosar (Ariz.), and the Chairman of the committee, Rep. Doc Hastings (Wash.) would force thousands, if not millions, of acres of forest to be all but handed over to timber companies, at the expense of the taxpayer. 

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NEPA Cases Filed Compared to All US Cases 2001 to 2009

Jun 25, 2012

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The Environment: A Long Term Investment Strategy?

Liese Dart
Monday, April 30, 2012

Buffet named three “key ingredients” for companies to remain profitable and competitive in the 21st century: invest in “people, communities and the environment,” advising that “taking shortcuts is not the pathway to achieving sustainable competitive advantage, nor i

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Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities bill harbors anti-Wilderness attack

Foster Burgess
Sep 9, 2011

Editor's note: The name and bill number of the “Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act” (H.R 2834) has been changed to the “Sportsmen’s Heritage Act” (H.R. 4089)

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True Grit: A Heap-of-NEPA lies PDF

Jul 25, 2011

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Renewable Energy Must be Smart from the Start - Statement from The Wilderness Society

Foster Burgess
Jul 13, 2011

Statement of Chase Huntley, Director of Renewable Energy Policy for The Wilderness Society on today’s mark-up in the House Natural Resources Committee

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Pending Renewable Energy Bills Fall Short

Foster Burgess
Jun 23, 2011

“Smart from the Start” Is a Better Approach

 

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Sign-on Letter for Renewable Energy and NEPA

Sep 23, 2009

This sign-on letter was sent to White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley from a number of organizations. As the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) helps move the nation toward greater reliance on clean energy, these organizations seek to draw attention to continued assaults on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) with regard to the development and siting of renewable energy facilities.

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Public Lands Briefing Book for 111th Congress

Jan 13, 2009

With Congress back in session, our staff and policy experts have been working full-speed with members of the presidential transition team and with members of Congress to prepare them on steps they can quickly take to right many of the environmental wrongs of the past eight years.

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Bureau of Land Management National Monument Transportation System Planning

Apr 1, 2002

The Wilderness Society and its 200,000 members are committed to the resource management planning processes for the spectacular and irreplaceable National Monuments managed by the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”). This position paper outlines our concerns and suggestions involving one of the most critical aspects of the planning process: the creation of a coherent and legal transportation system.

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