Posted April 13, 2012 by Bobby McEnaney in Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
As reported a few weeks ago in a previous post, NRDC has been fighting a proposal by the Interior Department that would greatly expand oil and gas drilling within Utah’s Desolation Canyon wilderness area. Known as the "Gasco" plan...continued→
Posted March 16, 2012 by Bobby McEnaney in Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The Obama administration decided today to back a proposal to allow nearly 1,300 new oil and gas drilling wells in Utah’s Desolation Canyon region, impacting over 200,000 acres of wildlands. The sheer scope of the project, if approved, will...continued→
Posted February 13, 2012 by Bobby McEnaney in Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, U.S. Law and Policy
Making Industry Pay Fees More Than You Might For an Overdue Library Book: President Obama released the federal budget for Fiscal Year 2013, and in this package are included a number of common sense reforms that would improve how oil...continued→
Posted February 10, 2012 by Bobby McEnaney in Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
CBO Scores Oil Shale Revenues at Zero As Congress heads to a vote on Speaker Boehner’s proposal to fund the nation’s transportation and infrastructure needs by generating revenues via increased oil and gas drilling, a new revenue score from the...continued→
Posted January 9, 2012 by Bobby McEnaney in Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
In what is a defining moment, the Obama administration announced today measures that will protect the Grand Canyon from future mining activities on over a million acres of public land. In particular, today’s decision to institute a mining moratorium...continued→
Posted November 22, 2011 by Bobby McEnaney in Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
House leadership is risking our environment and the nation’s infrastructure by placing bets on a nonexistent industry Last Thursday, Speaker of the House John Boehner and other Republicans released a package of three new energy bills that would create a...continued→
Posted September 22, 2011 by Bobby McEnaney in Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
But opposition arises from the outdoor recreation industry. In June, at the height of the budget battle, we wrote about the Obama administration’s unfortunate backtracking on a key policy to protect wild lands. By agreeing to a Republican sponsored rider...continued→
Posted August 17, 2011 by Bobby McEnaney in Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
North America stands at an energy crossroads. As cheap, plentiful, conventional oil becomes a luxury of the past, we now face a choice: to set a course for a more sustainable energy future of clean, renewable fuels, or to develop...continued→
Posted August 8, 2011 by Bobby McEnaney in Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The original test module parked adjacent to the Clearwater River in Idaho. This shipment is currently parked indefinitely at Lolo Hot Springs, MT, with nowhere to go. Photo credit: Dave King An interesting report emerged today regarding Exxon’s scheme to send...continued→
Posted July 28, 2011 by Bobby McEnaney in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
A century ago, wild bighorn sheep thrived in the United States, numbering in the millions. But settlement left the various bighorn populations of the West nearly extinct. By 1960, there were no more than 8,000 bighorns remaining in the United...continued→
Posted July 3, 2011 by Bobby McEnaney in Environmental Justice, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
While everyone is holding their collective breath, hoping that future developments do not worsen regarding the news that an Exxon pipeline carrying oil crude broke in the middle of the Yellowstone River outside of Billings Montana releasing thousands of...continued→
Posted June 20, 2011 by Bobby McEnaney in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Update July 25, 2011: Republicans have introduced a rider in the 2012 Interior Appropriations spending package that would immediately open the Grand Canyon region to further mining. The rider would allow for extensive uranium mining directly adjacent to the Grand...continued→
Posted June 8, 2011 by Bobby McEnaney in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The administration’s commitment to wilderness is diminished, but President Obama can still take decisive action to protect America's natural heritage - starting with the Grand Canyon. President Obama, in many ways, has distinguished himself as a visionary in promoting policies that seek...continued→
Posted June 1, 2011 by Bobby McEnaney in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Administration Memo Puts Wilderness in Limbo Congress started a mess in April when it stopped funding the Interior Department's “Wild Lands” program. But in a memo released today, Interior Secretary Salazar made the situation...continued→
Posted April 26, 2011 by Bobby McEnaney in Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Be wary when Exxon claims they are going to “investigate” a problem… Over the weekend, Exxon literally took an axe to the trees lining the US Highway-12 Wild and Scenic River corridor in order to facilitate their “megaload” plan. This...continued→
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