conservation
Posted Jul 7, 2021, 10:51 am
Wufei Yu
/High Country News
President Joe Biden's plan to protect 30% of U.S. land and water, over 720 million acres, by 2030 - what’s become known as the “30 by 30 plan” - has lofty ambitions, but what’s happening on the ground tells a different story of how it might play out. ... Read more»
Posted May 5, 2021, 10:18 am
Jacob Fischler
/Arizona Mirror
Republicans on the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday previewed their objections to the Biden administration’s still-unreleased “30 by 30 plan” to conserve 30% of U.S. land and water by 2030, calling it “the radical 30 by 30 land grab initiative.”... Read more»
Posted Apr 14, 2021, 12:24 pm
Jacob Fischler
/Arizona Mirror
President Joe Biden intends to nominate National Wildlife Federation senior adviser and veteran Montana Democrat Tracy Stone-Manning to direct the Bureau of Land Management, an individual familiar with the process confirmed to States Newsroom Wednesday. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 24, 2021, 10:10 am
Jacob Fischler
/Arizona Mirror
In a preview of the arguments likely to be repeated as the Biden administration and Congress work toward conservation goals, Democrats on a U.S. House panel Tuesday outlined what they say is a need for aggressive action on climate.... Read more»
Posted Feb 26, 2021, 11:50 pm
Ariana Figueroa
/Arizona Mirror
In a bitter and at times high-decibel round of questioning at her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Interior nominee Rep. Deb Haaland again fielded questions from Senate Republicans from oil and gas-producing states about the Biden administration’s energy policies. If confirmed by the Senate, Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo, would run the $21 billion agency that oversees more than 450 million acres of public land. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 24, 2021, 1:09 pm
Sarah Oven
/Cronkite News
While Senate Republicans used the Interior confirmation hearing for Rep. Debra Haaland to air their grievances about the Biden administration’s energy policies, supporters at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing focused mostly on the historic nature of the nomination. ... Read more»
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Posted Dec 22, 2020, 12:28 pm
Robert Glennon
/The Conversation
President Trump has turned efficiency standards into symbols of intrusive government. His latest target: showerheads.... Read more»
Posted Nov 30, 2020, 12:44 pm
Bianca Bruno
/Courthouse News
President-elect Joe Biden made a campaign promise to stop building Donald Trump’s border wall. But how will the incoming administration will repair the damage — environmental, cultural and political — the wall’s already done?... Read more»
Posted Oct 1, 2019, 9:57 am
Amanda Pampuro
/Courthouse News Service
In 2014, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated 764,207 acres of land in Arizona and the southwest corner of New Mexico as critical habitat for a jaguar population concentrated 130 miles south in Mexico, but the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau argued before the 10th Circuit last Wednesday that land designated in the state for the predators isn’t essential to their conservation.... Read more»
Posted Sep 18, 2019, 12:41 pm
Karina Brown
/Courthouse News Service
Democrats introduced legislation Tuesday that would repeal rules the Trump administration used to reduce protections under the Endangered Species Act. ... Read more»
Posted Sep 22, 2014, 2:07 pm
Miranda Rivers
/Cronkite News
The Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2014 would guarantee some water rights for the Hualapai Tribe, allow Freeport Minerals Corp. to continue operating its Bagdad copper mine and provide the state with lands for wildlife protection, supporters said. ... Read more»
Posted Jul 29, 2014, 4:34 pm
Paulina Pineda
/Cronkite News Service
State Land Commissioner Vanessa Hickman told a House panel that a bill to streamline public-land exchanges in the West could make for more sensible and environmentally sensitive development. And that could mean more trust land money to go to local schools, she said. ... Read more»
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Posted Jun 12, 2014, 11:34 am
Julianne DeFilippis
/Cronkite News Service
A new survey claims that Latino voters in Western states believe the government should protect public lands and they want to be consulted on land-policy issues. Pollsters attributed that sentiment to the generations-long ties many Hispanic families have to the region... Read more»
Posted Feb 5, 2013, 9:34 pm
Michelle Peirano
/Cronkite News Service
Former Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt called for more active land preservation by the federal government Tuesday, criticizing what he called Washington’s neglect of public lands.... Read more»
Posted Oct 29, 2012, 4:27 pm
Cale Ottens
/Cronkite News Service
The Bureau of Land Management is set to identify a third parcel of land in Arizona on Friday as a potential site for development of utility-scale solar-power projects.... Read more»
Posted Mar 17, 2012, 2:34 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Tucson environmental activist Bill Roe was tapped Saturday to lead Arizona's Democrats. He was elected by acclamation at a party meeting in Phoenix.... Read more»