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1271.Wolves are even more socially complex than we thought… (2014-07-23)
... As a conservation scientist at Defenders of Wildlife, I follow the latest scientific findings on wolves and other important wildlife species closely. Wolf science is a very active area of inquiry, and lately, there have been many studies coming out about wolves’ social structures and behavior. Today I want to pass along one of the... ...
1272.Md. offshore wind auction set (2014-07-22)
... U.S. to take bids Aug. 19 for nearly 80,000 acres off Ocean City July 02, 2014|By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun Continuing the Obama administration’s effort to launch a U.S. offshore wind energy industry, federal officials announced Wednesday that they will auction off the rights next month to build huge turbines off Maryland’s coast.... ...
1273.End of Genitalia-Altering Pesticide (2014-07-22)
... This week marks the official end to the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of genitalia-altering pesticide residues on snap beans. Numerous published studies by an EPA scientist found that rats fed vinclozolin in utero had feminized genitalia with malformations like vaginal pouches, undescended testicles, and malformed penises. Yet the EPA ban did not happen on its... ...
1274.Loggerhead Sea Turtles Catch a Wave (2014-07-22)
... There is plenty of good news for the loggerhead sea turtle this summer! This month, the federal government designated critical habitat , including 84 percent of all known nesting areas, and protections for large areas of ocean habitat, for the loggerhead sea turtles found in the Northwest Atlantic. Critical habitat is an area determined vital... ...
1275.More crude oil was spilled in U.S. rail incidents in 2013, than was spilled in the nearly four decades since the federal government began collecting data on such spills. (2014-07-21)
... Since late 2012, as hydraulic fracturing and tar sands drilling created a glut of oil, the industry has scrambled to transport the fossil fuel from drill sites to the east and west coasts, where it can potentially be shipped overseas to more lucrative markets. The increase in oil rail traffic, however, has not been matched... ...
1276.Wolverines Need Federal Protection Now! (2014-07-21)
... If you’ve been keeping up with one of the world’s toughest animals, the wolverine, you may know that a big decision is coming their way. In early August, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will determine whether or not imperiled wolverines in the lower-48 will be listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as “threatened.”... ...
1277.The Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention: how Maydan saved Ukraine and about the draft law on environmental impact assessment (2014-06-30)
... The 5th Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (the Aarhus Convention) is held in Maastricht (Netherlands) from 30 June till 2 July 2014. In the meeting hall there are over 450 official delegates and representatives of the public from... ...
1278.Pro bono legal aid for protection of environmental rights: a new stage of development (2014-05-12)
... Press-release On 6 May 2014, in Lviv there was held a Coordination meeting of non-governmental organizations providing pro bono legal aid for protection of environmental rights of communities. ...
1279.Experts will discuss the future of environmental policy and lustration of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (2014-03-07)
... On 19 March 2014, the National forum of experts from environmental NGOs, scholars and journalists will be held in the Aarhus center at the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Kyiv, 35 Mytropolyt Vasyl’ Lypkivskyi St. (former Urytskoho St., the ground floor, room 103)). Participants of the Forum will discuss the future of environmental policy... ...
1280.Appeal of representatives of environmental, legal and academic civil communities to deputies of the 7th Supreme Council of Ukraine (2014-02-25)
... APPEAL of representatives of environmental, legal and academic civil communities to deputies of the 7th Supreme Council of Ukraine concerning criteria of evaluating candidates to the post of the Minister of Environment of Ukraine 24 February 2014 Criteria of evaluating candidates to the post of the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Ukraine ...
