This webpage has all the info you need to support the bill banning strip mining in Tennessee. The day we get the actual bill number we will post it. https://unitedmountaindefense.org/banstripmining.htm We are not territorial or “turffy” about this bill at…

The Least Sexy Part of Energize America Email Print Originally posted on DailyKos here By Devilstower 10/15/2006 11:48:42 PM EST Energize America is chock full o’ cool. There are great ideas in the plan to expand solar, wind, and other…

Blankenship efforts fall short By The Associated Press https://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2006110758/display_story.php?sid=2006110758&format=prn Tuesday November 07, 2006 Voters today kept Democrats in charge of West Virginia’s Legislature, largely ignoring a coal executive’s multimillion-dollar campaign to sweep Republicans into office. An ailing Delegate Margarette Leach,…

Aggregating terrestrial credits for the voluntary carbon market sounds like a fairly esoteric enterprise to most, but for Ducks Unlimited—a 70-year-old conservation organization that has worked with thousands of landowners on projects covering 11 million acres of land—pulling together land…

Please excuse my post-election blogging sabbatical. I have been working on getting my head back above water with schoolwork, doing some much needed relaxing, and giving thanks (especially for Will, Benji, Sarah, and Anita for taking over the blog and…

The Forest Service is inviting all interested members of the public to provide input into the development of the USDA Forest Service Open Space Conservation Strategy and Implementation Plan, which will help shape the agency’s strategic role in a national…

EARTH ‘ S natural resources are being used 25 per cent faster than the planet can renew them, analysis by conservation group WWF indicates. Measurements of crop yields, carbon dioxide emissions, fishing and the use of forests suggest that mankind…

[ Virginia ] Aiming to ensure that today ‘ s forest lands are there for tomorrow ‘ s generations, Xerox Corporation has invested $1 million in an innovative partnership with The Nature Conservancy …The investment – the largest Xerox has…

Over the last decade forestry certification has become a tool used around the world to encourage and recognize well-managed forestry operations. Since pioneering global forest certification in 1989, the Rainforest Alliance has helped the public identify good forestry operations through…

[ Canada ] The P.E.I. government wants to expand its forestry industry beyond softwood lumber. Strategies in a new government policy include increasing the focus on finished products such as flooring and furniture, as well as non-timber products such as…