As the Senate and House both move to begin considering the Budget
Resolution
for Fiscal Year 2004, both chambers have been talking openly about
including
revenues from potential lease sales in the coastal plain of the Arctic
National...
17 March 2003
At the end of last month, the Bush Administration failed yet another test
of
responsible management on America's public lands, signing off on a forest
plan revision that fails to protect Alaska's magnificent Tongass National
Forest. The...
17 March 2003
The Alaska Wilderness League last week applauded a bipartisan coalition of
Senators for introducing legislation to permanently protect the Coastal
Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The legislation, which seeks
to designate...
17 March 2003
This is long, so if you want to see exactly what the report says instead
of
looking at we say about it, the report is also available directly from the
National Research Council as follows:
Press Release:...
Press Release:...
17 March 2003
The American people have been denied additional time to voice their
opinion
about the management of their public lands. A recent decision by the
administration rejects a request to extend the public comment period for
the
draft oil...
14 March 2003
On February 12th, 140 of this nation's largest businesses in cooperation with the Bush Administration announced pledges to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 4% in the next four years. Considering that the Environmental...