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Historic Deal Reopens B.C. Indigenous Territory to Fracking, Promises Land Restoration

Original Post ➡️ EcoFlight After decades of being treated as collateral damage by policy-makers and industry bent on resource extraction, the Blueberry River First Nations will have significantly more say in how extraction proceeds within its territories thanks to a watershed agreement with the British Columbia government. But the deal also means the resumption of ...
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Original Post ➡️ A leading opponent of the Berlaimont Estates project near Edwards wasted little time before mounting a legal challenge to a March 10 U.S. Forest Service decision approving an all-season road to the site.The Wilderness Workshop, based in Carbondale, filed suit this past week in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. to stop the road ...
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Original Post ➡️ Republican state Sen. Perry Will of New Castle has joined up with Democratic Rep. Elizabeth Velasco of Glenwood Springs in issuing a bipartisan letter of support for the Thompson Divide Administrative Withdrawal that’s now under federal review.The proposed federal mineral withdrawal would administratively withdraw 225,000 acres of the Thompson Divide area south of ...
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Lava Ridge resolution advances in House

Original Post ➡️ The Minidoka National Historic Site is seen beside the Milner-Gooding Canal during an EcoFlight tour Monday, June 13, 2022, out of Twin Falls. The Lava Ridge Wind Project, if allowed, would be just north of what locals call the Hunt Camp.DREW NASH, TIMES-NEWS A resolution opposing the proposed Lava Ridge wind energy ...
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