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I toured L.A.’s Rim of the Valley by plane. Here’s why we need to protect it

October 31, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ Residential development at the edge of the Rim of the Valley, public land that activists hope to see added to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) As our small plane flew over the San Fernando Valley, I was in awe of just how remarkable ...
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Hanging in the air: Meditations on an aerial journey over the Amargosa River

October 29, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ On a clear and windless October morning, I climbed aboard a Cessna 210 plane alongside Tribal and rural community leaders, journalists, land managers, and fellow advocates to experience something extraordinary: a flight over Ash Meadows and the Amargosa Valley.EcoFlight is an organization that educates and advocates for the protection of remaining wild lands ...
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SURVEYING THE MESA

October 25, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original post ➡️  On Wednesday, I climbed aboard a six-seater plane and slipped on a noise-canceling headset in preparation for a half-hour flight out of Lone Pine Airport over the desert, to get an aerial glimpse of Conglomerate Mesa — a parcel of land steeped in controversy, sacred significance and gold. I boarded the aircraft around ...
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Officials get an aerial view of the Tijuana River

October 23, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post: Listen to the story ➡️ This week the nonprofit EcoFlight gave a group of advocates, nonprofit leaders and government representatives a bird’s eye view of the Tijuana River Valley. In other news, voters across San Diego County will decide on local tax measures this year. We learn about the tax proposals in Chula ...
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Environmental groups gain new perspective of Tijuana River pollution

October 22, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ The Tijuana River is one of America’s most endangered rivers because of pollution, according to the American Rivers 2024 report.This week the nonprofit EcoFlight gave a group of advocates, nonprofit leaders and government representatives a bird’s-eye view of the area to better understand the causes of the pollution.Ramon Chairez, with the nonprofit ...
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EcoFlight: A bird’s eye view of the Tijuana River Valley

October 21, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post: watch the video➡️ IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. (KGTV)— On Monday, a group of environmental advocates, researchers, and industry professionals got a bird’ s-eye view of the Tijuana River Valley.They boarded a flight provided by EcoFlight, a non-profit focused on conservation and environmental justice efforts.“It’s my home. It’s where I grew up, it’s where I ...
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Residents of White Mesa say uranium mill is polluting their water

October 7, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ This April 11, 2015, photo provided by EcoFlight shows the White Mesa Uranium Mill near Blanding in southeastern Utah. Members of a small tribal community in Southern Utah were protesting at the capitol, saying their water is being polluted with Uranium. (Dom Smith/EcoFlight via AP) WHITE MESA, Utah — Members of White ...
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Feds on track to finalize coal leasing ban despite Wyoming, industry protests

October 7, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post ➡️ In July 2024, aerial shot depicts a load-out silo and the Black Thunder coal mine in the southern Powder River Basin. Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile, courtesy EcoFlight Federal land managers have rejected protests filed by coal mining interests — including the state of Wyoming and representatives of two of its counties — that tried ...
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A coal power plant demolition serves as a poignant historical moment for the Navajo

October 5, 2024 News & Media No Comments
Original Post: Listen to the Story ➡️ In a small plane flying west out of Farmington, N.M., America’s energy transition appeared to be proceeding in an orderly fashion — a sea change measurable in megawatts, acreage and emission particle parts per million.Mike Eisenfeld of San Juan Citizens Alliance was our tour guide, his voice crackling over the ...
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