Some National Park Service veterans say it may take decades for the agency to undo policies that tended to favor commercial interests and energy projects over conservation. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2009. By Julie Cart Reporting from Arches National Park, Utah — Kate Cannon Read more…
Thousand Oaks quickly put $1 million in the pocket of the Operating Engineers Pension Trust Fund after the group’s Realtor advertised in the Dec. 18 Thousand Oaks Acorn. Source of this article – Thousand Oaks Acorn, January 8, 2009 The real estate advertisement in the paper caught the interest of Read more…
The state holds out for its own stricter cleanup standards for the former rocket engine and nuclear testing facility near Chatsworth and Simi Valley. Activists are pleased. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, January 13, 2009. By Catherine Saillant California’s top environmental cop Monday rejected an offer to list Read more…
A trove of oil shale may be a boon. But the science to extract fuel is imperfect, and locals worry about their water supplies, which ultimately feed Southern California reservoirs. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 28, 2008 By Julie Cart Reporting from Salt Lake City — Read more…
Residents and park officials mourn the loss after more than 95% of the 14,100 acres burned in the Freeway Complex fire, leaving little but a blackened landscape behind. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, November 29, 2008 By David Kelly For more than 20 years, Chino Hills State Read more…
A debate is heating up over whether the fracturing technique used in natural-gas drilling could result in chemicals contaminating drinking water Source of this article – Business Week, November 24, 2008. By Abrahm Lustgarten Natural-gas operations are proliferating from Wyoming to New York. At the same time, Halliburton (HAL) and Read more…
Many of the ‘midnight regulations’ open wilderness for oil and gas drilling, and loosen environmental safeguards. President Bush has pushed 53 through in three weeks, researchers say Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, November 21, 2008 As the hour grows late, President Bush, like many chief executives before him, Read more…
Room to stretch a Frog’s Red Legs Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, September 17, 2008. By Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer California’s red-legged frog may be getting some of its land back. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed on Tuesday to more than triple Read more…
Source of this article – New York Times, July 8,2008. By NICHOLAS BAKALAR If it’s summer, it must be time for safety warnings about outdoor sports. So here is a surprise: measured by the rate of injury while participating, the most dangerous outdoor recreational activity by a wide margin is Read more…
Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2008. By Elaine Woo Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Jill Swift, a former teacher and hiking enthusiast whose love of the outdoors led her to play a central role in the creation of a national park in the Santa Monica Read more…