With costs rising, the administration plans to show ways for homes and businesses to save. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, January 20, 2006 By Usha Lee McFarling, Times Staff Writer By 2050, the planet’s population will increase to 9 billion, with most people migrating to massive cities. Read more…
A Ventura County supervisor Wednesday asked his board colleagues to join him in opposing any future efforts to give the military special hunting grounds on Santa Rosa Island. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, January 19, 2006 By Catherine Saillant, Times Staff Writer A Ventura County supervisor Wednesday Read more…
The mountain lion is finished off about half a mile from a Rancho Santa Margarita school. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, January 18, 2006. By Dave McKibben, Times Staff Writer A Rancho Santa Margarita homeowner shot a mountain lion that had wandered into his backyard from nearby Read more…
The EPA wants to drop the clean-air rules for rural areas. An official with the air quality district for Owens Valley calls it ‘outrageous.’ Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, January 18, 2006 Bush administration officials are moving to strip significant clean-air protections from broad areas of California Read more…
Bears in the Yellowstone area could be cut from the endangered species list by year’s end, a move that some local ranchers have long sought. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, January 16, 2006. By Julie Cart, Times Staff Writer CODY, Wyo. — Federal officials have begun the Read more…
The Department of Interior on Wednesday approved oil and gas drilling on Alaska land considered such sensitive wildlife habitat that it was first protected by former Interior Secretary James G. Watt under President Reagan, and by four Interior secretaries since. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, January 12, Read more…
Wildlife officials fear that hunters will move in for the kill if federal protection is dropped. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 27, 2005. By Julie Cart, Times Staff Writer BOISE, Idaho — Since the first captured Canadian gray wolves bounded out of their cages 10 years Read more…
Sen. Ted Stevens’ cause has lasted two decades. His latest effort, tied to the military spending bill, provides a vivid look at power politics. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 20, 2005. By Richard Simon, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Two years ago, after his decades-old crusade Read more…
Seeking to build a road inside a state park, agency has won highway and environmental exemptions, special legislation in Congress. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2005. By Dan Weikel and Janet Wilson, Times Staff Writers A Southern California toll road agency has relied on high-ranking Read more…
A California congressman withdrew a controversial proposal Friday to create a recreational hunting facility for wounded military personnel and disabled veterans on Santa Rosa Island in the Channel Islands National Park. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, December 17, 2005 By Tim Reiterman and Richard Simon, Times Staff Read more…