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Tim DeChristopher, Land Auction Prankster, Charged With Felonies

Los Angeles Times | April 2, 2009 | Posted 05.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Tim Dechristopher, Land Auction, Green Politics, Activism, National Parks, Protest, Salt Lake City-Utah, Green News

Salt Lake City -- A college student was charged with two federal felonies Wednesday for what he contends were acts of civil disobedience -- making fal...

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Free Elk Meat Brings Thousands To National Park

npr.org | By Kirk Siegler | Posted 04.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Rocky Mountain National Park, Animals, Elk Meat, National Parks, Elk, Green News

Rocky Mountain National Park officials expected some controversy when they culled the park's elk population last month. What they didn't expect was th...

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Barack Obama: "I Am Not In Favor Of Concealed Weapons"

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: First 100 Days, Crime, Concealed Carry Permit, Concealed Carry, President Obama, Environment, Ken Salazar, National Parks, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Guns, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Would you feel safer having more loaded and concealed guns being carried in the public places you and your family visit?

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Guns In National Parks: Government Documents Show Bush Administration Warned About Ignoring Law

Paul Helmke | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, President Obama, George W. Bush, Department of Interior, Gun Control, Green Living, Nra, Guns, Barack Obama, National Rifle Association, Concealed Carry, 100 Days, National Park Service, Environment, Ken Salazar, National Parks, Politics News
Paul Helmke

A last-minute rule adopted by the Bush administration after the election forces states to allow loaded, concealed weapons in National Park lands within their borders regardless of state law.

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Utah Lands Win a Reprieve at the Dawn of a Cleaner, Greener Future

Robert Redford | Posted 02.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Natural Resources Defense Council, Robert Redford Utah Wilderness, Bush Administration, Obama Inaugural Address, Nrdc, Environment, Bureau of Land Management, Obama, Wilderness Protection, National Parks, Utah, Green News
Robert Redford

Destroying our natural heritage will do nothing to solve our energy challenges for the long-term, which to me, is even more reason to act.

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Salazar at the Interior Department: So Much at Stake

Frances Beinecke | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Wildlands, Public Lands, Oil Drilling, Green Transition, Obama's Cabinet, Salazar, Blm, Bureau Land Management, Wilderness Protection, Cabinet Appointments, National Parks, Interior Deparment, Ken Salazar Secretary of the Interior, Cheney Energy Task Force, Nrdc, Roan Plateau, NRDC Action Fund, Obama Administration, Obama Administration Environmental Policy, Bush Environmental Policy, Interior Department Corruption, Environmental Protection, Colorado, Ken Salazar and Interior Department, Interior Department Scandal, Bush Administration, Bush Ending Environmental Protections, Land Protection, Tom Gnojek, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, Green News
Frances Beinecke

As Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar has to send a powerful signal that the era of unethical behavior and unchecked industry influence is over.

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Smokey the Bear Accidentally Shot

Lloyd Garver | Posted 01.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Gun Control, Nra, National Parks, Concealed Weapons Permits, Guns, Green News
Lloyd Garver

For the first time in 25 years, a new Bush Administration rule will allow people to carry loaded, concealed weapons in national parks and wildlife refuges. Gun guys, can't you leave it at home for one little weekend?

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We Need Change at Interior, Not More of the Same

Michael Markarian | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Interior Department, Safari Club, Raul Grijalva, Secretary of the Interior, Mike Thompson, Animals, Depatment of the Interior, Nra, Obama Cabinet, Hunting Heritage Award, Federal Parks, Sport Hunting, Obama Administration, Obama Environment, Bear Protection Act, Hunting, Obama Appointments, Obama Animal Rights, U.S. Sportsman Alliance, Sportsmen's Caucus, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, Environmental Conservation, Endangered Species Act, National Parks, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Obama faces a choice between a new direction that would place environmental conservation above corporate interests, and a pick similar to past selections at the Department of the Interior.

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Not Home Yet: The Terrible Carnage of Bush's Final Days

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, White House, Water Pollution, Doj, Environment, Endangered Species, Hhs, Air Pollution, Endangered Species Act, Bush, Epa, Obama Administration, Bush Environmental Policy, Clean Air Act, Bush Final Weeks, National Parks, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

As if eight long years of hell under Bush were not enough, we now have to suffer this accelerated push to destroy our future in the last days of his reign of terror.

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Bush Admin Overturns Ban On Firearms In National Parks

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of the Interior, National Parks, Parks, Guns, Guns in Parks, Politics News

WASHINGTON — People will soon be able to carry concealed, loaded guns in most national parks and wildlife refuges. The Bush administration said...

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The Battle Over Drilling Leases In National Parks

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Environment, Drilling, National Parks, George Bush, Bush Midnight Regulations, Green News

SALT LAKE CITY — Conservation groups filed formal protests Thursday against what they call a "fire sale" of oil-and-gas drilling leases in Utah ...

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Midnight Regs: Pollution in National Parks And More!

ProPublica | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Hud, Midnight Regulations, Fda, Air Pollution, National Parks, Epa, Politics News
ProPublica

Today's additions to our Midnight Regulations chart include rules that affect our national parks, the approval and labeling of genetically-modified food, and public access to information.

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Midnight Regulations: The Bush Administration's Final Right-Wing Tweaks

ProPublica | Joaquin Sapien and Jesse Nankin | Posted 12.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Epa, Bush Administration, Uranium Mining, Mine Debris, Lawmaking, Guns, Rulemaking, Osha, National Parks, Bush, Green News

Here is a rundown of rules and regulations that the Bush administration is pushing through the rulemaking process in its waning days. We will update t...

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Burning Down the House

Carl Pope | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, National Parks, Environmental Regulations, Midnight Regulations, Bush Midnight Regulations, Green News
Carl Pope

On their way out, the Bush administration's political appointees will definitely vandalize property, beginning with our national parks.

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EPA Moves To Relax Clean Air Standards Near Parks

Los Angeles Times | Washington Post | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Epa, Clean Air, Clean Air Standards, Clean Air Act, National Parks, Green News

Reporting from Washington -- The Environmental Protection Agency is completing new air quality rules that will make it easier to build coal-fired powe...

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Americans Rejected 'Drill, Baby, Drill' -- Bush Should Respect Our Choice

Robert Redford | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green

Read More: National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Utah, National Parks, Barack Obama, Robert Redford, Airboat, Robert Redford Drilling in Utah, Bureau Land Management, Blm, Blm, Bureau of Land Management, Bush Environmental, Green News
Robert Redford

On the very day that we raised our voices for change and voted to move away from the failed energy philosophy of "drill, baby, drill," the Bush administration dragged us in the opposite direction.

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Cellphones in Yellowstone? Environmentalists Protest "Wired" Park

Los Angeles Times | Nicholas Riccardi | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Cell Phones, Yellowstone, National Parks, Wired, Green News

Reporting from Yellowstone National Park -- Natural forces over millennia created the geysers, peaks and canyons that fascinate visitors here. But a n...

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Bush Admin Wants To Open Tens Of Thousands Of Acres Near National Parks For Drilling

New York Times | FELICITY BARRINGER | Posted 12.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Drilling, Bureau of Land Management, Bush Administration, Oil Drilling, National Parks, Green News

The Bureau of Land Management has expanded its oil and gas lease program in eastern Utah to include tens of thousands of acres on or near the boundari...

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Oscar Winner Shirley Jones Gets Orient Express For Her 30th Anniversary

Edward Lozzi | Posted 07.31.2008 | Living

Read More: Naturalist, Marty Ingels, Relationships, Academy Award, Trains, Travel, Shirley Jones, Orient Express, National Parks, Wedding Anniversary, Seattle, Living News
Edward Lozzi

Hubby Marty Ingels tracks down the original Super Luxury Liner right he...

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