Category: RT Newswire

USE ME! Essentially, this is a catch all for everything. This is probably the ONLY category where things that are not directly related to Rising Tide affiliates/allies should go. For example if a coal company goes out of business (and we didn’t directly cause it) it should probably only go here.

Maine Seeks Pre-Approval for Wetlands Destruction

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 10, 2008  10:33 AM

CONTACT: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
Kyla Bennett (508) 230-9933;
Carol Goldberg (202) 265-7337

Maine Seeks Pre-Approval for Wetlands Destruction
Maine DOT ‘Umbrella Mitigation Bank’ Tries to Exploit Weakened Federal Policies

BOSTON – July 10 – One of the first state agencies to submit a plan under a new federal rule is seeking a sweeping grant of authority to pave over wetlands in return for use of mitigation banking, according to regulatory comments filed today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The Maine Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed “Umbrella Mitigation Bank Prospectus” would permit destruction of wetlands in exchange for preservation of other land or creation of new wetlands elsewhere in the state to replace what has been destroyed.

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Fish & Wildlife Service Hiding Influence of Refuge Driller

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 10, 2008  10:11 AM

CONTACT: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
Ceal Smith [Citizens for San Luis Valley Water Protection Coalition] (719) 256-5780;
Travis Stills [Energy Minerals Law Center] (970) 375-9231;
Jeff Ruch [PEER] 202-265-7337

Fish & Wildlife Service Hiding Influence of Refuge Driller
Federal Court Asked to Force Government to Release Records

ALAMOSA, Colorado – July 10 – The federal government is refusing to release documents that could show whether a Canadian company that wants to drill in the Baca National Wildlife Refuge had inappropriate influence over a study of the project’s impacts.

Records of emails between Lexam Explorations Inc., a Canadian “wildcatter,” and a Department of Interior lawyer indicate that the company was repeatedly invited to review and comment on internal drafts of an environmental assessment that was being prepared to evaluate the impact of drilling on the San Luis Valley refuge. Other documents suggest the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service relied on the oil and gas company to compile data on wildlife in the nation’s newest wildlife refuge.

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Congressional Briefing on Vulnerability of Southeast Watersheds to Climate Change

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WWF Briefing to Examine Impacts of Climate Change on Southeast US Watersheds

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 9, 2008
2:15 PM

CONTACT: World Wildlife Fund
Joe Pouliot
joe.pouliot@wwfus.org
202-476-9919

WWF Briefing to Examine Impacts of Climate Change on Southeast US Watersheds
25 Gulf Coast Students to Participate in Hill Event

WASHINGTON – July 9 –

WHAT: Congressional briefing on vulnerability of Southeast watersheds to
climate change

WHEN: 10:00 – 11:15 a.m.
Thursday, July 10, 2008

WHERE: 210 Cannon House Office Building

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