FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 29, 2008 4:33 PM CONTACT: The Wilderness Society Dave Slater (202/429-8441); Dave Alberswerth (202/429-2695); Nada Culver (303/650-5818, ext. 117); Eleanor Huffines (907-272-9453) More Than 44 Million Acres Under Lease for Oil and Gas in US New analyses shows unprecedented drilling boom, tremendous surplus of… Continue reading
Isolated tribe spotted in Brazil The photos are being used to prove the tribe’s existence Image: Gleison Miranda, Funai One of South America’s few remaining uncontacted indigenous tribes has been spotted and photographed on the border between Brazil and Peru. The Brazilian government says it took the images… Continue reading
Plum Creek plans to cut down 200-year-old trees North Woods logging By BRIDGET HUBER May 28, 2008 4:00:29 PM FELLING THE GIANTS? You would think the Plum Creek Timber Company would be doing all it could to avoid negative publicity right now. The Seattle-based company’s proposal to build nearly… Continue reading
On the surface, broad-based solutions to global warming appear to be emerging in Congress. But with even a meager scrubbing of the surface, Senators Lieberman and Warner’s “Climate Security Act” (S. 2191) – which is scheduled to be debated on the Senate floor in June – turns out to be… Continue reading