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Rob Bishop
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Committee Hearing on Wind Energy and Eagles Deadlocks in Partisan Posturing
Post date:What could have been an informative and illuminating hearing on Obama administration policy regarding wildlife and renewable energy turned out to be nearly two hours of partisan posturing.
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commentary
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When it Comes to Wildlife, Clamping Down on New National Monuments is a Bad Idea
Post date:A bill making its way through Congress would impose strict limits on designations of new National Monuments. In essence, it would gut one of the most powerful legal tools California wildlife has at its disposal.
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sally jewell
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REI Exec Tapped For Interior: What Does it Mean for Energy Policy on Public Lands?
Post date:Sally Jewell is a bit of a dark horse, with far more of a track record in managing businesses than in setting policy.
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commentary
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A Brief History of Pinnacles National Park
Post date:How Pinnacles National Monument became a National Park -- and why Red Rock still waits its turn
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land use
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Is This The Worst Wilderness Congress in History?
Post date:Every congress since 1964 has designated new wilderness areas, often drawing support from both major political parties, except the one currently enthroned.
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commentary
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In Defense of the Antiquities Act
Post date:Democrats -- and President Obama -- must stop Republicans from gutting the Antiquities Act.
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Rob Bishop
SoCal Focus
As Immigration Dwindles, GOP Attacks Border Environment Laws
Post date:Economic hardship in the U.S. and increasing obstacles to informal border crossing have made the northward trek far less enticing to would-be job seekers. So why does Representative Rob Bishop want to ramp up extreme border protections even further?
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Purple Mountains Majesty: No on Tar Sands, Yes on Wilderness?
Post date:After shutting down the Keystone XL Pipeline, is President Obama finally getting serious about protecting our public lands?
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Barack Obama
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Playing with Fire: Rob Bishop's Sputtering Sagebrush Rebellion
Post date:Rob Bishop is trying to ignite a Sagebrush Rebellion against President Obama. The Utah Republican might be the one who gets burned.
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deserts
SoCal Focus
Bill Would Give Homeland Security Absolute Power In The Desert
Post date:A bill now making its way through Congress would give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unprecedented power to ignore Federal environmental laws on thousands of square miles of Federal and other lands.
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Rob Bishop
SoCal Focus
On the Wild Side
Post date:Hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains with Wayne Steinmetz is an exercise in humility. It isn't just the brisk pace that the retired chemistry professor sets as he pushes along trails that are dry as dust or slick with snow, though his stamina is intimid...
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wilderness act
SoCal Focus
What do Wilderness and Immigrants have in Common?
Post date:In the West, Republicans have been gunning for the Endangered Species Act since it was enacted in 1968 and targeting the Wilderness Act (1964) even longer.