If they are not careful, the US Forest Service secret weapon of being some of the best politicians around is going to leak out.
How many times now have they temporarily stopped a deal using vague and non-specific language, in order to look like they are soothing the extremist environmental groups such as 'EarthJustice' and 'Wild Earth Guardians'?
Dennis Webb:
"...However, while conservationists are praising the action by the agency’s Rocky Mountain Region office, the decision doesn’t close the door on the Forest Service eventually approving the expansion by Arch Coal.
The regional office has instructed the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest to reconsider the matter because it didn’t explain why existing coal lease stipulations designed to protect wildlife and other resources were eliminated or modified.
“It doesn’t mean it’s not going to happen. It just means that further environmental analysis needs to occur based on the points that were appealed,” said Steve Segin, a spokesman for the Forest Service’s regional office...." (Read more? Click title)
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Showing posts with label Wild Earth Guardians. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wild Earth Guardians. Show all posts
February 15, 2012
November 3, 2011
SandBox Comments: Vail Daily "Group petitions EPA over air in 8 western states"
"DENVER (AP) — An environmental group has petitioned the federal government to reduce air pollutants in eight western states.
WildEarth Guardians says that by law, the Environmental Protection Agency has to designate areas as "nonattainment" areas if they violate certain air-quality standards and put them on the path to cleaning up.
The group's petition contends 15 areas should be labeled nonattainment areas for violating standards limiting particulate matter to less than 10 microns in diameter, or about one-seventh the width of a human hair. It said the EPA should declare six other areas "serious" nonattainment areas.
WildEarth Guardians also wants the EPA to call for Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming to revise their state plans for complying with the Clean Air Act.
The EPA had no immediate comment..."
(Vail Daily)
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WildEarth Guardians says that by law, the Environmental Protection Agency has to designate areas as "nonattainment" areas if they violate certain air-quality standards and put them on the path to cleaning up.
The group's petition contends 15 areas should be labeled nonattainment areas for violating standards limiting particulate matter to less than 10 microns in diameter, or about one-seventh the width of a human hair. It said the EPA should declare six other areas "serious" nonattainment areas.
WildEarth Guardians also wants the EPA to call for Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming to revise their state plans for complying with the Clean Air Act.
The EPA had no immediate comment..."
(Vail Daily)
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