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Continuing in his longtime role as a champion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) today is introducing a bill to designate the 1.5 million acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge as Wilderness – giving its wildlife, lands and waters increased protections against development. This bill comes as the nation celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Arctic Refuge – an event recently highlighted by President Barack Obama through a presidential proclamation – and as the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives appears poised to push for more drilling there. Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA) introduced a companion bill in the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this month.
Defenders of Wildlife Board of Directors Chair Vic Sher announced today that Rodger Schlickeisen is retiring as president and CEO of the organization effective October 1, 2011, and that Jamie Rappaport Clark, current executive vice president, will be his successor.
The “Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling” today presented the results of its comprehensive, nonpartisan investigation of the worst environmental disaster in American history.
WASHINGTON (January 10, 2011) -- The following is a statement from Rodger Schlickeisen, president of Defenders of Wildlife, regarding the shootings in Tucson, Ariz. last Saturday.
Defenders of Wildlife offering limited edition “Adopt a Wolf” adoption packages featuring Lionsgate’s delightful animated tale about wolves, Alpha and Omega.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation today made available to the public the Record of Decision (“ROD”) signed by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on the plan to replace the deteriorating Herbert C. Bonner Bridge in Dare County, NC, paving the way for construction of a new bridge at the north end of Hatteras Island, NC, parallel to the current bridge.
The Department of the Interior today issued a new “Wild Lands” secretarial order to the Bureau of Land Management, instructing the agency to designate unique areas with wilderness qualities, and manage them in a way that protects those qualities.
Thirty-four members of the U.S. House of Representatives joined an effort spearheaded by Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA), Rep. James Moran (D-VA), Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) to ask Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to stick to his commitment to make science-based decisions on oil and gas development in the Arctic Ocean.
Defenders of Wildlife reacts to solar energy siting plan announced by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The solar energy Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement will designate solar energy zones on Bureau of Land Management lands throughout the West.