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Sliding energy leasing on state lands hitting parish budgets - Energy
12+ hour, 4+ min ago (140+ words) Sliding energy leasing on state lands hitting parish budgets - The Black Chronicle...
Op-Ed: Let farmer's decide what's best for our land - Agriculture
1+ week, 6+ day ago (602+ words) I've spent my life working the land in rural Louisiana, and I've seen what happens when farms struggle and communities begin to slip away. As a farmer, landowner, Chairman of the Lafayette Economic Development Authority, and someone who has served…...
Lawyer: There's no need to punish fishermen to protect otters - California
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (37+ words) Lawyer: There's no need to punish fishermen to protect otters - The Black Chronicle...
Regulator: LNG expansion likely to affect rare marsh bird - Energy
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (365+ words) (The Center Square) " A proposed expansion of the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas export facility in Louisiana could threaten the federally protected eastern black rail, a marsh bird, according to new environmental analysis done by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission....
Owl nesting season may delay critical project as Wilkeson suffers under red tape - Washington
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (1589+ words) (The Center Square) " The town of Wilkeson knows it may take years before the state puts real money behind rebuilding the Fairfax Bridge " or tearing down the historic gateway to Mount Rainier National Park and buying out the nearby landowners…...
Lewistown hospital workers rally for wages ahead of Thanksgiving - Pennsylvania
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (464+ words) (The Center Square) " As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, workers at a Pennsylvania hospital are preparing to strike for higher wages if necessary. Union members at Geisinger Lewistown Hospital, a 133-bed facility in Lewistown, rallied Tuesday to draw attention to their…...
WA Forest Practices Board approves new rule restricting timber harvests - Agriculture
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (497+ words) (The Center Square) " The state Forest Practices Board has narrowly approved a controversial water buffer rule that has drawn criticism from forestry and farming advocates, as well as local counties that say their economies will be negatively impacted. In its…...
After 50 years of struggles to save Spotted Owl, FWS plan is to kill 500k Barred Owls - Oregon
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (534+ words) (The Center Square) " The Spotted Owl is again in the headlines again. U. S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La. , filed a resolution to reverse a Biden administration plan to kill nearly half a million North American Barred Owls in the Pacific Northwest. The…...
Sen. King calls on WA AG to invalidate law letting state lease unused highway lands - Washington
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (270+ words) (The Center Square) " State Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, is not a fan of recently enacted Substitute House Bill 1774. The law, which went into effect on July 27, allows the Washington State Department of Transportation to lease unused highway land to public…...
New plan proposed to sell public lands, following opposition - Alaska
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (627+ words) (The Center Square) " Following push back from a growing coalition of politicians and public interest groups, U. S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, proposed an amended version of his plan to sell off public lands. While the previous proposal would have required the…...