by faster | Feb 3, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: High Country News DATE: February 3, 2021 SNIP: In the last year and a half, crews have raced to complete the border wall promised by President Donald Trump. By the time his term ended, many of the construction projects across Arizona’s Borderlands were...
by faster | Jan 19, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: Mining.com DATE: January 19, 2021 SNIP: As developed economies adopt net-zero emissions targets and focus on “green” recovery, metals and minerals may one day supplant oil as the world’s top traded commodity. The price of many base and precious metals have...
by faster | Jan 14, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: January 14, 2021 SNIP: [I]n 2015, the Estonian government allowed what is known as clear-cutting in some parts of the Haanja nature reserve. The practice involves stripping entire areas of mature forest and removing whole tree trunks. This...
by faster | Jan 13, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: New York Times DATE: January 13, 2021 SNIP: The Trump administration on Wednesday removed more than 3 million acres of Pacific Northwest land from the protected habitat of the northern spotted owl, 15 times the amount it had previously proposed opening to the...
by faster | Jan 12, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: RecordNet DATE: Jan 12, 2021 SNIP: For the third year in a row, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife found zero Delta smelt in the agency’s 2020 Fall Midwater Trawl Survey throughout the Delta. The 2- to 3-inch-long Delta smelt, found only in the...