Tag: Environmental conservation and preservation
US halts Mexico shrimp imports on sea turtle concerns
<p>MEXICO CITY — Mexico said Friday it will try to regain U.S. certification for shrimp exports, after the country lost its registration because of...
US agency to look at bringing back bison on Montana refuge
<p>BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. officials said they will consider in coming years whether to reintroduce wild bison to a million-acre (400,000-hectare) federal wildlife refuge...
$302M in BP oil spill money budgeted to restore ecosystems
<p>NEW ORLEANS — Texas can get up to $79 million in BP oil spill restoration money, Mississippi nearly $69 million, and Florida almost $74...
US agency to look at bringing back bison on Montana refuge
BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. officials said they will consider in coming years whether to reintroduce wild bison to a million-acre (400,000-hectare) federal wildlife refuge...
$302M in BP oil spill money budgeted to restore ecosystems
NEW ORLEANS — Texas can get up to $79 million in BP oil spill restoration money, Mississippi nearly $69 million, and Florida almost $74...
Democrats move to reinstate methane rules loosened by Trump
<p>WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats are moving to reinstate regulations designed to limit potent greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas fields, part of a...
Ex-wildlife managers want veto of Idaho wolf-killing bill
<p>BOISE, Idaho — Nearly 30 retired state, federal and tribal wildlife managers sent a letter Wednesday to Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little asking him...
Democrats move to reinstate methane rules loosened by Trump
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats are moving to reinstate regulations designed to limit potent greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas fields, part of a...
Ex-wildlife managers want veto of Idaho wolf-killing bill
BOISE, Idaho — Nearly 30 retired state, federal and tribal wildlife managers sent a letter Wednesday to Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little asking him...
Epic Games CEO saves old growth forests in North Carolina
<p>ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The founder of Epic Games is donating a large stretch of North Carolina's Appalachian highlands to be preserved as a haven...