Anybody heard from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department? I hear the governor saying there should be no leasing of habitat for sage grouse and big game herds totaling a couple hundred thousand animals near Saratoga, and asking that oil and gas leases be bought back from companies if they are in important wildlife habitat in the Hoback. Anybody heard from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department? I hear the governor saying there should be no leasing of habitat for sage grouse and big game herds...

Environmental Protection Agency, which provides half the funding for the county Air Quality Program, said its permit issuance actions compare favorably with the other eight permitting authorities in its Region III, which includes five states and the District of Columbia. Environmental Protection Agency, which provides half the funding for the county Air Quality Program, said its permit issuance actions compare favorably with the other eight permitting authorities in its Region III, which...

CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh Administration has been taking a number of measures to control air pollution in the city, including encouraging the use of alternative fuels and conducting public awareness campaigns. The main source of air pollution is the ever-increasing number of vehicles in the city, officials said in Chandigarh. In order to reduce the number of diesel-operating vehicles in Chandigarh, the process to introduce alternate fuels like LPG and CNG has been initiated, they said....

Chinese authorities took air-quality readings at Beijing in August when a number of pollution-reduction measures were in place, including the removal of about 1.3 million of the city's 3 million cars from the road. Australian sports officials have flagged Beijing's notorious smog as a major potential factor that could affect the performance of athletes at the 2008 Olympics. Micro-particles associated with air pollution can potentially trigger asthma attacks, and cause heart problems among...

Advertisement HARRISBURG The state is considering lifting a ban on drilling new shallow gas wells in state forests, just five years after the restrictions were imposed in response to concerns that roads and pipelines were destroying wildlife habitat. It receives payments on leases and royalties from gas flows and uses the money to buy new forest land and improve facilities and programs in state forests. Environmental advocates, however, have supported the ban, saying people want to protect...

An analysis of satellite imagery of the Gulf Coast region of the US shows that Hurricane Katrina destroyed an estimated 320 million trees in Mississippi and Louisiana, an unprecedented loss of forestland that will reshape the region for generations, Louisiana researchers said. An analysis of satellite imagery of the Gulf Coast region of the US shows that Hurricane Katrina destroyed an estimated 320 million trees in Mississippi and Louisiana, an unprecedented loss of forestland that will...

Pendergrass said the positive take on the story is that while humans take up more space than ever before, many species of wildlife are also increasing. Pendergrass noted that in the eastern part of North Carolina, red wolves have been reintroduced to an environment that was void of the creatures for 70 years or more. Unfortunately, Harwood got a call from the Raptor Center a day later telling her that the owl's wing had been too badly injured and the bird had to be destroyed. Such sad...

Cornell will also be involved in a grant of $148,600 to the New York Forest Owners Association to identify landowners statewide who would be willing to undertake forested habitat management and restoration activities on their lands. Funding was awarded to projects sponsored by universities, not-for-profit groups and research centers, and focuses on the species deemed most in need of research and conservation. The forest owners association will partner with volunteers from the Master Forest...

BEIJING (AP) -- China said measures to improve the environment by cutting pollution at coal-fired power plants has started to show results, with emissions of a key air pollutant falling so far this year. China has some of the most polluted cities in the world and many of its rivers and lakes are full of toxic poisons after decades of breakneck economic growth. The stunning economic growth means it accounted for 58 percent of carbon emissions worldwide in 2000-06, the International Energy...