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Free for all at national parks next week: No entrance fees
What better way to celebrate National Park Week than to visit a national park? Makes plans for that trip next week, when entrance to all national parks will be free, from Monday through Friday. Many parks plan special programs, such as Death Valley...
Tags: Travel, Gardens and Parks, National Parks, Tourism and Leisure
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Rep. Schiff has concerns about San Gabriels proposal
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) warned that a U.S. Department of the Interior recommendation that the San Gabriel Mountains be designated a national recreation area separate from the Santa Monica Mountains will create its own set of challenges. On...
Tags: Travel, Gardens and Parks, Mountains, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Adam Schiff
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Details about new plan for San Gabriel Mountains raise questions
Political leaders and outdoors enthusiasts expressed dismay Thursday over new details about an Interior Department recommendation for changes in federal management of a popular region of the San Gabriel Mountains. "The proposal raises many questions,...
Tags: Conservation, U.S. Congress, Judy Chu, Forests, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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Senate OKs Sally Jewell as new Interior secretary
WASHINGTON - The Senate approved REI Chief Executive Sally Jewell Wednesday as the new secretary of the Interior by a vote of 87 to 11. Jewell, 58, had faced tough questioning by some Senate Republicans during her confirmation hearing in early March....
Tags: Conservation, Energy Resources, Land Resources, Environmental Issues, Politics
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ConocoPhillips joins hiatus in offshore Arctic operations
SEATTLE — A third major oil company has announced it is backing off from offshore drilling in the U.S. Arctic, with ConocoPhillips saying it will put its planned 2014 operations in the Chukchi Sea on hold because of “regulatory...
Tags: Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, Litigation and Regulation, Environmental Pollution, Sean Parnell
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Report: Washington poised to nearly double its hybrid fleet
Autoblog.comFiled under: Hybrid, Government/Legal The Detroit News reports The General Services Administration is set to increase the number of hybrid vehicles in the government's fleet by 10,000. Doing so is estimated to save one million gallons of fuel per year... -
Interior Department cuts mineral payments to 35 states
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Interior is cutting federal mineral payments to 35 states by about $110 million this fiscal year as part of the automatic federal spending cuts that started this month. Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Energy Resources, Land Resources, Petroleum Industry
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Obama establishes Tubman park on Eastern Shore
President Barack Obama set aside 480 acres on the Eastern Shore on Monday as a national monument to honor Harriet Tubman — a victory for advocates who have long sought to memorialize the abolitionist's role in leading dozens of slaves to freedom....Tags: Travel, Crime, Law and Justice, Republican Party, Cambridge (Dorchester, Maryland), National Parks
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Sally Jewell, nominee for Interior, approved in Senate committee
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved President Obama’s pick to lead the Interior Department, REI Chief Executive Sally Jewell, sending the nomination to the full Senate for consideration. At a time when...
Tags: Conservation, Tim Scott, Mike Lee, Land Resources, National Parks
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O'Malley offshore wind bill passes
Gov. Martin O'Malley achieved a long-sought victory Monday night as the General Assembly gave final approval to his bill to encourage development of a wind energy industry featuring dozens of giant turbines off the state's Atlantic coast. Passage came...
Tags: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Politics, Martin O'Malley, Montgomery County (Maryland), E.J. Pipkin
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Legislation encourages wind farm, but hurdles remain
After three years of trying, Gov. Martin O'Malley has won approval of legislation that aims to spur construction of towering wind turbines off Maryland's Atlantic coast. Now comes the hard part. Daunting regulatory, political and financial hurdles...
Tags: Finance, Ocean City, Taxation, Solar Energy, Hampton Roads
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Nik Wallenda will tightrope walk over the Grand Canyon on Discovery
Nik Wallenda, the man known as "King of the High Wire," will venture into Evel Knievel territory this summer when he makes a daring high-wire walk across the Grand Canyon. And those curious to see if he makes it will be able to watch the whole thing...
Tags: Today (tv program), Jane Campion, Lena Dunham, Matt Lauer, Nik Wallenda
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