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Green Bay Packaging receives fourth consecutive Green Master award
2014-12-18 06:00:00| Label and Narrow Web Breaking News
Green Bay Packaging has been recognized for its performance in nine sustainability areas, including energy, water, waste and social actions.
Pictures: Alaska's Wondrous Bristol Bay
2014-12-18 02:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he is taking Bristol Bay "off the bidders block" to protect the pristine southwestern area of Alaska from oil and gas interests. "It is a beautiful national wonder," Obama said in a video address from the White House. "It's something that's too precious for us to just be putting out to the highest bidder." The presidential moratorium to protect Bristol Bay from oil and gas development follows actions taken earlier this year by the government to...
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Obama Protects Alaska's Bristol Bay From Oil and Gas Development
2014-12-17 18:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: President Obama yesterday announced protections for Bristol Bay, Alaska, one of the most productive fishing grounds in the nation, from future oil and gas development. The president's action is expected to benefit commercial fishermen and Native Alaskans and boost conservation efforts in the region, which is roughly the size of Florida. Noting that Bristol Bay is the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery and the source of 40 percent of U.S. wild-caught seafood a catch worth $2 billion annually...
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Obamas latest green move: Banning drilling in Alaskas Bristol Bay
2014-12-17 07:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: President Obama took another step today to build up his green legacy, just the latest in a recent string of pro-environment actions. He protected Alaskas Bristol Bay, a major environmental and economic resource, by withdrawing the waters indefinitely from future oil and gas drilling. The Huffington Posts Kate Sheppard reports: Obama said in a video Tuesday that he had issued a memorandum withdrawing the region from all future oil and gas lease sales. The region, he said, "is a beautiful, natural...
Obama Indefinitely Bans Drilling in Alaskan Bay
2014-12-17 03:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Obama on Tuesday again used his executive authority to enact an environmental priority as he indefinitely barred oil and gas exploration of Alaskas picturesque Bristol Bay to protect some of the nations most productive commercial fisheries. Mr. Obama first put the ecologically sensitive area of the Bering Sea home to an important population of whales, seals and sea lions off limits to oil rigs in 2010, but that restriction was set to expire in 2017, several months after he leaves...
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