July 31, 2019
Stories about Land
July 29, 2019
Trump Administration Will Allow Off-Road Vehicles in Much of Bears Ears Monument
After having shrunk the Bears Ears National Monument drastically, the Administration announced last Friday a new management plan for what remains of the monument and, according to CBS News, the agency chose the plan that only closes about 42 square miles to off-road...One Green Thing: Baltimore’s Green Cred
Over the weekend President Trump wrote some really nasty/racist things about our neighboring city of Baltimore. A city that we know to be beautiful and full of cultural activities that rival any other metro area. In fact, one of the coolest things about Baltimore is...July 15, 2019
Trump Fights Green Groups, Appeals to SCOTUS on Border Wall Funding
President Trump is challenging in the Supreme Court two orders from lower federal courts that froze funding for 100 miles of the President’s border wall because the President took the money from other federal programs and projects without Congress’ consent...July 10, 2019
Two Large WY Coal Mines Close Abruptly Leaving Miners in the Dust
Last week, with no warning, Blackjewel LLC, which operates Eagle Butte and Belle Ayr mines — closed both which are the largest and most productive mines in Wyoming, because the United Bank of West Virginia denied Blackjewel financing, forcing the company to file...July 8, 2019
Two Quakes Shake SoCal Over 4th of July, is the Big One Next?
As the Huffington Post wrote this past weekend, “California was hit by back-to-back earthquakes over the Fourth of July holiday. On Thursday, a 6.4 magnitude quake struck near a small, rural town in Southern California called Ridgecrest, about 150 miles from Los...June 26, 2019
Trump Administration Breathes New Life Into Alaska’s Pebble Mine
The Trump Administration in 2017 had decided to continue the Obama Administration’s decision to block the highly controversial Pebble Mine in Alaska, but yesterday they reversed themselves and are now restarting a process that could result in the EPA lifting the...June 24, 2019
Future of Fighting Fires in CA May Be Big Data
The firefighting community in Los Angeles has spent the last 18 months testing a program developed by the WiFire Lab at the San Diego Supercomputer Center that can predict in real time where active fires will spread next, which is particularly important in dense urban...June 23, 2019
One Cool Thing: Conservation at “Downton Abbey”
I (Miro) got a chance to visit Highclere Castle yesterday (aka the real Downton Abbey) and aside from the stunning beauty of the grounds and the castle, I was taken with the message that Lord and Lady Carnarvon (owners of the estate) shared with us about their...June 19, 2019