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Wildlife advocates are pushing back on a bill in Congress which would remove federal wilderness protections.

The Arizona Governors Office of Resilience and industry leaders discussed clean energy investments in the state at Honeywells facility in Phoenix Monday. The event highlighted the partnership between the public and private sectors and how federal funds can be leveraged to continue making investments in renewable energy sources across Arizona, made available through the bipartisan infrastructure law and the Inflation Reduction Act. Blaise Caudill, energy policy adviser to Arizona Gov. ...

Wildlife advocates are pushing back on a bill in Congress which would remove federal wilderness protections from some Montana land. There are currently 44 Wilderness Study Areas, making up a million acres of Montanas wildest prairies, river breaks, deep forests and mountain peaks in all corners of the state. Experts agreed they provide unparalleled wildlife habitat, clean air and water. ...

A Virginia group is working out ways to reforest former mines across Appalachia. The state has several hundred thousand acres of mine land, which was being handled under the Virginia Department of Energys Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization Program. But other groups feel reforesting mine lands can play a role in reducing global carbon levels. ...

Sen. Daines approach to public lands is deeply concerning. While he’s withheld real support of the popular made-in-Montana Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act, which 84% of Montanans support, he’s kept pushing

A staff report presented to Council two weeks ago highlighted the Region of Peel’s concern over “a servicing capacity issue for most of Brampton’s Primary MTSAs.”

A look back at James Watts undoing of Interior

By COLE HANSON and SCOTT BRADEN

Mike Garrity writes, Not only would protecting bison under the Endangered Species Act end the slaughter, it would also help recover grizzly bears and wolves since both feed on winter-killed bison within Yellowstone National Park.

Three meetings are scheduled to receive public input on designating local neighborhoods as official designated disadvantaged communities by Ventura County.