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"The Jaguar Freeway"

"The pounding on my door jolts me awake. 'Get up!' a voice booms. 'They caught a jaguar!'

It's 2 a.m. I stumble into my clothes, grab my gear and slip into the full-moon-lit night. Within minutes, I'm in a boat with three biologists blasting up the wide Cuiabá River in southwestern Brazil's vast Pantanal wetlands, the boatman pushing the 115-horsepower engine full throttle. We disembark, climb into a pickup truck and bump through scrubby pastureland.

Source: Smithsonian, 11/03/2011

"EPA Warns House Bill Would 'Overturn' Clean Water Law"

"U.S. EPA warned of the potential dire consequences of legislation being fast-tracked through the House that would give states final say on rules concerning water, wetlands and mountaintop-removal mining."

Source: Greenwire, 06/24/2011

House Panel Fast-Tracks Bill to Strip EPA Regulatory Power Over Water

"After a brief but rancorous debate, a House committee approved a fast-tracked bill that would shift regulatory powers over water, wetlands and mountaintop-mining regulation from U.S. EPA to the states."

Source: Greenwire, 06/23/2011

Vatican Working Group Calls for Concrete Steps To Combat Climate

"Nations and individuals have a duty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enact policies that mitigate global warming, said a Vatican-sponsored working group."

Source: Catholic News Service, 05/10/2011

"Jury Rules for EPA in 21-Year Battle With Cranberry Farmer"

"One of U.S. EPA's longest ongoing enforcement matters is about to be wrapped up after a federal jury ruled this week that the Clean Water Act protects 46 acres of wetlands filled in by a Massachusetts cranberry farmer more than two decades ago."

Source: Greenwire, 04/28/2011

"EPA Proposes Stricter Controls on Water Pollution"

"The Obama administration announced Wednesday that it will impose stricter pollution controls on millions of acres of wetlands and tens of thousands of miles of streams."

Source: Wash Post, 04/28/2011

Oil Industry Threatens Obama Admin Over Clean Water Wetlands Guidance

"Some of the biggest names in the oil industry -- Exxon Mobil Corp., Marathon Oil Corp. and the American Petroleum Institute -- have waded into the fight to stop the Obama administration from strengthening Clean Water Act regulation of streams and wetlands."

Source: Greenwire, 04/18/2011

Supreme Court Decides - Narrowly - Against Hearing Enviro Search Case

"The Supreme Court declined today to take up the question of whether an environmental inspection of a private property can be viewed as an unconstitutional search and seizure."

Source: Greenwire, 03/22/2011

BP Reneges on Deal To Rebuild Oyster Beds, Wetlands, La. Officials Say

"BP has reneged on promises made in November to negotiate early payments to Louisiana to help rebuild oyster beds, repair damaged wetlands and build a fish hatchery to allow the state to respond immediately to the collapse of commercial fisheries in the wake of the BP Gulf oil spill, state officials said Monday."

Source: New Orelans Times-Picayune, 02/22/2011

"Is Eco-Conscious Fur An Oxymoron?"

"When you were trying to figure out what to buy for the environmentalist on your holiday list, fur probably didn't cross your mind. But some ecologists and fashion enthusiasts are trying to rekindle a market for fur made from nutria -- rodents that are destroying Louisiana's wetlands."

Source: NPR, 12/30/2010

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