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Wolves under fire; Idaho hunter called ‘wolf murderer’
From Green Right Now Reports
At least three of Idaho’s wolves have been killed as hunting commenced this week under the first authorized sport wolf hunt in the lower 48 states.
But while the hunt has attracted sportspeople, it has repelled others. A Lewiston-area man who killed the first wolf on opening day told the local media that he has received numerous calls of protest.
Robert Millage, a real estate agent, says he’s been called a “wolf murderer, a fat redneck and other names” in some 50 phone calls and hundreds of e-mails, according to the Lewiston Tribune. (To see a picture of the young wolf Millage killed view the story on Lewiston’s KLEW-TV.)
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Tags: · Defenders of Wildlife, endangered species, Friends of Animals, gray wolves, Idaho, Montana, Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf, Rodger Schlickeisen, Suzanne Stone, Wolf hunting, Wolves, Wyoming, Yellowstone
US Rocky Mountain wolves to be hunted; conservationists protest
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
It would almost be easier to spot a Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf than to follow the legal wrangling around these once-endangered, recently delisted and soon-to-be-hunted predators.
 A quick recap: After a few years of back and forth with environmentalists who argued that the wolves needed continued federal protection, the Bush Administration delisted the animals – took them off the Endangered Species List – in 2008. Enviros sued and a federal court agreed that delisting was premature and that the 1,500 or so wolves in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming were not at sustainable levels. The wolves were restored to endangered status.
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Tags: · Endangered Species List, endangered wolves, Idaho, Montana, Rocky Mountain gray wolves, US Fish & Wildlife Service, wolves in peril, Wyoming, Yellowstone
NRDC issues list of Filthy 15 states to bear the brunt of future coal waste
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
Seeking to show that proposed new U.S. coal plants would exact a high environmental toll even beyond their carbon air pollution, the Natural Resources Defense Council issued a list today of the states that would bear the greatest burden from coal waste.
Texas, with eight proposed plants, topped the NRDC’s “Filthy 15″ list. It was followed by South Dakota, Florida, Nevada and Montana, Illinois, South Carolina, Ohio, Wyoming, Michigan, Kentucky, Missouri , Wisconsin, Georgia and West Virginia.
Those states have 54 proposed coal plants awaiting permitting. Across the nation, there are 80 proposed plants that would dump an estimated 18 million tons of dangerous coal combustion waste annually into various dump sites, largely unmonitored by the federal government.
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Tags: · Carbon Emissions, coal ash, Coal Power, coal waste, Filthy 15 list, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky Missouri, Michigan, Montana, Natural Resources Defense Council, Nevada, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
NRDC’s ‘Filthy 15′ future producing coal states
Here is the Natural Resources Defense Council’s list of the 15 states that would be the biggest polluters — the “Filthy 15” — based on their total of 54 planned coal plants that create nearly 14 million tons of dangerous waste (state; number of proposed plants; estimated coal ash waste in tons):
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Tags: · Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Natural Resources Defense Council, Nevada, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Western climate initiative sets emissions targets
September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
By Barbara Kessler
While the world waits for Washington to act on one looming crisis – the Wall Street mortgage debacle –  states in the Western U.S. acted today on another crisis, announcing a plan to reduce emissions to combat global warming.
The Western Climate Initiative, a collaborative of seven Western states and four Canadian provinces, agreed to try to reduce carbon emissions to 15 percent lower than 2005 levels by 2020.
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Tags: · Arizona, British Columbia, California, Climate Change, Manitoba, Montana, New Mexico, Ontario, Oregon, Quebec, Union of Concerned Scientists, Utah, Washington, Western Climate Initiative
Gray wolves may be spared in Northern Rockies
September 18th, 2008 · No Comments
By Barbara Ke ssler
Gray wolves, all but de-listed from the Endangered Species Act protections through a series of government steps this year, have won a reprieve. According to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official, the government will be withdrawing its declaration that the animals are fully recovered.
The move, reported by the Associated Press and various conservation groups, follows a federal court decision this summer that sided with environmentalists arguing that the wolves need continued protections.
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Tags: · Endangered Species Act, Idaho, Montana, Wildlife, Wolves, Wyoming
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