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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Environmental Defense Fund

Environmental Defense Fund stories: 2 news summaries

Bush Creates Massive
Marine Protection Area

US will protect huge ocean area

Jan 6, 09 7:12 AM CST
(Newser) - In a move that puts his conservation record on par with some of the country’s greenest leaders, President Bush today created three marine national monuments that will protect 195,280 square miles of vulnerable island and ocean ecosystems in the Pacific, the Washington Post reports. The announcement is in... More »

MORE ABOUT:
climate change • Dick Cheney • Pacific Ocean • George W. Bush • greenhouse-gas emissions • Environmental Defense Fund • marine national monuments

 Farmers Aim
 to Plow Over
 Conserved Land 

Wetlands, grassland now needed for corn

Jul 11, 08 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Millions of acres set aside as grasslands and wetlands could soon be plowed under if farmers and livestock producers have their way, reports the Washington Post.  As food prices soar, the Department of Agriculture is under pressure to release acreage from the Conservation Reserve Program that pays farmers not... More »

MORE ABOUT:
ethanol • corn • Department of Agriculture • American Meat Institute • Conservation Reserve Program • farmers • National Pork Producers Council • Environmental Defense Fund • National Wildlife Federation

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