WASHINGTON, DC, May 20, 2008 (ENS) – In a plan released Friday, the Bureau of Land Management, BLM, announced that it will make land available for leasing in the northeast portion of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska that could yield nearly three billion barrels of oil. The planned leases could yield trillions of cubic…
ORLANDO, Florida, March 18, 2008 (ENS) – Marriott Golf today announced new standards requiring 34 of the company’s managed golf courses at 25 locations throughout North America and the Caribbean to become Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries by year’s end. Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries, which enable golf facilities to protect the environment by enhancing natural areas…
ATLANTA, Georgia, December 10, 2007 (ENS) – The state of Georgia is acquiring 20,000 acres of forested lands at three sites in Paulding, Decatur and McIntosh Counties to protect some of the state’s remaining wild lands from development. Governor Sonny Perdue travelled to Corley Lake in Paulding County on Wednesday to announce the conservation initiative.…