http://ec2-34-197-6-90.compute-1.amazonaws.com 2026-04-28T06:40:24+01:00 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1648054924 March 23, 2022 | Five years ago, I argued that President Trump saved the planet when he scrapped the Paris Climate Agreement. The Trump administration abandoned the promise of heavy-handed government edicts in favor of empowering individuals to make their own choices. It was the right call: Individual action—adopted on a broad scale—has clearly been shown as the best strategy in tackling climate change and other issues. One year later, I defended the Trump administration again, praising Republicans because individual empowerment—sans federal government interference—was demonstrably working. By 2018, U. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1600787532 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1584044782 3-12-20 If it's not green, it's not millennial--and that's a big problem for a company like Uber, or Lyft. Millennials love ride-sharing, but they don't appreciate the CO2 footprint that comes with it. The immediate problem for Uber is this: The next-generation of ride-sharing is already here--born out of massive millennial demand. It's green through and through, and it's set to command some serious market share. Millennials are driving a new mega-trend: impact-investing. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1583854869 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1575902300 12-9-19 Subject: WE ARE THE WORLD From: "The Office of Poofness" <2goforth@humanus.ca> Date: Sun, December 8, 2019 7:22 pm ZAP SAYS HI ALL WE SURE HAVE HAD OUR SHARE OF UPS AND DOWNS OVER THESE YEARS, AND SURELY WE HAVE HAD SOME POSITIVE IMPACT CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF EMAILS WE RECEIVED THAT WERE EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT AND WILLINGNESS TO JOIN IN THE EFFORT AND MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. SINCE STARTING THIS EFFORT A COUPLE OF DECADES AGO, MANY THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN THE WORLD AND OUR EFFORT HAS MORPHED TO ACCOMMODATE THESE CHANGES. AT ONE POINT, OUR OWN PERSONAL INCOMES AND FINANCES SUFFERED, AND WE COULD BARELY HANG ON, BUT YOUR DONATIONS MADE THE DIFFERENCE AND WE SURVIVED AND MANAGED TO KEEP MANY STABLE AND ALIVE. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID LOSE SOME ALONG THE WAY TO CANCER AND OTHER DISEASES, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1566051007 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1542821393 11-21-18 ] Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke slammed critics of the Trump administrations plan to use new forestry techniques to help mitigate wildfires. According to The Daily Caller: Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke accused critics of the Trump administration’s position on forest management of being unscientific in their approach to mitigating future California wildfires. “People who claim forest management means clearcutting or largescale logging are either lying or just don’t know what they’re talking about,” Zinke wrote in a tweet Wednesday reiterating claims that activists are not taking forest management issues seriously. He added: “Management = scientifically determining unhealthy tress to remove, prescribed burns, reseeding diverse species, salvaging burnt logs, etc.” Zinke made similar comments in a phone conference Tuesday suggesting activists would rather “burn down the entire forest” than thin forests. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1542214840 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1528985951 You’d never know it by the reaction from the environmentalist-and-conservationist-minded Left, but President Donald Trump is doing more for America’s heritage sites and national parks than any Democratic POTUS in decades. Quietly, Trump is building what The Washington Times is calling a “unique conservation legacy” by concentrating on restoring and rehabilitating the country’s “majestic yet long-neglected national parks.” Last week, the Department of the Interior, which manages our national parks, announced $256 million in funding to shore up infrastructure at 22 sites including the Great Smoky Mountains, Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone as a down-payment on some $11.6 billion in maintenance that is backlogged. POTUS Trump is a native New Yorker and does not have a public reputation for being at one with nature. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1496248934 5-31-17   China is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, but it is also engaged in a massive tree-planting program that has helped to offset tropical deforestation, and suck some of the climate-changing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Reforestation efforts in China, combined with regrowth on abandoned farmland in Russia, have helped offset 81% of the loss in above-ground biomass carbon lost to tropical deforestation since 2003, according to a new study in the academic journal Nature Climate Change. “The increase in vegetation primarily came from a lucky combination of environmental and economic factors and massive tree-planting projects in China,” said lead study author Yi Liu of Australia’s University of New South Wales. Liu said that the carbon storage in Chinese forests increased by about 0.8 billion tons (0. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1491064033 Barents Observer, Mar 23, 2017 (emphasis added): Another tiny measurement of radioactive iodine at Svanhovd — The very small amount of radioactive iodine was measured… between March 6 to 13… This is the second time this winter that radioactive iodine is measured at Svanhovd [in Norway]. Following the traces measured in January, a series of tweets started to spread claiming the source to be a possible Russian nuclear weapon test… Ongoing release? Nuclear physicist with the Bellona Foundation, Nils Bøhmer, says this second period of measurement indicates that there are some kind of ongoing releases. “If it is iodine-131, it is serious because that likely means a continuing release still going on. Iodine-131 has a half-life of only 8 days, so what was measured in January are long gone,” Bøhmer says to the Barents Observer. A possible ongoing release is supported by measurements in Finland a week before the trace was detected in Norway’s northeasternmost corner… Bellona, Mar 27, 2017: New radioactive Iodine detected in Norway and Finland – more breaking fake news likely to follow — The mystery surrounding a release of iodine over Europe in January deepened earlier this month as a second minor spike of radiation again tripped sensors in Svandhovd, Norway, the Barents Observer reported accurately in an article that will doubtless be followed several false ones from other sources. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1483582122 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1463504016 May 9, 2016 (NaturalNews) When they bought 55 acres of abandoned land from debt-ridden farmers who were struggling to grow crops in 1991, Pamela and Anil Malhotra had one vision in mind: to show the world Mother Nature's incredible ability to regenerate itself when given the opportunity. That land has now become India's only private wildlife sanctuary, and has extended across 300 acres. The Malhotras' land is known as the Save Animals Initiative (SAI) Sanctuary, and it is now thriving thanks to three simple but important rules that they set out: No poaching, no human interference and no chopping down of trees. The beautiful forest is home to a host of exotic animals such as Wild Boars, Hyenas, Asian Elephants, Leopards and Bengal Tigers. It boasts more than 300 species of birds and a number of species of aquatic fish and snakes, along with hundreds of native tree varieties and thick green cover. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1454085158 Jan. 28, 2016 Once again, social media has revealed that for the popular fast food restaurant Chick-Fil-A, business is apparently as much about witnessing for faith nearly as much as it is about making money and selling food. After Joey Mustain and his young daughter stopped by a Murfreesboro, Tenn., Chick-Fil-A, he witnessed a homeless man walking into the store. Instead of being thrown out as a nuisance, the outlet’s manager took time to serve the man. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1435850415 GREAT news for the Great Barrier Reef! I heard from my colleagues in Australia that the UNESCO World Heritage Committee put pressure on Australia to deliver on its promise to restore the health of the Great Barrier Reef. More than 500,000 WWF Activists called on world leaders to defend our shared natural heritage. Now an end to Great Barrier Reef dumping is imminent. A full ban on dumping in the reef's World Heritage waters should come into force within months! The committee recognized Australia's plans to prevent highly destructive industrial activities that could have damaged the reef. Our effort and your involvement worked! Thank you for speaking out for the Reef and standing with us in action. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1434735951 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1432058675 May 19, 2015 (Vatican Radio) “We clearly need a fundamental change of course, to protect the earth and its people – which, in turn, will allow us to ‘dignify humanity’.” Speaking at the General Assembly for Caritas Internationalis, Cardinal Peter Turkson, the President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said humanity is facing far reaching changes especially with regard to climate change and human development. Although humanity has made great progress, especially in the past two centuries, this progress “has its dark sides and unacceptable costs.” Much of the world remains in poverty, despite abundant resources, while “a privileged global elite” controls the bulk of the world’s wealth and consumes the bulk of its resources. As an example, Cardinal Turkson pointed out that although the world produces more than enough food for everyone, hundreds of millions of people still go hungry. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1429893796 April 22, 2015 ne week ago, I was honoured to receive an “Izzy Award” for “outstanding achievement in independent media and journalism.” The annual award, which this year also went to David Sirota for his groundbreaking investigations into political corruption in the U.S. pension system, is named after the great muckraker I.F. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1422290686 Jan. 26, 2015 President Barack Obama will propose blocking 1.4 million acres (556,000 hectares) of Arctic refuge from oil and gas drilling, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. The administration plans to propose designating the area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness, the highest level of federal protection that would ban oil and gas drilling, the newspaper reported, citing people briefed on the plan. The move is certain to spark yet another fight with Republicans, who have fought for 35 years over how to manage what is known as ANWR, or the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1422125569 FW:  Jan. 24, 2015 An award winning Japanese soy sauce company lost everything in the 2011 Tsunami. The entire town, including the 200 year-old factory, was completely destroyed. With support from all over Japan, the company is now rebuilding. Competitors - yes, competitors - provided soy products allowing them to build a new factory and continue trading. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1421350798 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1419343266 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1417199938 Nov. 27, 2014 he images we ingest never cease to shape us. Just 51 years ago, the head of a profoundly gifted young man was blown apart. A few months earlier he’d given a speech that promised a new dawn. He reached out to our enemies. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1411320667 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1407431723 Aug. 6, 2014 Well, the International Monetary Fund is at it again. It looks like controlling entire economy conditions of nations is not enough for the IMF. The IMF urges higher energy taxes to fight climate change and lays out "exactly what it views as appropriate taxes on coal, natural gas, gasoline and diesel in 156 countries to factor in the fuels' overall costs, which include carbon dioxide emissions, air pollution, congestion and traffic accidents." Ostentatious the save the planet crowd, must adore the idea of total global central planning. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1405524193 July 10, 2014 Detroit’s Lafayette building, demolished in 2009. Credit: Wikipedia commons   Bad news for fans of ruin porn: Detroit is hoping to rid itself of its unique collection of dilapidated buildings and elegantly rubbish-strewn abandoned lots, and all within the next five years. In May, a group ominously titled the “Detroit Blight Removal Task Force” released a report claiming that around 22 per cent of the city’s properties were “blighted” – vacant, damaged or considered dangerous. They also found that, of the 84,000 properties owned by public entities, just over 5,000 were occupied by squatters, making the city of Detroit, the report’s authors noted, “a very large and inadvertent landlord”. The task force’s proposed solution is to demolish it all over the next five years and start again. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1402607249 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1401115572 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1399036742 May 1, 2014 NaturalNews Insider Alert ( www.NaturalNews.com ) - please forward   Dear NaturalNews readers, I've got a breaking news item and a really special reforestation effort to share with you. On the breaking news side, the Chinese government has just declassified a once-secret report which admits that 20% of China's farms are contaminated with toxic heavy metals. This explains why my laboratory analysis of foods from China keeps showing high levels of lead, cadmium, tungsten and other toxic metals. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1397610906 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1396717998 April 3, 2014 Wild places had a huge victory recently: President Barack Obama protected the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands as part of the California Coastal National Monument in March, using the authority of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Antiquities Act. Now, there is an opportunity to permanently protect another incredible place: Central Idaho’s Boulder-White Cloud Mountains. This 571,000-acre complex of wild lands contains rocky peaks, lush mountain meadows, clear running rivers and abundant wildlife like bighorn sheep, black bears, wolverines, mountain goats, elk and migrating Chinook salmon. We must urge President Obama to protect the Boulder-White Clouds as a national monument and give this landscape the protection it deserves. The Boulder-White Clouds is one of the largest intact roadless areas in the country that lacks permanent protection, and it remains vulnerable without a national monument designation. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1386120830 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1386110553 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1384542973 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1383415504 Oct. 31, 2013 Don’t Buy Lead Underwear … A Japanese company is literally selling anti-radiation underwear. But there are more down-to-earth ways to protect yourself from Fukushima radiation. Step 1: Reduce Exposure How do we protect ourselves from radiation? Initially, we should reduce our exposure to radiation in the first place. For example, world renowned physicist Michio Kaku told his Japanese family and friends months ago that they should leave if they can. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1379093929 Sept. 12, 2013 Earlier this year, the across-the-board budget cuts called “sequestration” started hitting America’s wild parks, wildlife refuges, and forests leaving closed campgrounds, shortened visitor hours, less law enforcement, and fewer park rangers and fire fighters in its wake. Now more of these reckless spending cuts are being proposed in Congress. ! Tell your Members of Congress to protect wild places not cut their budgets. This year’s budget cuts even deeper into the programs that keep our wild places and wildlife protected. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1378778169 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1378486375 Sept. 6, 2013 (NaturalNews) The city of Milan, Italy, is the future home of the world's first two food forest skyscrapers. Described by its architects as "a model of vertical densification of nature within the city," the urban food forest towers measure 110 and 76 meters tall. Altogether holding 900 trees vertically, the skyscrapers will hold the equivalent of 10,000 square meters of forest.   Towers recycle water, filter air and utilize solar energy Set to open this year, the skyscrapers, designed by lead architect Stefano Boeri, will create a micro-climate within the city, filtering dust particles, removing carbon dioxide and creating oxygen. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1374340106 jULY 20, 2013  Legal Action Leads to Whale Protections  An NRDC lawsuit has led to a landmark agreement with the Obama Administration and the oil industry to protect marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico from seismic airguns, which are used in oil and gas exploration. The explosive noise from high-powered airguns -- which repeat every 10 to 12 seconds -- can deafen, injure and kill whales. The agreement puts biologically important areas off-limits to airguns and expands protection for the most vulnerable whales and dolphins. You can help save beluga whales from the same deadly noise by protesting the use of airguns in Alaska's Cook Inlet. Public Sends a Clear Message on Pebble Mine For 60 days ending in June, the American people had a chance to weigh in on a study by the Environmental Protection Agency, which concluded that the Pebble Mine would be devastating for Bristol Bay's people and wildlife. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1374338078 Aim of Federal Proposal is to Prevent Mass Bee Die-Offs Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) has announced that he will be introducing The Save America’s Pollinators Act . The legislation suspends certain uses of neonicotinoids, a particular type of pesticide that is suspected to play a role in the bee die-offs happening in Oregon and in bee declines around the world, until the Environmental Protection Agency reviews these chemicals and makes a new determination about their proper application and safe use. Dinotefuran, the neonicotinoid ingredient in Safari insecticide, is blamed for last month’s mass die-off in Wilsonville, OR of an estimated 50,000 bumble bees – the largest such die-off ever recorded. The Oregon Department of Agriculture is investigating the die-off and is temporarily restricting the use of 18 pesticide products containing dinotefuran. Blumenauer has long sought federal funding for increased research on pollinators, protections for declining bee populations, and is the co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Pollinators Caucus. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1374073141 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1369504269 May 24, 2013 Support strong wilderness for Idaho’s Owyhee Canyonlands Dear Patrick H., In 2009, President Obama signed legislation designating 517,000 acres of new wilderness and 325 miles of wild and scenic rivers in Idaho’s spectacular Owyhee Canyonlands. This milestone was Idaho’s first wilderness in over 30 years. Now, the Bureau of Land Management needs to make plans to manage this spectacular landscape for important fish and wildlife habitat and outstanding hiking, camping, and fishing opportunities. You can help chart the future of these new areas for years to come by commenting on the management plan proposed by the Bureau of Land Management. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1366725870 April 20, 2013 “You must change your life to accommodate the lies that sustain the environmental movement and permit government agencies such as the EPA to strangle the economic life of the nation.” Monday, April 22, is Earth Day. Begun in 1970, it led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, along with the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts. It is the global platform for the Big Lie that carbon dioxide (CO2) is causing the Earth to warm and the basis of the environmental movement’s ceaseless efforts to reduce the use of energy for any reason. Carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has been increasing, but the Earth has been cooling due to reduced solar radiation. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1363973410 Patricia Grogg interviews JEAN FRANÇOIS THOMAS, Haiti’s environment minister Haiti’s environment minister, Jean François Thomas, during the interview with IPS. Credit. Jean Reniteau/IPS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Mar 20 2013 (IPS) - Droughts and floods, devastating hurricanes and soil erosion with a drastic impact on food security make Haiti extremely vulnerable to climate change and in need of enormous adaptation efforts. The country launched a master plan for reforestation and land management in January to begin to tackle these vulnerabilities, Haitian Environment Minister Jean François Thomas explained to IPS. “Because of its morphogeological characteristics, our country is subject to abrupt changes that make it very fragile. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1358215063 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1355248047 December 8, 2012 1:40 pm TheUnhivedMind 2 Comments Published on Apr 28, 2012 http://2045.com http://gf2045.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01hbkh4hXEk In February of 2012 the first Global Future 2045 Congress was held in Moscow. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1351785864 Nov. 1, 2012 (NaturalNews) The Northeast is slowly but surely crawling back to life after being body slammed by Hurricane Sandy, the largest storm to hit the U.S. in generations, though it's going to be weeks - and possibly months - before the region's power grid and transportation infrastructure returns to normal. As of midday Wednesday, more than 8. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1351784991 Nov. 1, 2012 (NaturalNews) Well, it didn't take long after Hurricane Sandy passed into history as the largest storm of its kind in several generations for someone in Washington to call for billions in new federal spending to compensate for its damage - billions that will, of course, be added to the trillions of dollars in debt the nation already owes. Rep. Chaka Fatah, D-Pa., says he will introduce a bill to provide $12 billion in new funding to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to help it deal with Sandy's aftermath, so he says. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1351700727 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/humans/restoration/news.php?q=1350089710 Oct. 11, 2012 We are proud to share some wonderful news from the Northern Rockies. A united effort by sportsmen, ranchers, wilderness lovers and local residents has secured long-term protection for one of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem’s most precious gems – the Hoback Basin. The victory ends a concerted effort by a major gas driller to open the Basin to natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking), a process that would foul air and water and destroy sensitive wildlife habitat. At a public event on Oct.