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Recent Press Releases
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Groups Seek Positive Outcomes from Proposed Rules for Off-Road Vehicles within National Park
March 5, 2010Conservation groups are studying proposed rules released today by the National Park Service to govern off-road vehicle use at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
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Alabama rivers, Great Smoky Mountains are featured topics for Reed Writing Award winners
March 5, 2010SELC is pleased to announce the winners of this year's Phillip D. Reed Memorial Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment: John Hall for Headwaters: A Journey on Alabama Rivers, published by the University of Alabama Press and Becky Johnson for "Celebrating 75 Years of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park," published in a special edition of the Smoky Mountain Living.
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Virginia's Challenge Of EPA Carbon-Emissions Rule Misguided
February 19, 2010The announcement today by Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli that he is challenging the Environment Protection Agency finding that greenhouse gases endanger the public health and welfare is misguided, a waste of taxpayer money in severe economic times, and out of synch with where Virginia should be headed.
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