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  • Obama to announce oil drilling and leasing moratoriums

    Ralph Maughan

    Six month moratorium on new deep water well permits; lease auctions off Virginia and Alaska coast put in suspension. Partial ban on new spuds- There is finally action by the Administration on oil leases and permits to drill in various places off-shore. It is expected that today the President will announce there will be no…

  • Mountain lions in Virginia?

    Ralph Maughan

    First posted on Feb. 28, 2007 The cougar has not been confirmed in Virginia since 1882, but there are increasing signs they have returned to the state. Motion-sensitive infrared cameras have been deployed near  Appalachian Trail to try to determine whether cougars are back. Thursday, April 21, 2005. Mountain Lions are back, maybe. By Bill…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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