BOISE, Idaho - October 16 - Regional and national conservation groups denounced a new state policy going into effect today that removes virtually all protection from more than 400,000 acres of national roadless forest in Idaho. The state plan promoted by the Bush administration also opens millions of acres of roadless forests to road construction, logging and mining.

WASHINGTON - September 24 - Today, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is holding a hearing on the Bush Administration's environmental record and their new proposed regulation to severely weaken the Endangered Species Act. The groups called on Congress to stop this new regulation that would gut one of our nation's most important conservation laws.

INTERNATIONAL - September 18 - Large-scale monoculture tree plantations cause serious environmental, social and economic impacts on local communities.

WASHINGTON - September 18 - A new plan for Yellowstone National Park will greatly expand cell phone, internet and wireless web coverage in high-visitation areas, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). This Wireless Communications Service Plan for Yellowstone was unveiled on Wednesday in the hope of ending a four-year moratorium on new permits for cell towers and related facilities.

ALAMOSA, Colo. - September 18 - Industry attorneys have improperly collaborated with Bush administration officials in an ongoing attempt to pave the way for oil and gas exploration in Colorado's newest national wildlife refuge, newly disclosed documents show. Emails, memos and other records show lawyers in the U.S. Interior Department allowed lobbyists and attorneys for the Canadian firm, Lexam Inc., to improperly influence the analysis of Lexam's plan to drill exploratory wells in the Baca National Wildlife Refuge.