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Lawsuit Expands to Highlight Keystone XL’s Threats to Endangered Species

Pipeline Would Place Whooping Cranes, Other Wildlife at Risk GREAT FALLS, Mont.— Landowner and environmental protection groups added a new claim today to their ongoing lawsuit challenging the Keystone XL pipeline project. The claim highlights the project’s threats to critically endangered whooping cranes and other threatened species. The additional claim is against the U.S. Fish …

BHP Billiton Launches Five Rivers Conservation Project

 March 07, 2014 BHP Billiton today launched the Five Rivers Conservation Project in partnership with the Tasmanian Land Conservancy and Conservation International, pledging A$13.4 million for conservation and ongoing management of 11,000 hectares of land in Tasmania, Australia. The land, near Cradle Mountain and Lake St Clair, incorporate areas that are covered by the Tasmanian …