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Environment. Douglas P. Wheeler - Our People - Hogan Lovells. Doug has helped to shape many of the laws and programs that now constitute national environmental policy, including habitat conservation planning pursuant to the Endangered Species Act, conservation and mitigation banking, and transferable development rights. From 1991-1999, Doug served as California’s Secretary for Resources. As a member of the Governor’s cabinet, he was responsible for all of the state’s natural and cultural resource programs administered through 18 departments, conservancies, boards, and commissions with combined budgets of nearly $2 billion and a total staff of 13,000. During his tenure, Doug developed nationally recognized strategies to integrate economic and environmental goals and to effectively manage the state’s natural resources in the face of rapid growth and development.

Doug has worked exclusively with natural resource and environmental issues since joining the U.S. Hogan Lovells Publications 11 February 2009 "Stimulus Legislation Update: Issue 2. " TakePart - Inspiration to Action | The Nature Conservancy - Protecting Nature, Preserving Life. Earthjustice: Environmental Law: Because the Earth Needs a Good Lawyer. EarthSky.org - A Clear Voice for Science. Earth Island Institute | Welcome. Official site for Bill McKibben: Author - Educator - Environmentalist.

DEC - Department Welcome Page. Gasland/Fracking. Chile: Citizens Reject the Hidroaysen Dam Project. On Monday, May 9, the Environmental Evaluation Commission, meeting in Coyhaique, a city in the Chilean Patagonia, and composed of 12 appointed officials in President Sebastian Pinera's government, approved the hydroelectric plant Hidroaysen, [es] a merger between Spanish-Italian Endesa and the Chilean Colbun. The project includes the construction and operation of 5 dams, two in Baker River and three in Pascua River located in the Aisén region in the remote south of Patagonia, Chile and it has an estimated value of 3.2 billion worth of investments. Where the Baker and Nef rivers meet. Image by Flickr user jpgarnham (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). This video tells us a little about what the project is about: Video: Hidroaysen is a hydroelectric project that will build and operate five dams in the Chilean Patagonia, two in the Baker River and three in de Pascua River, flooding 5910 hectares equivalent to the surface of the Manhattan Island in New York.

To which the site radio.uchile.cl [es] added: 1. 1. WWF. Natural Resources Defense Council - The Earth's Best Defense. Save Patagonia - oppose the dams in Aysen, Chile. SEJ. Fight Global Warming - Environmental Defense Fund. Climate Direct Action. Peaceful Uprising. Eye on the Arctic.

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The Nature Conservancy - Protecting Nature, Preserving Life. Environmental Conservation.