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Highway construction project halted in Iceland to avoid disturbing home and church of “hidden elves”
It’s not uncommon for construction and road projects to be halted due to environmental concerns. But elves? That’s a new one on us. In Iceland, environmentalists have forged a partnership with elf advocates to convince the Icelandic Road and Coastal Commission to abandon a highway construction project that would build a route from the Alftanes […]
December 23, 2013
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Protests ensue after University of Tennessee receives approval for fracking on school land
University of Tennessee officials are moving forward with a plan to drill oil and gas wells for hydraulic fracturing—also known as fracking— on land owned by the school after receiving approval from the state legislature, reports the Knoxville News Sentinel. The university will soon begin hearing bids from oil and gas companies to lease some […]
March 20, 2013
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