pollution – Society for Biodiversity Preservation https://preservebio.org Conservation Custodians Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:58:20 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 The Society for Biodiversity Preservation (SBP) provides Comments to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Proposed Defense Training Facility (Permit Application No. NAB-2025-60845-M52) https://preservebio.org/the-society-for-biodiversity-preservation-sbp-provides-comments-to-u-s-army-corps-of-engineers-on-proposed-defense-training-facility-permit-application-no-nab-2025-60845-m52/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-society-for-biodiversity-preservation-sbp-provides-comments-to-u-s-army-corps-of-engineers-on-proposed-defense-training-facility-permit-application-no-nab-2025-60845-m52 https://preservebio.org/the-society-for-biodiversity-preservation-sbp-provides-comments-to-u-s-army-corps-of-engineers-on-proposed-defense-training-facility-permit-application-no-nab-2025-60845-m52/#respond Fri, 09 Jan 2026 18:20:06 +0000 https://preservebio.org/?p=3495 On January 8, 2026 The Society for Biodiversity Preservation provided comments to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Proposed Defense Training Facility (Permit Application No. NAB-2025-60845-M52). SBP made the case that the proposed facility would cause devastating and permanent damage to critical wetland and stream ecosystems. Specifically, the project would permanently destroy 149,390…

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]]> https://preservebio.org/sbp-provides-input-to-proposed-rule-reconsideration-of-2009-endangerment-finding-and-greenhouse-gas-vehicle-standards/feed/ 0 Of Noise and Men – Heading Into a Silent World https://preservebio.org/of-noise-and-men-heading-into-a-silent-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=of-noise-and-men-heading-into-a-silent-world https://preservebio.org/of-noise-and-men-heading-into-a-silent-world/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2018 14:39:10 +0000 https://preservebio.org/?p=1 Moving to Washington, DC, a busy happening city, over 2.5y ago from a quiet suburb west of Chicago, I was struck by the extent of noise pollution. My first apartment being just 6 blocks from the Capitol Building, frequent police sirens, occasional low flying helicopters, and periodic protest marches (some of which I participated in) were to be expected. Nearly a year ago, I moved to Southwest DC…

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