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Southern Oregon's Lake County Outback Named World's Largest Dark Sky Sanctuary

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Monday, March 11, 2024
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LAKE COUNTY, Ore., March 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A 2.5-million-acre area of southeastern Oregon was certified as an International Dark Sky Sanctuary today by DarkSky International, making it the world's largest Dark Sky Sanctuary to date. The Sanctuary, which is approximately one-half the size of New Jersey and is located within an area commonly referred to as the Oregon Outback, has committed to protect its starry night skies for the benefit of visitors, residents, and wildlife.

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  • LAKE COUNTY, Ore., March 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A 2.5-million-acre area of southeastern Oregon was certified as an International Dark Sky Sanctuary today by DarkSky International, making it the world's largest Dark Sky Sanctuary to date.
  • To qualify as a Dark Sky Sanctuary, the area must meet strict criteria for sky quality, commit to protecting the night sky through responsible lighting practices, and provide public outreach.
  • The Outback is located within the largest, contiguous, pristine dark sky zone in the lower 48 states, and this certification helps to protect a large portion of the designated zone.
  • Education and outreach efforts included: Stargazing & Natural Night Skies Webinar Series, screenings of the film Saving the Dark, tri-county library access to Night Sky Adventure Kits, dark sky gatherings, local dark sky videos, educational exhibit tables coinciding with popular local events, dark sky presentations and workshops, and library programs as well as partnering with the neighboring Idaho Dark Sky Alliance to cohost educational events.

Water Resilience Coalition Accelerates Private Sector Progress Toward 2030 100-Basin Ambition

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
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New York, United States of America, Sept. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Water Resilience Coalition (WRC), an industry-driven, CEO-led initiative that aims to put water stress at the top of corporate agendas, today announced new progress on its 2030 strategy to convene the private sector to build global water resilience.

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  • New York, United States of America, Sept. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Water Resilience Coalition (WRC), an industry-driven, CEO-led initiative that aims to put water stress at the top of corporate agendas, today announced new progress on its 2030 strategy to convene the private sector to build global water resilience.
  • The WRC’s 2030 ambition — for businesses to build water resilience in operations, supply chains, and 100 water-stressed basins — was launched Monday as the water resilience target of the UN Global Compact’s Forward Faster initiative.
  • The same private sector water resilience target was earlier launched during the March 2023 UN Water Conference as the “Business Leaders’ Open Call for Water Action.”
    "Building on momentum from the historic UN Water Conference in March, the Water Resilience Coalition’s 2030 ambition has set the private sector high bar for acting on water,” said Sanda Ojiambo, CEO and Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, as well as Co-Chair of the Water Resilience Coalition.
  • Since announcing its 2030 strategy in mid-2022, the Water Resilience Coalition has also launched the innovative Water Resilience Coalition Investment Portfolio, advanced the digitization of water basin monitoring through a partnership with the European Space Agency, and piloted the Net Positive Water Impact framework for water resilience.

Murray-Darling Basin Plan to be extended under a new agreement, without Victoria – but an uphill battle lies ahead

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023
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It comes just months before the original Murray-Darling Basin Plan was to be completed.

Key Points: 
  • It comes just months before the original Murray-Darling Basin Plan was to be completed.
  • This was a plan to benefit people and nature, to protect river communities, industries and the environment against future droughts.
  • Read more:
    With less than a year to go, the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is in a dreadful mess.

How did we get here?

    • These “once and for all” reforms were intended to prevent “economic and environmental decline”.
    • But the Basin states were loathe to hand their powers over to the Commonwealth.
    • Amid navigating the complex science and trade offs, it was another five years before the controversial Basin Plan was adopted in 2012.
    • If the legislation is not amended, and existing deadlines remain, the federal government may be forced into recovering even more water.

A welcome development

    • The new agreement is welcome in doubling down on the original plan to recover 3,200 billion litres a year of additional water essential to maintain the health of the rivers and the people who rely on them.
    • Much greater public assurance with transparency and accountability measures is needed if the new targets are to be met.
    • This time it would be wise to withhold payments to the states until they deliver the promised action.
    • First, ways need to be found to restore the rights of Indigenous nations to own and manage water.
    • The federal government’s agreement with most states (but not Victoria) is a really welcome initiative to get Basin Plan implementation back on track.

The Murray-Darling Basin shows why the 'social cost of water' concept won't work

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Sunday, July 2, 2023
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Fights over water can be expected to intensify as the world warms, evaporation increases and rainfall becomes less predictable.

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  • Fights over water can be expected to intensify as the world warms, evaporation increases and rainfall becomes less predictable.
  • Earlier this year, for the first time in almost half a century, the United Nations held a conference squarely focused on water.
  • In particular, we challenge the concept of a global “social cost of water”.

What is a global social cost of water?

    • The social cost of carbon is an estimate, in dollars, of the economic damages that would result from emitting one additional tonne of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
    • The social cost of water concept proposes valuing all types of water, including water vapour in the atmosphere that later falls as rain.
    • It’s unclear how a global social cost of water would work in practice.


    Australia has the most sophisticated water markets in the world, in the Murray-Darling Basin. But even here there are considerable differences in how markets work. Water values and costs are also very different.

    Read more:
    What is the ‘social cost of carbon’? 2 energy experts explain

Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin: a case in point


    The value of water in the Basin consists of benefits and costs. Some benefits include:
    • At the other extreme, there’s the cost of too much water causing floods, property damage and loss of life, or salinity harming viticulture in the Riverland.
    • Read more:
      Water buybacks are back on the table in the Murray-Darling Basin.

What should instead happen next?


    We think the best way to address the water crisis is to focus on local management and institutions, plan carefully and implement a wide range of policies. These include:
    • This is a big task.
    • Misdirection down blind alleys is a distraction that the world cannot afford.

Romios Reports Potential for Porphyry System at Depth on the Kinkaid Gold-Silver-Copper Property in Nevada, USA

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Friday, June 16, 2023
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"One of the most striking features of the Kinkaid property is the abundance and variety of high-grade vein occurrences clustered in the southern part of the claim block," stated John Biczok, VP, Exploration.

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  • "One of the most striking features of the Kinkaid property is the abundance and variety of high-grade vein occurrences clustered in the southern part of the claim block," stated John Biczok, VP, Exploration.
  • The high copper content and strong sericite alteration of most of the showings suggests there has been a magmatic input to the mineralizing fluids, potentially a porphyry Cu-Au system at depth," he continued.
  • Romios' recent mapping indicates that there are potentially two major formations with much greater size potential than the historic mining sites.
  • Geo., Vice President, Exploration for Romios Gold and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

Permian Strategic Partnership Transformed $125 Million in 2022 into Over $1 Billion in Collaborative Investment

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Thursday, June 8, 2023
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MIDLAND, Texas, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Permian Strategic Partnership (PSP), a coalition of 20 energy companies committed to strengthening and improving the quality of life for Permian Basin residents, released its 2022 annual report today. Since its establishment in 2019 and through the end of 2022, the organization committed $125 million in philanthropic investments to generate over $1 billion in community support and collaborative investments.

Key Points: 
  • Permian Strategic Partnership Improves Education, Healthcare, Workforce Development, and Road Safety
    MIDLAND, Texas, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Permian Strategic Partnership (PSP), a coalition of 20 energy companies committed to strengthening and improving the quality of life for Permian Basin residents, released its 2022 annual report today.
  • Since its establishment in 2019 and through the end of 2022, the organization committed $125 million in philanthropic investments to generate over $1 billion in community support and collaborative investments.
  • "The Permian Basin's remarkable growth and prosperity in 2022 also presented us with new challenges.
  • "As energy security remains an ongoing global concern, the Permian Basin has proven essential in meeting the world's energy requirements.

Stallion Gold to Acquire Hathor Exploration Ltd. and More Than Double Athabasca Basin Land Package

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Thursday, January 12, 2023
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Hathor owns 17 mineral claims that are held strategically throughout the Athabasca Basin, home to some of the world’s largest high grade uranium deposits.

Key Points: 
  • Hathor owns 17 mineral claims that are held strategically throughout the Athabasca Basin, home to some of the world’s largest high grade uranium deposits.
  • The other land blocks give Stallion proximity to some of the most important uranium discoveries and mines throughout the basin.
  • “The acquisition of Hathor more than doubles Stallion’s footprint in the basin to a combined total of 78,831 hectares.
  • “This acquisition gives Stallion strategic land holdings across the basin and puts the Company at the epicenter of significant exploration activity and capital deployment.

Apollo Reports First Assay Results From Phase 2 Drilling

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Thursday, December 1, 2022
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Drilling was undertaken by Cooper Drilling LLC, of Monte Vista, Colorado.

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  • Drilling was undertaken by Cooper Drilling LLC, of Monte Vista, Colorado.
  • Figure 1: Locations of drill hole collars for results reported December 1, 2022, for Phase 2 of the Calico Project 2022 Drill Program.
  • Figure 2: Assay results for drill holes W22-RC-043 and W22-RC-044 reported December 1, 2022, for Phase 2 of the Calico Project 2022 Drill Program.
  • Figure 3: Assay results for drill holes W22-RC-058 and W22-RC-059 reported December 1, 2022, for Phase 2 of the Calico Project 2022 Drill Program.

Apollo Completes 2022 Drill Program at the Calico Silver Project

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo Silver Corp. (Apollo or the Company) (TSX.V:APGO, OTCQB:APGOF, Frankfurt:6ZF0) is pleased to announce it has completed Phase 2 of the 2022 Calico Drill Program at its Calico Silver Project (Calico or the Project), located in San Bernardino County, California.

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  • VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo Silver Corp. (Apollo or the Company) (TSX.V:APGO, OTCQB:APGOF, Frankfurt:6ZF0) is pleased to announce it has completed Phase 2 of the 2022 Calico Drill Program at its Calico Silver Project (Calico or the Project), located in San Bernardino County, California.
  • The 2022 Calico Drill Program has been completed ahead of schedule and under budget, Apollo President and CEO, Tom Peregoodoff, commented.
  • A total of 9,840 m (32,283 feet) across 88 RC drill holes has been successfully completed at the Waterloo Property in the 2022 Calico Drill Program.
  • The Arizona Silver District Project (Arizona Silver Project) is located in the heart of the Silver District, a historic silver mining region in southwestern Arizona.

National Law Firm Holding Press Conference on November 3, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. PST Regarding PFAS Pollutants Lawsuit Against 3M

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Monday, October 31, 2022
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ONTARIO, Calif., Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- McCune Law Group, McCune Wright Arevalo Vercoski Kusel Weck Brandt APC (MLG) – a national law firm specializing in Environmental matters, Commercial Litigation, and Class Actions – will be holding a press conference regarding a class action lawsuit filed against 3M, an alleged major manufacturer of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). The press conference will take place on November 3, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. PST, located at 3281 East Guasti Rd., Suite 100, Ontario, CA. The lawsuit alleges that 3M has contaminated the Temescal Subbasin, a significant source of drinking water for the City of Corona and surrounding communities. The lawsuit also alleges that a local 3M facility has repeatedly polluted the water system with PFAS for over a decade, despite knowing the health concerns associated with exposure to PFAS.

Key Points: 
  • The press conference will take place on November 3, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. PST, located at 3281 East Guasti Rd., Suite 100, Ontario, CA.
  • The lawsuit alleges that 3M has contaminated the Temescal Subbasin, a significant source of drinking water for the City of Corona and surrounding communities.
  • The lawsuit also alleges that a local 3M facility has repeatedly polluted the water system with PFAS for over a decade, despite knowing the health concerns associated with exposure to PFAS.
  • This press conference aims to discuss the claims brought in the lawsuit and the concerns of residents who have allegedly been affected by PFAS pollution.