1.0China Dialoguehttps://chinadialogue.net/en/China Dialoguehttps://chinadialogue.net/en/author/chinadialogue-2-2-2-2-2/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="7dVjg5j6vF"><a href="https://chinadialogue.net/en/uncategorized/2876-us-approves-new-wilderness-areas/">US approves new wilderness areas</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://chinadialogue.net/en/uncategorized/2876-us-approves-new-wilderness-areas/embed/#?secret=7dVjg5j6vF" width="600" height="338" title="“US approves new wilderness areas” — China Dialogue" data-secret="7dVjg5j6vF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Sweeping land and water conservation legislation has received final approval by the United States Congress, Reuters reported. The package of bills would set aside about 800,000 hectares of land in nine states as new wilderness. The areas of parks, rivers, streams, desert, forest and trails will be off-limits to development, including oil and gas drilling.