Non-profit says Florida may be in a “manatee extinction crisis”
by Fox 4 News | February 24, 2021
“An environmental non-profit says Florida may be facing a manatee extinction crisis. The group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, or PEER, has been tracking more than 300 manatee deaths this year alone, and for the majority of them, the cause of death wasn’t even ...
Senate slows Biden’s record-breaking staffing efforts
by E&E News | February 19, 2021
“On day one, President Biden broke modern records by filling more than a third of the roughly 3,000 political posts across the federal government that do not require Senate confirmation. But for the administration’s 1,250 political appointees that do require Senate approval, it ...
Government Agency Charged With Protecting Endangered Species Takes Payments From Developers
by EarthJustice | February 18, 2021
“The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service exists to conserve nature. In Collier County, Florida, money from developers may be interfering with that mission. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is failing in its duty to protect endangered species. Fish and Wildlife Service officials — in ...
Specter of ICE Looms Over Investigation of Fatal Poultry Plant Disaster
by Project on Government Oversight | February 17, 2021
“A senior political appointee from the Trump administration still employed at a federal safety agency investigating a fatal chemical disaster at a Georgia poultry plant has been in communication with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a highly unusual move, the Project On ...
Firefighters face lies, ‘phony’ studies on PFAS exposure
by E&E News |
“Firefighters attempting to uncover the truth about carcinogens in their protective clothing are confronted with the same playbook chemical companies have used for decades: twisting science to deny and downplay the dangers of their products. E&E News obtained copies of those ...