“An executive order issued by US President Donald Trump has sown confusion and fear among government scientists in the country. Announced by the White House on 21 October, the order creates a job category for government workers — such as scientists — that makes it easier to fire ...

“The Bureau of Land Management has published its final rule on electric bikes. Unlike Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s 2019 order, it will be up to local BLM field offices to conduct an environmental review and then decide whether to allow e-bikes on certain trails. Several ...

“The allegations about pollution in Sakonnet Harbor started being made to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management around March 2019. But the DEM failed to take seriously and act on the concerns that raw sewage was possibly being dumped in the harbor in violation of ...

“Since 2016, the US president has ditched, sidelined or diluted at least 100 Obama-era climate reforms. He has opened up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to fresh drilling initiatives. He has licensed new oil pipeline developments and liquified natural gas terminals. He ...

“William Perry Pendley was acting Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director for 14 months before a federal judge removed him in late September. The judge found that Pendley’s name was never submitted to the U.S. Senate for confirmation, and further that Pendley’s authority “did ...