Lawsuit seeks release of Tongass timber sale audit
by KFSK | October 13, 2020
“A watchdog group hopes a lawsuit will shake loose more evidence of lost revenue from timber sales on the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska. The borough government in Petersburg has also sought answers about what’s been done to fix problems with little response. Public ...
High PFAS Levels Found in Oysters and the St. Mary’s River
by LA Progressive | October 12, 2020
“Testing results released this week by the St. Mary’s River Watershed Association and the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) indicate high levels of PFAS toxicity in oysters and river water associated with the use of the chemicals at the Webster Outlying Field of the ...
A Judge’s Ruling Aims to Oust Public Lands Chief. Now Some Want His Decisions Tossed, Too
by Inside Climate News |
“Molvar, who leads the conservation group, Western Watersheds Project, said public lands like Unaweep Canyon should remain natural to help people understand how healthy ecosystems look and to address climate change. Otherwise, he said, “we’re going to have a planet that ...
Department of Interior announces e-bike regulations despite lawsuit, conservation concerns
by Sports and Weather Right Now | October 10, 2020
“The Department of the Interior on Friday announced that it finalized electric bike (or e-bike) regulations that it says paves the way for land managers to allow more people, especially older Americans and those with physical limitations, to experience bicycling on public lands ...
Pendley on BLM: ‘I’m still here, I’m still running the bureau’
by E&E News | October 9, 2020
“William Perry Pendley, who led the Bureau of Land Management illegally for more than a year, told a Wyoming newspaper this week that a federal judge’s ruling barring him from performing the duties of director “has no impact, no impact whatsoever” on his actions ...