House roundtable rips Pendley, looks to ‘BLM 2.0’
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Elizabeth Duan | September 10, 2020
“House Democrats torched William Perry Pendley and his ongoing stint at the Bureau of Land Management helm yesterday, calling him a “bigot” and an “anti-Teddy Roosevelt” bent on marginalizing conservation of federal and tribal lands. Some of the sharpest ...
Trump flips on offshore drilling
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Elizabeth Duan | September 9, 2020
“Trump on Tuesday officially withdrew William Perry Pendley’s nomination for director of the Bureau of Land Management, although he remains the de facto head of the agency. The administration said in August it would withdraw the nomination, but was waiting until the Senate ...
Dems, activists talk Pendley’s ‘unfitness’ to lead BLM
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Elizabeth Duan | September 8, 2020
“House Natural Resources Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) is following through on his pledge to have his committee ramp up pressure on the Trump administration to remove William Perry Pendley from atop the Bureau of Land Management. Grijalva, along with Reps. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) ...
Building Community and Sustainable Food Systems in Bayview, CA
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Elizabeth Duan | September 5, 2020
“Bayview-Hunters Point, California, a site of nuclear contamination, is one of the biggest environmental injustices in United States history, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility. To address the environmental and health risks of the area, community members ...
New mining office sparks concern over authority, loopholes
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Elizabeth Duan | September 3, 2020
“Critics fear EPA’s creation of a “new office to clean up old mines” in the West will let at least some mining companies off the hook. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Executive Director Tim Whitehouse also said the announcement “has come as a ...