Letter: DEC Needs to follow up on PFAS from Dunn Landfill

by Elizabeth Duan | August 25, 2020
“The ongoing response by the state Department of Environmental Conservation to the threat of PFAS from Norlite in Cohoes and the nearby communities’ soil and streams is what citizens should expect from this agency. However, DEC has not responded to the potential presence of PFAS in ...

Two Lawsuits Still Seek To Oust Pendley From The BLM

“William Perry Pendley’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Land Management may have been pulled, but he’s still effectively leading the organization. Two lawsuits are still trying to put that to an end. The Western Watersheds Project and Public Employees for Environmental ...

PM News Brief: Mail-in Voting, Salt Lake Police Shooting & Utah’s July Unemployment

by Elizabeth Duan | August 21, 2020
“William Perry Pendley’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Land Management may be pulled, but he’s still effectively leading the organization. And two lawsuits are still trying to put that to an end. Montana’s Democratic governor, and senate hopeful, Steve Bullock filed one. And ...

Public lands chief hangs on despite nomination getting nixed

by Elizabeth Duan | August 19, 2020
“A former oil industry attorney will continue calling the shots for a government agency that oversees nearly a quarter-billion public acres in the U.S. West, despite the White House saying over the weekend that President Donald Trump would withdraw the nomination of William Perry ...

Lawyers question public lands chief move leaving himself in power

“The Trump administration’s method of keeping the controversial acting head of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in power even after his nomination is withdrawn is likely not legal, according to experts who have reviewed the orders. Over the weekend, it was made public that ...
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