Delray Drama Continues as City Could Face Water Investigation, Unpacking Boca BPD Candidates
by Boca Raton Magazine | August 6, 2020
“Palm Beach County Inspector General John Carey said his office is determining whether to investigate Delray Beach’s problem-plagued water system. This week, the Tallahassee office of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility issued a news release stating that the ...
After a year on job, public lands chief overdue for confirmation hearing, Democrats say
by Roll Call |
“More than a year into the job that is officially still temporary, William Perry Pendley, the acting head of the Bureau of Land Management, is doing things that may be permanent, and Senate Democrats are seeking a chance to hold him to account. At Interior, heads of the BLM and the ...
Top mine regulator dogged by legal questions
by E&E News |
“As President Trump nears the end of his first term, the federal agency tasked with protecting the environment from the impacts of coal mining still does not have a confirmed director. The Interior Department’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement oversees state ...
Massachusetts Enacts New Measures for Mosquito Management with Pros and Cons
by Beyond Pesticides | August 4, 2020
“Last month Massachusetts lawmakers finalized, and the Governor subsequently signed, emergency legislation S.2757, aimed at revamping the state’s approach to mosquito management. The final version of this mosquito reform bill continues to include certain problematic provisions, but ...
A ‘bigoted and divisive extremist’: NAACP takes on BLM chief
by E&E News | August 3, 2020
“A large coalition of environmental and social justice groups, including the NAACP, urged members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in a letter today to reject Pendley. Among other things, the letter cites Pendley’s “track record of dismantling the very ...