Oil and gas leases threaten the Old Spanish Historic Trail

by Elizabeth Duan | July 10, 2020
“The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is in the midst of a massive oil and gas lease sale in Utah. The September sale of 114,000 acres of wild lands in Utah will touch national parks, monuments, proposed wilderness and some of the prettiest red rock vistas in Utah.” ...

Watchdog Accuses Trump’s NOAA of ‘Choosing Extinction’ for Critically Threatened Right Whales by Hiding Scientific Evidence

“As the North Atlantic right whale was placed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s list of critically endangered species Thursday, environmental protection groups accusing the U.S. government of bowing to fishing and fossil fuel industry pressure to downplay ...

Pendley’s Own Words Disqualify Him from Leading the BLM

by Elizabeth Duan | July 9, 2020
“Almost a year after he was first appointed acting director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), William Perry Pendley is finally set to go before the Senate for a legally mandated confirmation hearing sometime later this year. This seems like a good opportunity to remind you, ...

Confirmation would add little to Pendley’s job description

by Elizabeth Duan | July 8, 2020
“Senate approval of William Perry Pendley, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, wouldn’t affect the agency’s daily operations in any significant manner, legal experts and former senior bureau officials say. Interior in recent weeks has ...

Environmentalists File Complaint Over Massachusetts’ Aerial Pesticide Spraying

“Environmentalists filed a complaint Wednesday with state’s inspector general over aerial spraying of insecticide to control mosquitoes carrying Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). The disease is rare, but can be deadly. There were 12 human cases in Massachusetts last year, six ...
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