Comment – DOE Removal of EIS requirement
DESCRIPTION: Written comments regarding the removal of the requirement for an environmental assessment of certain infrastructure projects TO: Department of Energy FROM: PEER; Beyond Toxics; Clean Water Action; Sea Life Conservation; Clean+Healthy; Protect Our Woods; Alliances of Nurses for ...
BLM begins roundup of nearly 3,000 horses in Nevada
by 8 News Now | December 29, 2023
A wild horse roundup currently underway in Northern Nevada is expected to gather about 2,875 horses to put up for adoption. The use of helicopters leads to injuries as the horses are gathered, and a 2023 lawsuit highlighted the death of a horse in eastern Nevada that was put to death after ...
Federal plan limits number of helicopter tours in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
by Hawai'i Public Radio | December 27, 2023
The National Park Service and the Federal Aviation Administration have completed an air tour management plan for the park, which is home to one of the world’s most active volcanoes. Under the plan, only 1,548 air tours will be authorized per year — down from existing levels of more ...
Advocacy group says BLM has favored oil and gas over an endangered bird species
Nearly every time that oil and gas operators have applied for exemptions measures aimed at protecting the endangered lesser prairie chicken, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s Carlsbad Field Office has granted those requests, according to information gathered by Public Employees for ...
North Carolina’s environment: The year that was and the year to come
by NC Newsline |
EPA recently ordered Inhance Technologies, based in Houston, to stop producing PFAS in the manufacture of plastic bottles made with HDPE. These bottles, labeled with the number 2, often contain milk, shampoo, soap, detergent and motor oil. The EPA said that three of the compounds ...