At Colorado’s tight-lipped air pollution agency, a ‘culture of fear’ prevails
by Colorado Newsline | September 20, 2021
“Few Coloradans know the Air Pollution Control Division by name, but every time they take a breath of Rocky Mountain air, they’re impacted by the decisions it makes. Most notably, the APCD is currently the subject of multiple investigations relating to a March 2021 whistleblower ...
Interior Employees Impacted by Trump’s Relocations Rejoice as Biden Moves Agency Headquarters Back to D.C.
by Government Executive |
“The Bureau of Land Management is once again relocating its headquarters, this time moving it back to Washington, D.C., in a reversal of a controversial decision by the Trump administration. Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said ...
Why an assessment could spell changes for Padre Island National Seashore and sea turtles
“Corpus Christi’s widely renowned sea turtle conservation program may be a step closer to undergoing changes that have received public pushback. Jeff Ruch is the Pacific office director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit that attempted to have the ...
Does Nature Have Rights? A Burgeoning Legal Movement Says Rivers, Forests and Wildlife Have Standing, Too
by Inside Climate News | September 19, 2021
“For Chuck O’Neal, a lifelong outdoorsman and environmentalist, the moment of truth came on election night 2020, as results rolled in from perhaps the most partisan campaign season in American history. O’Neal had spent the past two years running a campaign in Orange County, ...
Wildlife officials drew a line at I-40 for Mexican gray wolves, but has it hurt recovery?
by AZ Central | September 18, 2021
“The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the federal agency responsible for managing endangered species like the Mexican wolf. It designated the interstate as the northern limit of the Mexican Wolf Recovery Area and state agencies have vigorously enforced that border. Later that year, ...