PEER review finds Florida once again is under-punishing pollution
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PEER | September 1, 2023
After a promising first few years under Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida is right back to its dirty old ways of going soft on environmental violators, a nonprofit watchdog group says. Anti-pollution enforcement sharply declined in 2022, according to a new analysis by Public Employees for ...
Comment – Colorado Dredge and Fill Proposal
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Written comments in response to the list of questions posed to stakeholders regarding the creation of state dredge and fill program in Colorado ...
Joe Montana joins neighbors to sue S.F., claiming flooding filled homes with sewage
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Part of the issue, according to the lawsuit, is that San Francisco Public Utilities Commission closed rather than made needed repairs to a facility on Pierce street called an outfall, which allows excess water to go into the bay rather than escape through manholes onto the street. The ...
US government is funding kills of endangered animals, activists say
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PEER | August 31, 2023
But the coalition said the interior department’s statement is misleading. Federal money cannot be used to purchase bullets or guns for the hunts, which are paid for with state money, said Jeff Ruch, an attorney with the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer) non-profit ...
Public lands had a roller coaster month
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ULTIMATELY, HOWEVER, all the protections in the world don’t mean a whole lot if they aren’t enforced. Just as he has for more than three decades, Cliven Bundy continues to run his cattle illegally on public lands in southern Nevada, where they gnaw on sparse vegetation and trample ...