Letter to EPA Region 8 – Next Steps on Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment
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PEER | November 11, 2022
DESCRIPTION: Letter to EPA Region 8 Administrator KC Becker requesting meeting on Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment’s (CDPHE) New Source Review Permitting TO: EPA Region 8 Administrator KC Becker FROM: Chandra Rosenthal, PEER DATE: November 11, 2022 TAGS: EPA, ...
National Park Service Silent On Charges It’s Skirting Environmental Laws With Air Tour Plans
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PEER | November 9, 2022
But that approach has led to criticisms that the NPS and the Federal Aviation Administration, which were told by Congress in 2000 to develop the plans, are bypassing the NEPA requirements and simply grandfathering in existing numbers of allowed flights. “… NPS and FAA took the ...
Four States Just Got a ‘Trifecta’ of Democratic Control, Paving the Way for Climate and Clean Energy Legislation
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The new administration can empower state regulatory agencies by appointing leadership that prioritizes clean and affordable energy policies, said Emily Scarr, director of Maryland PIRG, the Baltimore-based consumer advocacy group. It would send a clear message that it plans to hold ...
REPORT | Bureau of Land Management Land Health Status – 11-09-2022 (PDF)
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Huge swaths of BLM lands are failing fundamental land health standards with current livestock grazing management identified as a significant cause ...
Did climate change really kill billions of snow crabs in Alaska?
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PEER | November 7, 2022
Carter Braxton Dew, a former NOAA fisheries biologist who worked for the agency for 25 years, agreed that climate change probably isn’t solely responsible for the snow crab’s disappearance. “During the past few years, as the numbers of some major Bering Sea crab stocks have ...