Florida’s governor and Legislature did nothing to stop manatees from starving
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PEER | March 17, 2022
I talked to Jerry Phillips of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility about this. He said the state could be passing laws to make pollution rules stronger, require more inspections and monitoring, even shorten the timeline and increase the penalties for violators. “We need ...
NPS: What Do You Think About Helicopter Tours In Hawaii’s National Parks?
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For years, residents on Maui and Hawaii island have raised alarms about the buzzing choppers and the disruption they cause in neighborhoods and natural areas. Eventually, a group of Big Island residents fed up with the noise — called Hawaii Island Coalition Malama Pono, or HICoP — ...
Federal union ask high court to review PolyMet ruling
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PEER | March 16, 2022
A Ramsey County district court judge had earlier faulted the MPCA’s actions but did not find that the agency had violated any law and that the action did not, by itself, warrant reversing the permit. The Court of Appeals had agreed with that assessment, a decision which several ...
Broad Coalition Applauds House Judiciary Committee for Whistleblower Protections
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We, the undersigned organizations, represent a broad cohort of civil society groups, each with our own perspectives and ideological preferences on a wide range of public policy issues. However, we all share a commitment to protecting government whistleblowers as a key means of promoting a ...
EPA: ‘Forever chemicals’ in pesticide barrels may be illegal
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EPA has been investigating the container issue since last December, when the nonprofit group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility found elevated levels of PFAS in pesticides sprayed in Massachusetts, including Anvil 10+10, a widely used mosquito repellent (E&E News PM, Jan ...