Op-Ed | What’s Become Of The National Park Service’s Focus On History?
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PEER | March 2, 2020
“While overall employment in the agency has dropped by 3,500 or 16 percent, since 2011, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, the number of historians in the Park Service has taken a much greater hit, percentage-wise, dropping from 449 in 2010 to just 149 ...
A Trump Insider Embeds Climate Denial in Scientific Research
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PEER |
“An official at the Interior Department embarked on a campaign that has inserted misleading language about climate change — including debunked claims that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is beneficial — into the agency’s scientific reports, according to documents ...
Massachusetts PFAS Plan Good Start, But Too Limited
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PEER | February 28, 2020
Sets Limits too High, Omits Thousands of PFAS and Fails to Address Sources ...
National Park 2019 Visitation Reaches More Than 327 Million
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PEER | February 27, 2020
“More than 327 million visitors descended on the National Park System in 2019, a number that is seen as the third-highest single year tally dating to 1904, yet the head count comes at a time when some parks are overcrowded, National Park Service ranks are depleted, and Congress ...
She Blew the Whistle on Pathogens That Escaped From a Government Lab. Now She’s Being Fired
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PEER |
“A career scientist who works for the U.S. government is alleging that her supervisors have retaliated against her for sounding an alarm about biosafety and workplace hazards. Her lawyers claim that she has been unfairly targeted for complaining about a litany of issues at a ...