PEERMail | Fighting for the Planet in Court
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PEER | August 29, 2019
Evidence compiled by the government’s own experts is our most valuable asset in demonstrating the irrationality of the Trump Administration’s ill-intentioned and ill-informed plans ...
CSB ends appeal of ruling on chemical emissions disclosure
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PEER | August 26, 2019
“The Chemical Safety Board has dropped its appeal of a federal court decision that requires the agency to regulate the reporting of chemical emissions resulting from industrial incidents, according to a motion filed Aug. 8. On Feb. 4, Judge Amit P. Mehta of the U.S. District Court ...
Earthtalk: Cell towers in national parks
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“Cell phone towers have sprouted up in national parks across the country because the National Park Service lacks any coherent policy and instead lets telecommunications companies decide where and how many towers will be constructed,” says Jeff Ruch of the non-profit Public ...
Hightower: If You Drain the Swamp, Where Do the Swamp Critters Go?
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From: Magic Valley “Pendley’s zealotry carries him even deeper into paranoiac nuttiness. He lists a sextet of villains he believes are “at war” with western civilization: radical environmentalists, federal bureaucrats, the media, academia, Hollywood and “ignorant” Americans ...
CDC scientist George Luber seeking whistleblower protection
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“George Luber alleges that the agency retaliated against him for speaking out on climate change and for raising concerns that it was shifting funds intended for climate change and health programmes to other areas. Represented by the non-profit Public Employees for Environmental ...