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Navy’s Hunters Point Retesting Plan Draws on Questionable Cost-Cutting Study

by PEER | September 17, 2018
From: San Francisco Chronicle “The U.S. Navy’s latest promise to clean up radioactive soil and buildings at its former San Francisco shipyard relies on an earlier Navy effort to remove less radioactivity in order to cut costs, The Chronicle has learned. The perplexing move has ...

PEERMail: Honor and Duty in Today’s Federal Service

by PEER | September 14, 2018
When Trump was first elected, I asked one federal manager what was going to happen to his environmental program. He replied, “I have no idea – we’re in the clown car to crazy town ...

The EPA Can’t Stop Polluters When the Trump Administration Cuts Enforcement Staff

by PEER |
From: Union of Concerned Scientists “n addition to reductions in staff focused on pollution prevention, it also means reductions in staff for those who work on environmental cleanup, such as at Superfund sites. There is also a critically low number of criminal investigators working for ...

Zinke Yields to States on Fish and Wildlife

by PEER | September 13, 2018
From: Greenwire “Individual states will wield more clout over fish and wildlife on about 780,000 square miles of Interior Department land nationwide under a new policy outlined by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. In a move that’s welcomed by Western conservatives but worries ...

Court Challenges May Loom for ‘Acting’ Decisions

by PEER |
From: Greenwire “The Government Accountability Office appears to have punted on determining the legality of certain actions taken by temporary Interior Department appointees. So federal judges will now get the ball, with some high-stakes decisions potentially on the line. “The ...