Colorado air pollution panel fails to fix whistleblower complaints, environmentalists say
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Susan Sargent | June 7, 2022
Environmental groups say a state science and policy panel failed to fix problems tagged by whistleblowers that the state broke EPA rules in how it sets pollution caps for companies, and that now the state will continue to rubber stamp unlawful permits and harmful emissions. The advisory ...
Public Comment on Polymet Mine Permit – Fond du Lac Band’s Objection
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Susan Sargent | June 6, 2022
PEER’s comment to the Army Corps of Engineers regarding the Fond du Lac Band’s Objection to the Proposed Clean Water Act Section 404 Permit for the NorthMet Mine Project ...
E-Bikes on Shaky Ground in National Parks Pending Environmental Review
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Susan Sargent |
In 2019, P. Daniel Smith, NPS acting director at the time, issued a directive that ordered every park to treat e-bikes “in a similar manner” to traditional bicycles. That policy, called the Smith Directive, led to a “Final Rule” that now governs how the NPS treats them; as such, it ...
Maryland must stop pretending that poultry waste is clean energy
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Susan Sargent | June 3, 2022
With 2022 an election year for the state’s entire General Assembly, as well as the governor’s office, candidates are actively debating how to move to a clean energy grid and do it quickly. But what they need to talk about more is what a clean energy grid actually looks like. In 2020, ...
Judge orders Park Service to conduct environmental study on e-MTB impact
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Susan Sargent |
U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras’ opinion last week was in response to a lawsuit filed by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and a coalition of conservation groups in 2019 against the National Park Service for allowing e-bikes on non-motorized ...